‘74 Jazz. My beloved Battle Axe Rides Again.

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 10th, 2020, 5:02 pm

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.

paulo · **Posted:** December 10th, 2020, 5:44 pm

Congrats on the resurrection, it looks great! And no more issues for good!! :mrgreen:

Jeroen · **Posted:** December 11th, 2020, 3:11 am

That's awesome! Did you find that neck used somewhere, or did you get the Fender Custom Shop to make you one?

tim · **Posted:** December 11th, 2020, 7:03 am

The maple in that neck is so nice. It has that great 3D effect.

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 11th, 2020, 7:23 am

tim wrote:

The maple in that neck is so nice. It has that great 3D effect.

Yep it’s gorgeous! Quartersawn maple looks awesome.

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 11th, 2020, 7:24 am

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.

crescenze · **Joined:** March 30th, 2013, 12:58 pm **Posts:** 925

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!
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NoXX · **Posted:** December 11th, 2020, 3:38 pm

Epic!......just epic. So glad it lives again

Basshappi · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 2:28 pm **Posts:** 965

That neck is beauty, Congrats on getting the axe back in the battle Matt!

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 12th, 2020, 3:56 pm

Thanks everybody. I’m really hyped about this

fivebass52 · **Posted:** December 12th, 2020, 11:23 pm

Matt R. wrote:

Thanks everybody. I’m really hyped about this

So glad to see you've resurrected a favorite bass!

dwibass · **Joined:** April 6th, 2020, 6:16 am **Posts:** 34

Killer bass. May she ride for a long long time.

J-meister · **Posted:** December 24th, 2020, 6:28 am

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

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 24th, 2020, 7:48 am

Hm, I’m actually not sure if it’s one piece or not.

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2865

Congrats Matt, betcha she's killer! Out of curiosity is that an A or B neck profile?

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 24th, 2020, 11:51 am

I don’t know anything about neck profiles sorry. Ha

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2865

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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Matt R. · **Posted:** December 24th, 2020, 1:44 pm

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.

crescenze · **Joined:** March 30th, 2013, 12:58 pm **Posts:** 925

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.

Matt R. · **Posted:** December 24th, 2020, 6:47 pm

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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