How not to align a neck.

[MrTaff]

I've sorted quite a few misaligned Fenders but never one that bad, I can't imagine being able to shift the neck enough to get that lined up and even if you did the pickups wouldn't line it.

[thebrig]

It will be interesting to see what sort of feedback the buyer leaves, once he receives the bass.

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='MrTaff' timestamp='1337551737' post='1661993']
I've sorted quite a few misaligned Fenders but never one that bad, I can't imagine being able to shift the neck enough to get that lined up and even if you did the pickups wouldn't line it.
[/quote] the one in the OP or the one on the for sale forum on here?

[MrTaff]

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1337643318' post='1663496']
the one in the OP or the one on the for sale forum on here?
[/quote]

tbh both of them a pretty bad imo, I'm not sure you could get either of them to align properly.

[thebrig]

I actually emailed the seller with just a couple of hours left on the auction, asking him to point out to the bidder that the neck was badly aligned, but he did not get back to me, and the buyer has now shelled out £150 on a bass that is next to useless.

I know most people on here are knowledgeable, and would recognise the problem straight away, but with a lot of the "budget" type basses/guitars, they are often bought as presents by unsuspecting parents for their children.

[lettsguitars]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1337189892' post='1656962']
Saw real Fenders in the late 70s with far worse.
[/quote]
I was gonna say (am gonna say). Whoever put this together must have been trained at the fender custom shop.