Alfie Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Squire-Precision-Bass-Neck-P-Bass_W0QQitemZ300396402373QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item45f10556c5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Squire...=item45f10556c5[/url] Someone has gone to serious trouble to make this neck resemble a 60s one, they have even filled in the truss rod hole. I wondered if there might be another way of adjusting the truss rod (unlikely, but worth a quick question I thought), this was the response I recieved: [b]Are you being serious here???? of course you can't adjust it anymore, unless you remove the filler...the neck is straight so why would you want to adjust it? to make it curved? - theclash1968[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [quote name='Alfie' post='743541' date='Feb 12 2010, 10:00 PM'][b]Are you being serious here???? of course you can't adjust it anymore, unless you remove the filler...the neck is straight so why would you want to adjust it? to make it curved? - theclash1968[/b][/quote] Unbelievable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [quote name='Alfie' post='743541' date='Feb 12 2010, 10:00 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Squire-Precision-Bass-Neck-P-Bass_W0QQitemZ300396402373QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item45f10556c5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Squire...=item45f10556c5[/url] Someone has gone to serious trouble to make this neck resemble a 60s one, they have even filled in the truss rod hole. I wondered if there might be another way of adjusting the truss rod (unlikely, but worth a quick question I thought), this was the response I recieved: [b]Are you being serious here???? of course you can't adjust it anymore, unless you remove the filler...the neck is straight so why would you want to adjust it? to make it curved? - theclash1968[/b] [/quote] MB1. ..."You Can't Argue with a Confident Man"... ...Classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesfinn Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) HAHA ridiculous! love the way they tried to make you sound stupid. some people ay! Edited February 12, 2010 by wesfinn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Retard. And that's [b]your[/b] air he's breathing, kids. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I've bought water-slide decals off him before. Found him to be a good bloke, even put him in my favourite sellers list. It seems like an odd answer considering he's sold so many guitars and parts and you'd therefore think he'd know what he's talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I recently saw a similar axe on the bay, truss rod hole filled in etc. Q'd the guy. "Oh," says he, "I've been setting up guitars for years and you never need to adjust truss rods, except for major bows. Anything needs adjusting, I simply shim the neck and tweak the action." WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Wot a 'tard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Funny thing is, they have gone to all that effort to replicate a 60s neck (making it unplayable in the process), when 60s necks with rosewood didn't have that brown blob, so it looks just as fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 It doesn't even look remotely like a wooden plug - it looks [i]exactly[/i] like he's poked a big blob of brown goop in the hole. And the whole effect's set off by the bargain-bin tin Chinese tuners, all at different angles. Classy. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I asked him a similar question, got a slightly more sensible answer. Turns out he is not retarded, it was just beer. Although he seems to suppose I am Alfie (sorta fair): [quote]Oli, apologies if my answer was a bit off the cuf yesterday, I was super drunk when replying...anyway, the neck is un-adjustable now, unless you remove the walnut filler with a stanley knife or dremmel tool, it's more a peacock neck than anything else to be fair...It would look great as a spare or back up bass to have on stage, the neck was straight and played well before i removed it, i've no reason to doubt it would be the same when re-installed...once again apologies for my pissed up answer yesterday.[/quote] Fairly sure by 'walnut filler' he means walnut coloured filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeat Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='743991' date='Feb 13 2010, 02:00 PM']I asked him a similar question, got a slightly more sensible answer. Turns out he is not retarded, it was just beer. Although he seems to suppose I am Alfie (sorta fair): Fairly sure by 'walnut filler' he means walnut coloured filler.[/quote] It's Ebay though...it could be filled with sh*t for all we know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 In his defence, he also emailed me in the morning to apologise. Who hasn't done something they regret after a couple of jars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I knew there had to be a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapolpora Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Maybe he was drunk when he thought up the filler job as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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