NGD incoming! Mod platform - Ideas?

[ehdwuld]

Buff that neck man
buff it like you need it

I mean play it and buff it with your hand as you play it, yk

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I would bring it up to them as something they should have tended to.

I point out these smaller things just as feedback not so much to wrestle a discount

Nah, not worth it. I figured there was going to be "idiosincracies" with the lowest end guitar Fender offers. It's playing much better than I thought it would. To me, very slighlly the off-center strings are not an issue. It's playing amazing, honestly.

 

[Top-L]

Maybe. But it plays so good, honestly. And it was not an issue. At least for me.

I tried to buy several Jacksons last year from low end to mid range.

Two of the guitars had bad string/neck alignment. One was a neck through soloist and couldnt be saved. The other was a bolt on dinky but the neck joint was compromised and wouldn't stay in place so tuning stability was flaky. (The neck route wasn't flat so there was very little friction contact between body and neck, so the neck moved.)

Another guitar I returned had leaning trem posts that weren't aligned with the trem cutouts. No chance of ever staying in tune unless it was blocked.

I mean they are screwing up some things very badly. If neck alignment and trem posts are out of whack, that means they are just hand drilling.

Fender/Jackson quality has taken a nose dive. I will not chance buying another one unless in person. I don't think they do any quality control. If it looks like a guitar, they will just pack it and ship it. In fact, I think I'm done ordering online. QC is so bad these days that I'm just going to check Guitar Center inventory in the future and drive out to see if any speak to me. Guitar Center is a return hub so I'm not too hopeful.

Also will look at used pre-covid models. I don't think its just fender, I had some problems with LTD.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I tried to buy several Jacksons last year from low end to mid range.

Two of the guitars had bad string/neck alignment. One was a neck through soloist and couldnt be saved. The other was a bolt on dinky but the neck joint was compromised and wouldn't stay in place so tuning stability was flaky. (The neck route wasn't flat so there was very little friction contact between body and neck, so the neck moved.)

Another guitar I returned had leaning trem posts that weren't aligned with the trem cutouts. No chance of ever staying in tune unless it was blocked.

I mean they are screwing up some things very badly. If neck alignment and trem posts are out of whack, that means they are just hand drilling.

Fender/Jackson quality has taken a nose dive. I will not chance buying another one unless in person. I don't think they do any quality control. If it looks like a guitar, they will just pack it and ship it. In fact, I think I'm done ordering online. QC is so bad these days that I'm just going to check Guitar Center inventory in the future and drive out to see if any speak to me. Guitar Center is a return hub so I'm not too hopeful.

Also will look at used pre-covid models. I don't think its just fender, I had some problems with LTD.

I remember your threads. But honestly, I don't find that to be an issue with mine.

I'm sure if I really started to find it an issue, I could sort it out. What I did with my old prestige was shim one side of the neck pocket. I'm sure I could do that. But I don't find it needs it as is.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

BTW, I found out it's routed for HHH when I removed the pickguard. The problem, thouh, is that standard Fender pickguards won't fit because of the wider bridge.

 

[Mincer]

Most stores take a guitar out of the box, tune it, and put it up on the shelf. You are lucky if they tune it, much less anything more in-depth than that.

 

[EmiAba]

Guitars are intended to be played but part of the fun is modding them. Congrats, nice catch

 

[jeremy]

im sure warmoth can make whatever guard you want