Fender Fretless Jazz Bass Crafted in Indonesia TBC
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I bought one of these over 10 years ago, since day one the truss rod has needed constant tweaking to get rid of the bow. Until finally one day, the rod wouldnt turn anymore.
The bass and electronics are nice, but the necks are piles. I swapped mine for a fender aftermarket and a Seymour Duncan antiquity II bridge pickup. It's a killer bass now
Found a sandpaper shim in the neck pocket of my '83 Jazz ('62) Re Issue, from the manufacturer. Never once had a problem with string height.
It is also good to see how you work through issues! Thanks for that too!
A slice off the edge of a credit card works for a shim.
Use your wife’s.
Your shirt is up for debate!
I took the Pepsi challenge... smoked a bunch of pot, and then ate an entire jar of peanut butter... it was a tie. I'll try again next week, and keep trying until a true winner is determined.
I use grocery store discount card ends as shims... they fit perfectly.
We oldsters from the great white north know all about having a set of winter tires or even (gasp) studded snow tires.
Noble un-gootching effort Dave!
Dave this is such a good lesson! Love watching you work the wisdom!!!
Irks me that some people don't understand his humor and/or style. I learn more from his style of teaching and humor than those bland, straight forward tutorials and lessons. I still wish Dave was my neighbor lolol
@@BSIII Canada is quite a nice place to live :-)
One of your best setup video's. Man, it would be nice if they could do this at the factory.
To be honest I’ve had USA fretless J basses & had to get a sanding block onto the bottom of the fingerboard. Fretless can be a finicky beast.
Neck/body joint fingerboard hump, happens on all of them, both pricing and construction wise: bolt on, glued in, neck through. Neck wood transitions from being a bendy stick to being held firmly in place by the body joint, warping loves to happen in that area but at least once it shows itself and is leveled it should be gone pretty much forever. That's why I prefer used guitars, fresh smelling straight out of the cardboard box guitars have those first few years under string tension for all the twists, warps and fret sprouts etc. to show up in the wood. Get a 5+ year old one and whatever could've went wrong usually already did. :)
^ what he said. especially jazzers, from new. I have a 2006 custom shop (1966 reissue, master-built) that went like this within a year of new. board will have to come off. :-(
Great info.
I've had two of these, first one showed up from Amazon with a ski jump as a neck so I dumped it on Kijiji, the one I have now actually plays really well. Not a fan of the plastic fretboard which I've now severely scarred because I use D'Addario Prosteels but I guess now I can call it "road worn". Also drilled pickguard screw holes in it but left it without a pickguard as a tribute to Jaco.
"Straighten out this banana boat" cracked me up. Love this channel!
Kijiji Mint !!! low miles never dumped !!!
5/64th is 1.9 mm approx and 3/64th is 1.19 mm..for the string height adjustment...if you are doing neck relief, 10 thou is approx 0.25 mm ,12 thou is 0.30 mm...in case anyone was wondering..
You can split millimeters, but you're right overall. It's mostly guesstimation, but sometimes I prefer metric over SAE, just seems more precise. I use either/or for reference's sake.
Oh Lord! I get so many spam calls on my land line & now they're migrating to my cell phones! Anyway, shims. I've not had to do one but you make it look easy peasy. Thanx for that.
I bought my first jazz bass off of Kijiji this year, got a great deal. Squier Classic Vibe jb, made sure the truss rod worked first and then used Dave's videos to help set it up properly. She rips now and I played my first gig with her over the summer! Thanks Dave!
Squier CV series are surprisingly sturdy, at least the 2008-2013 models. My old CV Precision went from flat wound strings back to rounds with little to no truss adjustment. Should never have sold it!
@@GoonSquadLifeMember Agreed. It's an '09 cv 60s olympic white, only had 3 strings, covered in goo needed the works. I put some flats on and brought her back to life
Dave saves the day yet again!!
Fret buzz on a Fretless, Nice... :)
Dave wins again! Yay Dave!!
It must be some AWESOME Peanut Butter...
Or some bad pot
RARenfield didn’t know there was such a thing!! 🤦♂️
Nice job!
nice work!
We can just think of those upper notes as a grittier muah!
Did anyone else notice the the last time Dave checked the string height @ 19:52 he still had the capo on the first fret?
