My parts Jazz

[thebeat]

Hey ho!

Built this bugger over the last few weeks. I'ts body is from a Fender AM DLX Jazz, it has routing for active pups but i've gone passive. Fitted Kent Armstrongs Vintage Jazz pups and they sound good to me. Neck is from the infamous P Special (which is no more)...same with the Bad Ass. CTS pots and wiring by me. Colour is Oly White Pearl.

As i said, it sounds good to me and has a nice low action...only problem i had putting it together was having to move the bridge to get it to intonate bang on...this means that i can't use the thru body stringing, but to be honest i'm not sure it made any difference stringing it that way anyway. If anyone has any answers as to why it wouldn't intonate using the original bassbridge i'd love to know. If bought brand new it did originally come with a 22 fret neck, but as far as i'm aware with the neck being the same length overall but with an extended fingerboard, this theoretically shouldn't matter...i'm mystified?

[budget bassist]

Looks pretty nice Though that intonation issue is very strange indeed

[Tait]

is it that the entire neck is the same length? cos that doesnt matter. its the distance between bridge and nut that matters.

[Josh]

Fender should refer to that bass for some new ideas.

[thebeat]

[quote name='LWTAIT' post='332445' date='Nov 19 2008, 05:09 PM']is it that the entire neck is the same length? cos that doesnt matter. its the distance between bridge and nut that matters.[/quote]



The distance between nut and bridge and 12th fret and bridge are both approx 17 inches which means that theoretically it should have intonated no problem...i'm flumoxed as to why it wouldn't.

[budget bassist]

I've been told that your strings can affect your intonation, though i wouldn't think it would affect it THAT much... My SUB bass is kinda similar in that the saddles are RIGHT up to the end of the bridge/screws

[6h5g]

wow nice

[ahpook]

that's lovely ! nice bit of work

[Jase]

Did you have any issues with the neck joint? Looks Great, nice one!

[thebeat]

[quote name='Jase' post='332667' date='Nov 19 2008, 09:53 PM']Did you have any issues with the neck joint? Looks Great, nice one![/quote]



Neck joint is as snug as bug in a rug.

[Dubs]

that neck looks lovely - is it an allparts neck?

[thebeat]

Sussed it....my bad...i thought that the Am DLX 22 fret neck had an extended fingerboard..it doesn't, it's a slightly longer neck...hence the intonation probs...i know where to get one, but at £350 it's almost as much as the bass cost to put together.

[thebeat]

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='332726' date='Nov 19 2008, 10:49 PM']that neck looks lovely - is it an allparts neck?[/quote]


It is indeed and it's been on and off my basses almost as much as a whoors knickers.

[bremen]

[quote name='thebeat' post='332756' date='Nov 19 2008, 11:34 PM']It is indeed and it's been on and off my basses almost as much as a whoors knickers.[/quote]

You keep a whoor's knickers on your basses????

Suppose it soaks up the beer...

[mathewsanchez]

Could you post some pictures of the basses in the background. Please

[markdavid]

[quote name='thebeat' post='332305' date='Nov 19 2008, 02:07 PM']only problem i had putting it together was having to move the bridge to get it to intonate bang on...this means that i can't use the thru body stringing, but to be honest i'm not sure it made any difference stringing it that way anyway.
[/quote]

I wouldn't sweat it too much about the bridge, tbh i really don't think through body stringing makes that much difference at all , nice bass btw

[marcus bell]

beautiful i love it...

[~tl]

The Am Dlx Fenders do have a longer neck than standard to accommodate the extra frets. The scale length is the same on both (34") but the neck joins the body further down and the body is subtly reshaped due to this. This picture should hopefully illustrate the difference:

[attachment=16672:fendercompare.jpg]

As you can see, the nut, 12th fret and bridge are all in the same place. However, the neck on the Dlx is, unsurprisingly, 2 frets longer. So if you fit a standard, 20-fret, neck to a Dlx body you will have to move the bridge back to compensate – by my calculations it'll be about 30mm off.

Edited December 1, 2008 by ~tl