Anyone had a bass plek'd?

[fretmeister]

My Sandberg's a factory plek'd and I like them a great deal.

 

I have a bitsa with a Fender Mex Jazz neck that could do with a bit of a go over - not a surprise for a modestly priced part but I'm thinking of a plek this time rather than a human!

 

Anyone had it? I'd be picking Charlie Chandler's place for the work as I've only ever heard good things from there. 

 

ta

[bassbloke]

Yes.  Charlie Chandlers pleked a jazz bass many years ago.  I bought the instrument 2nd hand and couldn't get the action right despite my best efforts.

 

I was underwhelmed.  It was a great fret job, but didn't improve the playability.  Can't remember why, but I removed the neck and found someone had stuck a bit of a payment card underneath as a shim.  Removed that and was able to sort action in a matter of minutes.  If only tech had bothered it would have been a very different experience.

 

If it were me, I'd spend my money on a local luthier/tech to do the job by hand.

Edited July 20 by bassbloke