Another great repair Dave. The magic touch to a piece of crap.
Got cold here in MN .. It's 5 Fahrenheit. The TPS in my car said I was low on air pressure. Gonna have to drive on one tire.
Chicago 40 years ago we used “winter wheels” - bias ply tires...but regular radials are good today...it’s not kane- na-dah
The sandpaper shim gives you grittier tone.
ha ha ha!
that was PUNderful .................. ;-p
I want some of Dave's peanut butter.
Fingerboard Buzz Dave ? Lol.I shoveled 3 times today WooHoo winter is here BS
OMG, Dave is using a "power drill" on the guitar . . .I wonder how many people went nuts whenever Dave does that...prevented me from getting carpel tunnel !
Great video
Thanks for the visit
That's my ringtone!
It's sandwich time with Dave!!!
Came for the power tools stayed for the magic!
That's what she said at the Bell Canada picnic.
You'd love my garage!
How do you go from "the height of this string is..... to Ooh! I must put my winter tyres on"? Brilliant.
I love the shirt!
Is Peanut Butter Better than Pot?
@@shawnclifton4742 way better
Thanks for posting these videos Dave. They're informative and helped me to properly set up my basses. Any idea where I can get a wiring diagram for a no name bass?? Thanks again.
neck is doing a swoop because you only shim'd half of it, you wanted to raise the part of the bridge that attaches to the body but you tilted it when you screwed the neck back down... and given the thickness of the neck there that isnt what bends as you found out the bending starts where it thins down... as you stated even factory come with shims in there. Im betting there should been a factory shim in there from the getgo. why not use a 3ft metal yardstick to check for straightness along the whole length. (this would also tell you ahead if you need a partial shim or a full one)
Also for metric depth heights you just use a caliper/depth guage and then measure it from the top of the string and subtract the width of the string. at best the smallest ruler only goes down to .5mm in graduations just googled around.
Walnut tone shim for better sustain!
We tell our students measuring on any sort of graduated scale that you can estimate one more digit than is shown. If i have a mm ruler (with fine enough lines) then I can estimate to the nearest 100 um.
The same can be applied to any ruler, including ones that show 64ths of an inch, which is already less than .5mm. That is why Dave usually sets his string heights to a 'skosh' under 5/64ths.
Kijiji mint.
Would a last ditch effort be sanding down that area of the fret board to be in line with the rest of the neck?
I'd prefer a pot sandwich to a peanut butter bong all day long.😁
yea someone on the FB didnt like that I put the allen wrench down on the top of the guitar...therefore, certainly my technique on the repair became questionable. #itsonlyaguitar #relax
I'm getting the same kind of SPAM phone calls saying the holder of my social security number is under arrest. If they actually respond to my "hello", I just say "F*** OFF SCAMMER" and hang up.
I own the same model bass. Luckily, the truss rod took care of the ass play.
Sand the rise....
Any opinions on having a wedge shim covering the entire pocket instead of a slice in the rear? I have heard urband legends about generating a "ski slope" issue on the last frets due to having a slice shim instead of covering the entire pocket.
Could those 4 screws really distort that fat piece of maple?
@@RARenfield Personally I don't really believe it, but who knows
Thanks Dave I knew you were referring to me on this vid. Easy when you know how aint it?
Maybe I'm way off base here, but I have a feeling that a player that can, and does, play "up there" isn't buying a guitar on Kijiji.
The shim raised that end of the fingerboard, what about using a shim
the length of the pocket? Less angle on the neck, less buzz at the end ?
no
Showing your age with the Frank Mahavolich shout out lol.
TBC ? To be chucked?
Seeing Dave put the G string aside to go in the hole...
So what type of shim material provides the best “tone?” 😆
"Kijijied", a new meta replacement for "gooched"?
I had a neck just like this give me a fit. Ended up sanding the ski jump out using a radius block . I swear these bastards are using wet wood.
That might be a fretless replacement neck on a bass that came with a fretted neck...
Could explain much.
It seems like everyone in Canada is getting those phone calls rn 😂
I've never gone to a concert and when the lights went out ... someone broke out a PBJ sandwich ...
Winter wheels is no laughing matter!
We call them "Snow Tires" in the states.
