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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #30 on: October 03, 2010, 01:27:17 AM »
I hope you're right, but having done the work myself i feel obligated to tell. I'd like to know if i was buying..

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2010, 05:36:31 AM »
I respectfully disagree.  First, there is no need to tell them, because it's a normal adjustment.  Second, they're not going to know. Third, it's not really a relevant concern - because it's a normal adjustment and therefore unremarkable.

I would not mention a shim in the neck of any of my basses to a buyer - because it's nothing worth mentioning.

If there were a structural flaw in the bass that some kind of unusual shim was correcting, I'd mention it - but a normal shim is simply not remarkable.

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2010, 08:54:34 AM »
I hope you're right, but having done the work myself i feel obligated to tell. I'd like to know if i was buying..

That speaks to your own solid sense of personal integrity, and I have no problem with that approach.

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #33 on: October 03, 2010, 12:53:30 PM »
Well...nobody's perfect, mate...  ;D
I'll see if i can get a wood shim from a carpenter i know.

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #34 on: October 03, 2010, 12:56:42 PM »
Hmm... does it need to be matching tonewood...? ;D
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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #35 on: October 03, 2010, 02:13:09 PM »
It needs to be a torn matchbook cover from the sleaziest topless bar in town ;D
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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #36 on: October 03, 2010, 03:22:53 PM »
Suppose it gets excited... :o
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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #37 on: October 04, 2010, 03:36:39 AM »
Suppose it gets excited... :o
I'll have to raise the bridge....

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #38 on: October 04, 2010, 11:29:32 PM »
Iome you dont sound convinced so I figured some proof of a genuine Fender shim was needed.

This is from my 82 JV Jazz bass

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #39 on: October 05, 2010, 12:13:27 AM »
Wow, it's even signed with TM and serial number. Do you have the same problem as me (referring to the bass, not us.....) or just some sort of alignment issue?
I dropped by the carpenter this morning, he gave me a .05 mm mahogany sheed, so i've got shims for the rest of my live now.

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #40 on: October 05, 2010, 02:50:04 AM »
Is that a side shim?
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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #41 on: October 05, 2010, 04:41:19 AM »
I was wondering about that too, but didn't dare to ask...
but then again, what need should there be for a side shim when you got the neck bolted?

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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #42 on: October 05, 2010, 05:03:05 AM »
Maybe a cnc mistake or something? Shims save lives!
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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #43 on: October 05, 2010, 06:03:33 AM »
That is genuine factory fitted and I haven't touched it. Thats where they put it.
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Re: '78 P string height problems
« Reply #44 on: October 05, 2010, 07:23:21 AM »
We believe you  ;D is it wood or paper?