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Mexican standard necks are made in Mexico and they have their truss rod adjustment at the top of the neck using an allen wrench.

Mexican Fender basses usually have less expensive machine heads than their USA conterparts.

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They never replaced alder with ash, they made bodies in both woods just as they continue to do today.

If you bought a natural finish Jazz or Precision you probably got an ash body but if you bought a sunburst or custom color you may or may not get an alder body.

Ash bodies in the 70s were generally pretty heavy. In the 10 lbs + range.
Alder bodies were generally lighter in weight.


Thanks for this! Perfect description.

I owned a 1997 natural Jazz and it was almost 12lbs. Absolute boat anchor! I now own a 1973 Jazz (black - exactly like Geddy's) and it is very light (under 9lbs). Makes sense to me why.


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BCbassman wrote:
Mexican standard necks are made in Mexico and they have their truss rod adjustment at the top of the neck using an allen wrench.

Mexican Fender basses usually have less expensive machine heads than their USA conterparts.



i see. but im sure mexican necks can hold medium or regular flats in standard 440 right?


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eyecandy wrote:

i see. but im sure mexican necks can hold medium or regular flats in standard 440 right?


Yep.


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thanks anu~

i switched from super light rounds 40-95, then custom light 40-100 flats, im curious how the neck would carry the 45-105 flats or the regular 50-105..


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R u asking if Mexican bass necks are made in the US?- I think not.

The truss rods are different and the tuners are the cheaper variety.

I just bought a used Mexican Precision Special, This bass has P+J pickups and a candy apple red finish that I think may be nitrocellulose. It has the gold metallic undercoat and it has some chips int he finish that look like NC.

It a nice bass that got a lot nicer after I took it apart and cleaned it and restrung it with nickel Labella strings.

Its a Jazz sized neck withthe PJ pickups and an anodized aluminum pickguard. A real nice look on a Fender bass IMO.

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I'd like a P bass with a Jazz neck too...


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About the medium guage strings on a Mexi neck- The answer is yes.I believe that any mexi neck could handle the stress of medium guage strings, provided that the truss rod is functioning and adjusted correctly for the net stress that the particular brand of strings apply to that bass neck.

Remember though that you can always get a bad or problem neck that can't handle a particular set of strings, but I don't see that as a problem that is unique to Mexican Fenders.

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well in my experience... i had a problem with lighter gauge Ernie Ball 40-95... my action won't take lower than 1/8" - 3/32" if i'd affix a capo on the 1st fret and measure string from the top of the 12th fret..

I tried D'addario Chromes current action is now at 3/32"- 1/16"

I wanted to try the GHS Precision 45-105

this maybe a little off.. but in the set up mentioned here
http://fender.com/support/bass_guitar_setup_guide.php

about neck relief, is the 4th string the E or the G string?


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The 4th string is always the E string.

Correctly adjusting a bass is a skill that takes years to develop.

The quick reference guides are nice but nothing beats experience when it comes to intonation and truss rod adjustments.

I you are unhappy with the way your bass is setup, pay a professional to do it for you. Get some references and pay the price to get a good setup.
This may run you 40 -50 dollars plus the cost of strings.

Realize that setups change with the type and guage of string used. So don't pay for a set up with medium guage flatwounds and then switch to light guage roundwounds and expect the bass to play and be the same.
It won't be.

Also realize that all basses of the same model are not the same. Most will be good, some exceptional and some will be dogs. Wood is extremely variable in its tone and some necks will tend to be straighter than others.

Therefore, some basses will be easier to set up than others.

That's just the way it is.

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right... i had an experience.. first i was using fender 7250 medium light... then a tech suggested i'd switch to lighter gauges... they i find myself to be overplaying the Ernie Ball slinkys... then i switched to light gauge flats... still a little floppy... then after a few days i played a Squier V string with medium rounds in it.. the feel is great... low action still tight...

and i'd agree some basses are easier to adjust than others... :cry:


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eyecandy wrote:
I'd like a P bass with a Jazz neck too...


Fender offered a narrow neck P bass from 1970-1980 according to a Fender bass book I have. I once saw one at a local shop; ash body, black pick-guard, rosewood fretboard. I sometimes regret not buying it.


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whoaa.. sometimes it makes me wish like i've been in the early 60's... :cry:

fender those days were made with perfection and all..


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Fenders were never perfect, even in the early 60s.

They may have been made with more care but there were and are individual basses that were better than others.

You also have to remember that most basses and guitars that are 40 + years old, have been tweaked and adjusted to where there are playing at their best. The necks have settled in.

All of the bad ones warped a long time ago and they were either fixed or trashed.

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probably not oh so perfect... but still it bothers me how come fender never made necks with smaller radius like they did back then...


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