Hi Gang,
Hoping you can help me here. I just got done dropping off one of my brand new basses to a tech who I haven’t used before, for a quick pickup swap. This is a Fender American Vinatge II 1960 Precision Bass, which I purchased brand new from Sweetwater.
I am that guy who is super meticulous with gear and taking care of it, polishing and wiping down and cleaning strings after playing, etc. As such, I make it a point to go through the instruments with old or new techs at drop-off, so that they know they’re not marred and have an understanding of how much I care for my instruments.
This bass is a nitro finish, was brand new and opened the case once or twice played to test tone and went for its pickup swap. I opened the case again at drop off as mentioned and it’s a black bass, you’d see any marks on it.
I got this message from the tech a few minutes ago stating the following:
“Just noticed this as I was putting the P-Bass back in the case. It looks old to me, like it’s an old filled hole or has some dirt build up in it. Just want to make sure you are aware of it. Sometimes people don’t realize these things so I like to point them out of if I notice them.”
He included one pic of it really close where I couldn’t even tell where the mark was, so I asked for a second pic with a guitar pick next to it… it turns out it was on the top — where we’d both have clearly seen during drop off and made note of it.
He definitely claims he didn’t drop a screwdriver on it and saw it when wiping it down, but there was “no chip on the rag” when he noticed it.
To me it looks like the soldering iron hit it, but I’m not sure. At this point what can I do, it was a brand new bass, and it is what it. Just curious if you guys with way more experience than me could maybe drop me some pointers on what you think it may be or what it looks like, again I went through the bass with him and it’s been opened once or twice just in the house before going for it’s swap.
He says it may have been a hole that was epoxied at the factory and then the nitro came off there, but I dunno… any ideas? And what’s the best way to fix something like this? Hurts bad seeing this on any bass, let alone a brand new bass.
Placement alone on the damage, there’s no way in hell I (or both of us) wouldn’t have noticed that prior. But it does look like a screw hole too, and I know Fender may get “creative” with repairs to where it was drilled wrong, filled, temp changed and the epoxy or whatever they used shrunk down… then the top nitro chipped off when being wiped down… I’m not sure and left scratching my head.
Thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
Hoping you can help me here. I just got done dropping off one of my brand new basses to a tech who I haven’t used before, for a quick pickup swap. This is a Fender American Vinatge II 1960 Precision Bass, which I purchased brand new from Sweetwater.
I am that guy who is super meticulous with gear and taking care of it, polishing and wiping down and cleaning strings after playing, etc. As such, I make it a point to go through the instruments with old or new techs at drop-off, so that they know they’re not marred and have an understanding of how much I care for my instruments.
This bass is a nitro finish, was brand new and opened the case once or twice played to test tone and went for its pickup swap. I opened the case again at drop off as mentioned and it’s a black bass, you’d see any marks on it.
I got this message from the tech a few minutes ago stating the following:
“Just noticed this as I was putting the P-Bass back in the case. It looks old to me, like it’s an old filled hole or has some dirt build up in it. Just want to make sure you are aware of it. Sometimes people don’t realize these things so I like to point them out of if I notice them.”
He included one pic of it really close where I couldn’t even tell where the mark was, so I asked for a second pic with a guitar pick next to it… it turns out it was on the top — where we’d both have clearly seen during drop off and made note of it.
He definitely claims he didn’t drop a screwdriver on it and saw it when wiping it down, but there was “no chip on the rag” when he noticed it.
To me it looks like the soldering iron hit it, but I’m not sure. At this point what can I do, it was a brand new bass, and it is what it. Just curious if you guys with way more experience than me could maybe drop me some pointers on what you think it may be or what it looks like, again I went through the bass with him and it’s been opened once or twice just in the house before going for it’s swap.
He says it may have been a hole that was epoxied at the factory and then the nitro came off there, but I dunno… any ideas? And what’s the best way to fix something like this? Hurts bad seeing this on any bass, let alone a brand new bass.
Placement alone on the damage, there’s no way in hell I (or both of us) wouldn’t have noticed that prior. But it does look like a screw hole too, and I know Fender may get “creative” with repairs to where it was drilled wrong, filled, temp changed and the epoxy or whatever they used shrunk down… then the top nitro chipped off when being wiped down… I’m not sure and left scratching my head.
Thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
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