spacecowboy Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hi guys, So I ordered a Fender player series p bass body (eBay) listed as brand new and unused… which is going to be returned as there is a dent above the neck pocket and a paint / wood chip off the lower section, but what’s really got me puzzled is the neck pocket route? It looks like it’s been over shot on both sides? But then it’s been painted and I’m sure QC’d and packed off. Is this the norm for Fender now? I know the pickguard covers it all but… I don’t get it it just looks wrong. The paint job isn’t brilliant either thick gloopy looking paint around the horn inners!? bad times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Go on... How much?.. Dreadful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 £215!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 That's how Fender do neck pockets these days. The scratchplate covers a lot of lazy manufacturing practices. The stupid routing guide hole would annoy me more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Oh is that what that is!? I thought it was some kind of weird switch mounting hole or something! that’s what I don’t get i doubt the routing is done by hand, in fact I’m sure they wouldn’t, but why do that shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 It’s not a 1 off! It’s what they do?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Back to 80s build quality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Late 70s more like. The damage to the finish around the neck pocket is what happens when you remove a tightly fitting neck. This body has obviously come from a previously assembled instrument. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Perhaps in Fender's favour it could be a body from an instrument that didn't male it through QC and found its way to a reseller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 13 hours ago, spacecowboy said: but what’s really got me puzzled is the neck pocket route? It looks like it’s been over shot on both sides? But then it’s been painted and I’m sure QC’d and packed off. Weird how those "overshoots" have been lacquered, whereas the rest of the neck pocket has been routed after the body was finished! You'd expect the neck pocket to be ready before applying the finish, since the paint stick the body hangs on to spray and to dry is attached to the inside of the neck pocket with screws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 All the Mexican bodies come like that, I bought two last year and they were the same. This is from the Fender website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) Could it be so Flat heel 51 necks and Rounded Heel later necks both fit the same pocket rout... With the scratchplate covering either the middle or the L&R edges? Edited February 9 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 16 hours ago, spacecowboy said: Oh is that what that is!? I thought it was some kind of weird switch mounting hole or something! that’s what I don’t get i doubt the routing is done by hand, in fact I’m sure they wouldn’t, but why do that shape? Yeah, I believe it's a guide for the CNC machines they use. From what I understand the number of holes is a guide to where the body was cut, where one place does one hole and another does three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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