Now we know why it was 'bent as a bow'
So, down South, we'd say those bridge segments are sitting "catty-wompas". Just sayin'...
Nope, I would not sand down the end of the finger board either!!
Squire...
"Peanut butter is better than pot?" Perhaps, but have you ever tried cleaning peanut butter out of your bong? "Just saying" 👽🖖"Na-nu"
Hey Dave, a lot of sniffling lately. Bad habit, or bad cold?? 🎶🎸
how about shimming the whole pocket. with shim on one side you are forcing the neck at the bridge side to be the top of a triangle in exaggeration.
Peanut butter IS better than pot.
So what did the string height end up being?
I have this exact same bass, with the same ski jump at the body joint! Frustrating as f*ck!!! Might have to try straightening the neck a bit more and see if that works.
Would it be possible to sand the neck/fingerboard to create a falloff at the last frets?
I wondered the same thing. I don't know how sanding would work, given that Squier uses Ebonol on fretless fingerboard. It's not quite hardwood; it's resin and wood constituents, darkened to resemble ebony. It's akin to "Masonite".
Kijiji'd? That Japanese for gooched?
Yup, I've had the 'IRS' call me and threaten me with a warrant for my arrest if I didn't pay a phony tax bill with gift cards. I've had dealings over the years with the real IRS and they do not function that way. If you get such a call, just pause and quietly ask, "So, what kind of panties are you wearing?" Hilarity ensues.
Forget the sandpaper. My favorite shims to find are pieces of Fender sales people's business cards.
Dave, did you quit drinking?
I dont know what kind of pot your getting up there but......no
Indonesia? They get my vote every time. Just ask Epiphone. There is a very simple reason why they make good guitars, as do the Japanese and Koreans and soon, the Chinese. Its because their factories all use brand new, high tech equipment ...mainly from Germany and the tolerances they can get even with massive production runs are amazing. All the equipment in use at Gibson is out of the 60s.
Oooop. Ski jumper. 😑😑
To paraphrase the Fab Furry Freak Bros: Better to have peanut butter & no weed than to have weed & no peanut butter. Munchies'll kill ya.
The first mistake was not KIJIJI...it was buying a Squire made in Indonesia....avoid them like the plague....they are all crap and almost everyone knows it. Resale on them is half that of a Chinese built
Block sand it!
Peanut Butter is Better /with/ Pot.
Warmed in the microwave and smothered on bananas!
*Peanut butter is better with pot.
Peanut butter is an excellent protein but it is NOT better than pot!
Peanut Butter is better after pot
Pot makes crave peanut butter. It's a vicious cycle.
What an absolute piece of garbage bass. I don’t think any bass player would ever want that. Too bad Dave wasted his talent on it. Drama drama drama. That’s why we love to watch. The fact is Dave can fix anything.
I have a fretless squier one and it’s fucking shitty
Peanut butter is a better mechanical lubricant, but pot makes a better social lubricant...
There's a caveat with the "looks straight-ish, should be safe to buy" advice. First thing I'd check on a dead straight or stratigh-ish (eyeballed only) neck is if the truss rod isn't loosened already. If it's a one way truss rod then there's risk the wood has a back bow and you can't ever introduce enough relief. Forward bow at least you can try and do something about, as you've done so on your channel.
Peanut butter is better WITH pot! ✌️👍🖖
Peanut butter is better WITH pot.
NOOOOO...peanut butter ain’t better than pot...unless you just smoked some weed and have the munchies
Peanut butter is good as pot anyway!
Watching you work on all these Chinese and Indonesian Squires makes me not want to purchase one. If you have to end up getting a replacement neck, then why buy one to start with?
I have 2 Indonesian Squire basses. The necks are fine, the electronics on the other hand are not fantastic. One bass came with a dead bridge pickup and the other had a severed wire after a year. They play and sound great, but turns out Indonesian children aren't good at soldiering.
I have a Chinese copy of a Yamaha fretless - it is great. Active too. Was tricky intonation job - simply because fat fingers make quite a difference to note. Used a sharp edge to act like inverse fret - two octaves of decent intonation per string. Put LaBella Nylon coated flats on it - killer. Maybe we are luckier with climate in southern England.
we need to get dave a 'Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself' shirt. uh-oh, comment deleted by the clinton foundation.