Stacker Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Nails/screws were what they used to drill into the front of the body so as they could flip it over and shoot nitro. Nitro, supposedly, needs to be, or is best applied, when the body is lying flat. I detest the large holes, esp that God-awful rout from the front pup down to the cavity. How long would it take to set down the router and take a drill with a right-angled drill attachment and keep it all nice and tidy? Edited October 19, 2011 by Stacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Surely the CNC would locate on the back surface to allow machining tools to have unrestricted movement across the surface. With regards that trench from the pick up to the control area I've never seen that before on even the cheapest of basses. I expect cabling to be installed through the body wood from the pick up slot to the control area. CHEAP - very CHEAP !!!! Although i like my scrathplate on my Geddy bass i nearly always removed them form my other Fenders over the years. I'll need to watch out for this if i decide to buy another Fender. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 That's shameful routing for an instrument of that price. Not just the hole, but the lazy neck pickup route and channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 You should just be happy it didn't date from the early eighties. Some real horrors went on under the pickguard on those things. [IMG]http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss212/musky3/P%20Timeline/1981bodyrout.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokalo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 It’s still happening… This is on a MIM jazz from 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan63 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 So does anybody know if they changed the machines at Corona or if they actually now make a lot of the body blanks in Mexico and reverse Highway1 them; as they have changed to no longer saying made in America, just have Corona California on them instead, ostensibly because of the difficulty in backing that up to satisfy the state's legal definition, so they are just assembled in America for the large part ? Surely some of the Americans who hang out here occasionally have an friend in the factory who will tell it how it is ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) On 27/08/2022 at 18:20, Tokalo said: It’s still happening… This is on a MIM jazz from 2019 Fender were just way ahead of their time. A nice little hiding spot to keep a GPS chip so you can locate a stolen bass! 😂 Edited August 28, 2022 by skej21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 9 hours ago, Aidan63 said: So does anybody know if they changed the machines at Corona or if they actually now make a lot of the body blanks in Mexico and reverse Highway1 them; as they have changed to no longer saying made in America, just have Corona California on them instead, ostensibly because of the difficulty in backing that up to satisfy the state's legal definition, so they are just assembled in America for the large part ? Surely some of the Americans who hang out here occasionally have an friend in the factory who will tell it how it is ? Yes it is a tiny place. They all know the president and see him everyday. sarcasm aside, I recall talking to an American lady who had heard England was small and was totally convinced that we all personally knew the queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan63 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Given talkbass' vast membership there must be people who work at Fender on there I would have thought, so I just thought there might be some cross over of members on here who know more about what goes on across the pond, like happened with the what's going on with MESA thread last year. I haven't been on here for over a month I had forgotten it can be just a place to pommy whinge and or be sarcastic/clever/amusing/show off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokalo Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 28/08/2022 at 12:47, Aidan63 said: So does anybody know if they changed the machines at Corona or if they actually now make a lot of the body blanks in Mexico and reverse Highway1 them; as they have changed to no longer saying made in America, just have Corona California on them instead, ostensibly because of the difficulty in backing that up to satisfy the state's legal definition, so they are just assembled in America for the large part ? Surely some of the Americans who hang out here occasionally have an friend in the factory who will tell it how it is ? You are correct. I found a thread with this comment: “It is there on purpose...According to Jeff Beilke from Fender, "That [hole] is indeed a byproduct of the routing machines utilized in our Mexico factory. I believe that's where the CNC machine actually holds the body in place in order to assure the correct cut. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/mystery-hole-under-pickguard.1569035/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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