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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 10th, 2020, 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Through dumb luck, I was finally able to acquire a neck (CS) to replace the warped one on my favorite bass, an Olympic White 74 Jazz. I’ve had it back together for a couple weeks now. It’s even better than the original. Cannot wait to rock this one in a live, post-pandemic capacity.    
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| Author: | paulo [ December 10th, 2020, 5:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Congrats on the resurrection, it looks great! And no more issues for good!! 
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| Author: | Jeroen [ December 11th, 2020, 3:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
That's awesome! Did you find that neck used somewhere, or did you get the Fender Custom Shop to make you one? |
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| Author: | tim [ December 11th, 2020, 7:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
The maple in that neck is so nice. It has that great 3D effect. |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 11th, 2020, 7:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
tim wrote: The maple in that neck is so nice. It has that great 3D effect. Yep it’s gorgeous! Quartersawn maple looks awesome. |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 11th, 2020, 7:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Jeroen wrote: That's awesome! Did you find that neck used somewhere, or did you get the Fender Custom Shop to make you one? Not used. Long boring story but it was a gift basically. I’m so grateful to have this thing back together. I haven’t been able to gig with it since 2016. |
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| Author: | crescenze [ December 11th, 2020, 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Glad to see you've got the 74 back up and running Matt! Nice paring. Looks great! I've got a Masterbuilt CS 55 P bass with a flame quarter sawn maple neck and its the best playing and sounding Fender I own. I've wondered how much is due to the neck. Sounds like you're pleased with yours as well. Enjoy! Wolf |
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| Author: | NoXX [ December 11th, 2020, 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Epic!......just epic. So glad it lives again 
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| Author: | Basshappi [ December 12th, 2020, 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
That neck is beauty, Congrats on getting the axe back in the battle Matt! |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 12th, 2020, 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Thanks everybody. I’m really hyped about this |
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 12th, 2020, 11:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Matt R. wrote: Thanks everybody. I’m really hyped about this So glad to see you've resurrected a favorite bass! |
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| Author: | dwibass [ December 23rd, 2020, 5:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Killer bass. May she ride for a long long time. |
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| Author: | J-meister [ December 24th, 2020, 6:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Lovely blonde on maple bound en blocked neck combination! Is the neck a one-piece, or is the fretboard laminated? Probably not easy to see because of the bound neck |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 24th, 2020, 7:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Hm, I’m actually not sure if it’s one piece or not. |
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| Author: | AzWhoFan [ December 24th, 2020, 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Congrats Matt, betcha she's killer! Out of curiosity is that an A or B neck profile? |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 24th, 2020, 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
I don’t know anything about neck profiles sorry. Ha |
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| Author: | AzWhoFan [ December 24th, 2020, 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
I'm talking about the stamp on the base of the neck. As you probably well know if it was a 'C' shape neck you'd be holding a baseball bat  .
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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 24th, 2020, 1:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Just checked my pix of the neck heel. It doesn’t have the neck shape. It’s supposed to be a clone of the original neck, so I assume whichever neck shape was the deal in 1974 will be what this is. I need to learn more about that aspect of Fender Basses. |
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| Author: | crescenze [ December 24th, 2020, 6:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
Matt R. wrote: Hm, I’m actually not sure if it’s one piece or not. It is a one piece neck. If it was a capped neck you would see the seam line on the front of the headstock between the nut and the walnut tear drop shunk stripe spot . It also appears that the grain pattern on the fretboard matches the front of the head stock. |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ December 24th, 2020, 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again. |
crescenze wrote: Matt R. wrote: Hm, I’m actually not sure if it’s one piece or not. It is a one piece neck. If it was a capped neck you would see the seam line on the front of the headstock between the nut and the walnut tear drop shunk stripe spot . It also appears that the grain pattern on the fretboard matches the front of the head stock. Agree. I examined it closer today after reading these posts. You’re correct! |
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