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I'm not defending them. Mighty Mite necks carry the same advisory, as do AllParts , WD Music and Hosco; it's a standard industry clause. In all honesty the chances of you having to do a fret level are pretty slim, machines work to pretty tight tolerances.

No, it's for good reason ; covers their derrières. Fender necks, like everyone else's, are primarily a machine product. Shaped/sanded, slots cut, frets stamped in etc. All geared to work within Fender's set up guidelines and tolerances. If there's a slightly high fret then likely it'll pass this stage unnoticed. With 350 units going out in a 10 hr shift time is of the essence. It's a controlled environment with FMIC setting the controls 😀 They have no control outside the factory. While most folk stick roughly with the guidelines, many don't and uneven/high frets come to light. Instead of entering into a RIC-style "you didn't follow the rules/your warranty is void", FMIC just add 'fret work' to the list of advisories.

Genuine Fender necks carry the same same alert though it goes a bit further and also mentions the heel/pocket.

'Decoration only- unplayable' Instead of returning batches of QC fails Thomann would sell the instruments as ornaments 🙂 They went for pennies, I bought a 4 string acoustic bass for £30; it's QC fail was the label saying " 5 string fretless" 😀 It was common to see deco listed on eBay as 'new' for full price, a small "D" stamped into the body and neck put paid to that deception. The deco fad lasted for a wee while then the factories tightened up standards, the few that get through now wind up in Thomann's summer flea market day.

Thomann still sell B-stock but I haven't saw any decos in about 3 year.

Avoid buying anything made in the USA 🙂 Short scale 40 - 100 flats are £22 inc delivery from Status Graphite, their tapes were great strings so chances are the same applies to their flats. http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html

That's the truth. Owned a few basses with them fitted. Firmly of the opinion they are mainly used by folks who think it'll buy them status among the brand name-dropping mod crew 😀

Both my Wishbass Lobes have thick necks , think they're almost 1 1/2". Not quite DB thick but comfortable all the same.

@Piers_Williamson Great tune, pretty sure Doctor Doctor was one of the 1st songs I learned 🙂

Close to a very thin 'Tele-phone' Line ?

I've one of those on the 'to do' list , need to shake myself out of idleness first 😃 Plan call for piezo only, if that turns out sounding crap I've plenty of single coils that'll (hopefully) save the day 👍

@Paul S I've still to try the Tone Rider but I'd think it impossible to compare them due to differences in output. PBXN are without doubt the loudest pickups I've heard , to give both a fair hearing either one needs to turned down or the other jacked up.

Swapped many a pickup and can honestly say I've never felt they've been worth £100. The Tone Rider Precision Plus will do the same as the 63 Vintage yet costs just £35.

I'd say real binding judging by the thickness either side of the pocket.

As usual I'm crap at taking photos 😀

Fender Precision. Works for all types of rock and soul, plenty of jazz players use the P-bass. It's great for finger style Funk. As for slap ?

Pretty sure I know a boy down south has one. He was making noises about selling it a few year back. No idea if he did sell, could have a wee word in his ear if you want 👍

I'm always on the lookout for gigbags and Gerry had a top notch Thomann bag listed. Being the thoughtful fella he is Berkeley 2 was his suggestion as the meeting place. Being just off the motorway that works great for me coming from Falkirk 🙂 No idea what our next bit of business will entail but I know it'll be a breeze 👍 Cheers Davie

As some may know I had quite a thing for Peaveys. That started to change after buying a Harley Benton PB-50, wasn't long before single coil P-basses became the new invasive species in my place 😃

Putting aside appearance for a moment, it's complicated; more so depending on the process used. There's 'torrefication' where timber is baked at 250C for 20 hours, heat then gets turned up to 400 degrees. It gets cooled down with a fine mist of water. Another is 'thermally modified'. 4 or 5 methods of this, steam/pressure/nitrogen/oil. Some of these processes take between 3 and 7 days to complete. Finally there's 'roasted', has none of the cellular changes the other methods introduce but the wood is nice and brown 😀

Aye , an the @rs€hol€ still has it listed for sale 🤬 It all went quiet after I asked if all 4 piezos worked, think you dodged a bullet 😃 Congratulations on this other Ibanez 👍

It's a cheap cosmetic process. Nobody apart from real high end boutique are doing actual torrefied. Lightly toasted necks are described as "roasted" , the punters take this latest buzz word and fill in their own blanks. Can't say I'm too surprised, marketing depts knew there wasn't much mileage left in "T*ne W**d" 😃