Project Jazz Bass build using Fender Parts!

This lovely bass build was recently assembled in the workshop from official Fender parts sourced by the customer!

The first job was to sort the neck pocket on the brand new body, as the neck wouldn’t fit as it was slightly too wide for the pocket so the pocket was carefully opened up hand.

The body was predrilled for a through strung body,  so the Fender string ferrules were fitted.
The Fender through strung bridge had to be specially sourced.

The neck, bridge and pickups fitted to the body along with the strap buttons.

The vintage scratchplate has warped in the middle so the decision was made to drill and fit an extra screw. 
​The customer wasn’t a fan of the bevelled edge where it met the control plate, So it was carefully hand filed to a straight edge allowing the control plate to be fitted right up against the scratchplate.

The bass was strung up for a trial stringing to make sure the pickup and neck alignment was correct. The screwholes were drilled for the scratchplate and control plate
The cavity wasn’t deep enough for large CTS pots with the scratchplate and control plate used had to be made deeper at one section. The cavity was extended by hand with the notch to help path of the wires. Once done, the control was fitted.

With all the work complete, the bass was collected and went straight into the studio for the bands album recording!