Hey guys, I got the first gnarly image from my neck repair on my old Jazz.
For those of you that haven't seen the other thread where I talk about the neck repair, here's the deal.
My 74 Jazz Bass has a maxed out truss rod and a 'ski jump' developed on the treble side. So for all practical purposes, the neck is shot. But after weighing the cost of a Warmoth replacement and finding a vintage replacement, the repair cost was totally justifiable so that's what I opted for.
To fix the truss rod they are slicing off the last 2 frets' worth of fingerboard area to access the truss rod channel. He made a metal anchor to make up for the wood that has been compressed by the truss rod over the years, so this will allow the truss to be backed out all the way so it has full, like new adjustability again. I'd never heard of this being done, but the tech working on mine said he's done between 20-30 of these in the past couple years. Then of course the neck will be planed, refretted and fingerboard refinished. Then it'll have a Plek fret leveling.
Here's my poor baby in its current state. Ouch.
And here we are in happier times haha:
