'78 P string height problems

Started by Iome, October 01, 2010, 02:44:46 AM

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Iome

#30
October 03, 2010, 02:27:17 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..

dadagoboi

#31
October 03, 2010, 06:36:31 AM
Quote from: Pilgrim on October 02, 2010, 10:30:02 PM
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.

Well Said!

Pilgrim

#32
October 03, 2010, 09:54:34 AM
Quote from: Iome on October 03, 2010, 02:27:17 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..

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

Myownself, I'm middlin' honest.  Where's my beer?  :P
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Iome

#33
October 03, 2010, 01:53:30 PM
Well...nobody's perfect, mate...  ;D
I'll see if i can get a wood shim from a carpenter i know.

Highlander

#34
October 03, 2010, 01:56:42 PM
Hmm... does it need to be matching tonewood...? ;D
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dadagoboi

#35
October 03, 2010, 03:13:09 PM
It needs to be a torn matchbook cover from the sleaziest topless bar in town ;D
(.016 inches)

Highlander

#36
October 03, 2010, 04:22:53 PM
Suppose it gets excited... :o
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Iome

#37
October 04, 2010, 04:36:39 AM
Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on October 03, 2010, 04:22:53 PM
Suppose it gets excited... :o
I'll have to raise the bridge....

Freuds_Cat

#38
October 05, 2010, 12:29:32 AM
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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Iome

#39
October 05, 2010, 01:13:27 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.

exiledarchangel

#40
October 05, 2010, 03:50:04 AM
Is that a side shim?
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Iome

#41
October 05, 2010, 05:41:19 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?

exiledarchangel

#42
October 05, 2010, 06:03:05 AM
Maybe a cnc mistake or something? Shims save lives!
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Freuds_Cat

#43
October 05, 2010, 07:03:33 AM
That is genuine factory fitted and I haven't touched it. Thats where they put it.
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Iome

#44
October 05, 2010, 08:23:21 AM
We believe you  ;D is it wood or paper?
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