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Replacement Fender Jazz body question?


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Why do some replacement jazz type bodies have a large "oversize" cut out for the neck pick up? I have just been skimming through Ebay and noticed one or two like this eg "mighty mite". While some appear to have the snug, "close" fitting pick up cut out?

Eg:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/No12-Alder-2-2kg-jazz-bass-electric-Guitar-body-/140540823450?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20b8e2c79a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/No12-Alder-2-2kg-jaz...=item20b8e2c79a[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mighty-Mite-unfinished-Ash-Jazz-Bass-body-2703A-J01-/280696174262?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item415acbb6b6"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mighty-Mite-unfinish...=item415acbb6b6[/url]

As opposed to this?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-Bass-Replacement-body-/230610513093?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35b1752cc5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-Bass-Replacemen...=item35b1752cc5[/url]
.....and this?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JAZZ-BASS-BODY-NATURAL-SOLID-ASH-UNFINISHED-/300565648362?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45fb1bd3ea"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JAZZ-BASS-BODY-NATUR...=item45fb1bd3ea[/url]
Can anyone make sense of this for a newbie please?

Cheers

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Pure laziness on the part of the body builder IMHO! These days lot of jazz bodies seem to have the larger rout as it's easier to machine and hidden under the pickguard. Even the new US Standard Jazz has this. One benefit of an extra large rout is that it gives you the option to install a P pickup for a P/J configuration. In practical terms, unless you're planning to remove the pickguard it doesn't matter either way.

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[quote name='mentalextra' post='1270447' date='Jun 15 2011, 06:50 PM']Well thats the thing. I rather like the "no scratch plate" look. Could you explain to me about the P bass pickup thing?[/quote]

A P-Bass PUP will not fit in the routs in your pics

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No, you're right. I just had a measure up. Shame, that would have explained why they routed such a large opening, so why bother to accurately route the bridge pickup and not the neck. Weird? Is there a wider after market neck pickup that some players prefer?

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[quote name='mentalextra' post='1270481' date='Jun 15 2011, 07:13 PM']No, you're right. I just had a measure up. Shame, that would have explained why they routed such a large opening, so why bother to accurately route the bridge pickup and not the neck.[/quote]

It's because you can't see the neck rout under the pickguard whilst you can see the bridge rout. If it costs an extra $1 to rout to the shape of the PUP (i.e., extra cost in tools or time), and you make 10000 bodies, that's $10,000 extra profit.

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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1270808' date='Jun 15 2011, 11:02 PM']It also helps the tolerances in the final assembly be less critical.... like having a roomy keystone.

Bridge alignment anyone? :)[/quote]

Not that they ever manage to line up strings and PUP even with the less critical tolerances :)

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