OutToPlayJazz Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I did a service & pickguard replacement on a nice Mexican Precision the other week & noticed a round recessed hole above the control cavity. Why do Precisions have this hole? Does it serve any purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifeq Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='166143' date='Mar 29 2008, 10:12 PM']I did a service & pickguard replacement on a nice Mexican Precision the other week & noticed a round recessed hole above the control cavity. Why do Precisions have this hole? Does it serve any purpose?[/quote] it wasn't one from drilling the hole to the bridge for ground connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 No, if you look at the bass in an upright elevation, it's to the right (underside) of the strings and a little higher than the pickups. Just a round hole about 3/4 inch deep and painted over, so it's definitely a standard feature of the Fender bodies. I have seen pictures of vintage restorations where the control cavity routing leads to one of these holes via a routed "track". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbass Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I believe its something to do with the machining process, possibly where the bodys are clamped down into place whilst the work is being carried out, had one on my usa s1 jazz also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Tone hole. One of Leo's innovations, not a CNC locating point at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 But not all Jazz Basses have them. IIRC, higher spec models don't have them, it's just solid wood under there. It's a bit of a sh*tt*r really, I wanted to have my MIM Jazz scratchplateless but it had that hole in it. Also had some rout for the pickup wires to sit in that looked like it had been made using something that was also used for ploughing fields. One of the plus sides to most Fenders having large scratchplates is they can cover up a world of sins, such as the 'swimming pool' pickup cavity routing in my Strat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Oops, just realised OutToPlayJazz was referring to a MIM Precision, although I think we're talking about the same thing. Take a gander at this pic of me playing my Jazz live. It's that hole just above the pickup that we're talking about, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Woodworm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Stash hidey-hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Tone hole! Actual LOL! Yeah i believe its to do with the CNC process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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