Completing my customised Fender "Standard" Jazz Bass (re)build. (Restored 2004 neck, with a new 2023 replacement body, "Pure Vintage '66" pickups, Bass Centre Elites "Detroit Flats" Flatwound strings, and new chrome hardware).
Fender “Standard” Jazz Bass – Completing the repair, re-finish and re-fit of a 2004 Fender bass neck
Completing the repair, re-finish and re-fit of a (2004) Fender "Standard" Jazz Bass neck.
Fender “Vintage Spec.” Jazz bass – Setting up a DIY build electric bass guitar…
Setting up a Fender Jazz Bass. Neck action... nut slotting... string height... stringset curvature... intonation... pickup height
Fender “Vintage Spec.” Jazz bass – Wiring the tone circuit, (Fender ’62 American Vintage Jazz Bass Schematic #0190209. Dual concentric controls).
Wiring a "Fender '62 American Vintage" Jazz Bass Circuit, (Fender #0190209, with an additional, central "star" ground). Fender "Original '62" pickups and dual concentric, vol/tone controls.
Fender “Vintage Spec.” Jazz Bass – Hardware installation
Fitting the rest of the hardware, (including pickups and covers), to a modern, "vintage specification" Fender Jazz Bass build
A couple of Bass necks – More waterslide decals… more clearcoat
Progressing a couple of bass neck refurbishments, which feature the application of waterslide decals under clear gloss nitro lacquer
Fender “Standard” Jazz Bass – Applying waterslide decals to the re-finished headstock
Applying reproduction waterslide decals to a, repaired and refinished, (2004) Fender "Standard" Jazz Bass neck.
New project. Fender “Vintage Specification” Jazz Bass – Bolting together an “instant” bass…
Another new Project. This - a simple, bolt-together Jazz Bass build, for the dark winter nights ahead... Modern Fender components - but with a more vintage, "Sixties" sort of specification in mind...
Fender “Standard” Jazz Bass – Toning the neck, and building up some lacquer “body” coats
Repairing and reconditioning an old, (2004), Fender Jazz Bass neck. Building up some body lacquer coats,with a light amber nitro tint
New project. Fender “Standard” Jazz Bass – Neck assessment, and starting out on some repairs…
Starting a new project build, by repairing and reconditioning an old, (2004), Fender Jazz Bass neck. Repairing a damaged nut slot, and stripping back - ready to apply a new finish...