Found this Fender USA Jazz bass at work

[Brook_fan]

 

Serial number suggests it was it was built in 1992 or 1993.  It’s certainly been well used, and was in dire need of a set up.  I tweaked the truss rod to get the relief correct, then sorted out the string height and intonation.  Pickup height needed a tweak as well.  But boy does it sound great- it’s got a real growl to it.  Never played a Jazz bass before- my first bass was an American precision delux with the humbucker, but this bass is great.

one question though- it’s got four bolts in the neck, but also another hole.  Is this for another bolt that is missing?

Edited December 18, 2018 by Brook_fan

[dlloyd]

That's a longhorn "boner" Jazz.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

The fifth hole is for ajusting the micro-tilt thingy with an allen key instead of using card to shim the neck.

[dlloyd]

They're not all that common in that body shape... I think they only did them for two or three years

[Brook_fan]

10 minutes ago, dlloyd said:

They're not all that common in that body shape... I think they only did them for two or three years

I didn’t even cotton on to the fact it was a different shape 😮

[Brook_fan]

18 minutes ago, dlloyd said:

That's a longhorn "boner" Jazz.

What’s the history of the name?

[dlloyd]

1 minute ago, Brook_fan said:

What’s the history of the name?

Both are unofficial. "Longhorn"... it has a long horn. "Boner"... it has a long horn.

Fender played with the length of the upper horn for balance reasons. Some people liked it, but not enough for them to keep making it.

[MoonBassAlpha]

The upper horn is longer than usual and elicits a certain response in some bass spods.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Finders keepers?

[Brook_fan]

14 minutes ago, dlloyd said:

Both are unofficial. "Longhorn"... it has a long horn. "Boner"... it has a long horn.

Fender played with the length of the upper horn for balance reasons. Some people liked it, but not enough for them to keep making it.

Ooooooooh......I see 🤭

[Brook_fan]

I really wish I could.  I don’t know how my school acquired it.  It’s not the sort of thing most school could ever afford really, and given it’s condition I guess it was something someone found in the attic and gave to the school.  It is, how shall we say, gently reliced, though the neck is probably more reliced than anything else.  In fact, it’s the one thing I don’t like about playing it - the dots are all but invisible due to the grime!  But yeh, wouldn’t it be nice if they said “oh, take that tatty old thing home Rob”.  

[Brook_fan]

I did a search (was a bit worried as to what might come up in google with the words fender and boner !!) and came across this thread :

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/1993-fender-jazz-long-horn-or-boner-bass-rare.612785/page-2

Seems that generally  they were highly thought of. I’m not sure if this one has strap locks- I’ll have to take a picture tomorrow and show you.  Need to get a case for it now so that I can “borrow” it at weekends.

Robbie

Edited December 18, 2018 by Brook_fan

[mr zed]

Looks like a Schaller strap lock is fitted to the ermm....long horn.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Would that qualify as a piercing?

[dustandbarley]

Nice bass, iirc these also had wider string spacing at the bridge, and some kind of tone bucket circuit as well as a couple of extra frets and the afore mentioned boner.....🙄

[Marc S]

If only I could "find" such things at work!
PS Brook_fan..... any hints on Saturday's lottery numbers? lol