thebrig Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 [b]Please shoot me down if I'm being stupid here![/b] Jazz and precision necks are interchangeable right? But if you fit a jazz neck to a precision body, surely it wont fit properly. Sure, it will fit where it butts up with body, but as the taper from the body to the nut (38mm) on a jazz, will be different to the taper to the nut of a precision (42mm), wont this create a slight gap from the butt to the 15th or 16th fret, if you understand what I'm trying to say. Am I right, and if so, would it be a noticeable gap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I've seen a few and not noticed a problem with gaps. Some pretty shoddy neck joints came out of the Fender factory that way as standard anyway I think some of the Japanese necks have a slightly different shape, maybe they're less interchangeable.... I put a new Fender pickguard on my 62 Reissue Jazz and had to some serious filing to make it fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) Occasionally I've had to use my ingenuity to make them fit but I recommend shimming rather than sanding. Edited September 20, 2012 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starless Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Fender Jap P body with Fender Jap Jazz fretless neck. Perfect. No gap in the pocket. With 3mm nut difference, that's 1.5mm each side. There's about 550mm of neck between pocket exit point and nut (topside). Not the greatest at trigonometry, but the increase in taper angle between a P and a Jazz neck must only be measurable in microns at the pocket exit point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 [quote name='Starless' timestamp='1348173647' post='1810528'] Fender Jap P body with Fender Jap Jazz fretless neck. Perfect. No gap in the pocket. With 3mm nut difference, that's 1.5mm each side. There's about 550mm of neck between pocket exit point and nut (topside). Not the greatest at trigonometry, but the increase in taper angle between a P and a Jazz neck must only be measurable in microns at the pocket exit point. [/quote] That's what I was hoping, as I am thinking of swapping the neck on my precision to a jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 No probs at all using Allparts US Fender approved replacement J neck and P body. Lovely snug fit with no fettlin' required. I may have been lucky, though. (Hence my BC name). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I have a MIJ P Bass body with a Mighty Mite Jazz neck, fits perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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