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Post subject: Re: Lateral bridge position on 1972 Jazz Bass
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:25 am
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I have seen a lot of early '70s basses with the bridge saddle problem described by this owner. I wonder if the factory screwed up and used the same locating template for the bridges as the one they used before they increased the distance between the pickups?

I agree that shims are no big deal and avoid any glue or nail polish/varnish in the neck pocket. You always want to be able to easily remove the neck on a Fender instrument.

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Post subject: Re: Lateral bridge position on 1972 Jazz Bass
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:19 pm
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I have a 70's bridge plate that has the body mount holes off center- on one side of the plate the outside hole is closer to the edge than the opposite hole on the other side of the plate- It makes me wonder if it was a fix or a mistake.


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Post subject: Re: Lateral bridge position on 1972 Jazz Bass
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:50 pm
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Stroker- The actual holes in the plate are off center? Or is the body drilled incorrectly?

If its the plate- I would wonder about a counterfeit plate, if its the body- I guess somebody had a bad day at the factory. It hard to see how a defect that bad could get sent out for sale but stranger stuff has happened, particularly at Fender in the 70's.

Give us picture if you can.

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Post subject: Re: Lateral bridge position on 1972 Jazz Bass
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:55 am
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can't do pics. Yeah- it's a Fender plate. You have to remember it was the 70's. I don't know what they were smoking back then . Look at the neck pockets on early 70's P basses. I've seen many that are about an eighth inch wider than the neck. When I refinned my 74 the first time I sanded the pocket so it was flush with the side of the neck. Nobody cared much about refins and mods on Fender basses before about 1980. The basses were just tools of the trade. I played in a band with a guy who would leave his 64-5 P bass out of the case laying flat on the top of his SVT stack at the club. Bands played 2 nights back then (Fri-Sat) as a rule. It never got swiped. That bass was the best sounding Fender P bass I ever heard/played. I played drums at the time. The bass player in Heart has a P bass that sounds like the one my friend had.


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Post subject: Re: Lateral bridge position on 1972 Jazz Bass
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:48 pm
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Bands in my area ( Wash D.C.) played 6 nights a week back then. Clubs would pay you $1500 per week and usually give you one week every 3 months or so. You usually got Sunday or Monday off. Your band would rotate around a circuit of clubs.

I worried about by basses and I kept my finishes and basses original back in the 70's. I got my 71 Jazz in '72 my 66 precision in '74 and my 59 Precision in '78.

The prices paid sound ridiculous today, but you have to remember that it was much harder to earn and save hundreds of dollars when you were paid so much less.

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