Vintage Fender Bass Guitar Repair and Set Up (Part 1)

In this video I do several little repairs to a late 70's Fender Precision bass guitar. Then I dress the frets and set it up. This is part one of two.

[@halo20763]

That was ace

[@RobMods]

Thanks mate.

[@ErixSamson]

So nice

[@RobMods]

Cheers!

[@shadowminister4090]

That neck support has has a lot of use. 😊. Now waiting for part 2. 😅

[@RobMods]

Ha ha, yes it sure has. It is overdue for new foam. Believe it or not, it is solid spruce! If I ever get back into acoustic repairs, I'll have about 10 years worth of cleats on hand...

[@learnmusic488]

“All that quality control” and “late 70s fender” should NOT be in the same sentence😂

[@RobMods]

Ha ha. Yes, comparing late 70's Fenders with Matsumoko instruments of the same period, (like my Vantage VP) makes for an interesting contrast that's for sure. I still love Fender though! :)

[@mossaagent]

sorry to bother, allow me to ask about your blend active, if I change the electronilytic caps from 10uF to 22/47uF does it increase the bass to a lower point/low pass filter.. sorry I'm not good at this, I'm just starting to learn.. thank you

[@RobMods]

If you are talking about the output coupling cap C5, then yes increasing the value will lower the frequency of the bass roll-off (actually a high pass filter). Its actual -3dB point will also depend on the input impedance of the next stage, but unless it is a very low input impedance, the actual roll off point will still be very low. Below human hearing threshold actually.

[@elzippo488]

Why would you remove those three frets and do all that unnecessary work just to put the same old frets back in?

[@RobMods]

Thanks for your question. To fill a chipped out fret slot, you have to remove the fret. With practice, it is actually quick and easy to do. If you are in a rush, you can use CA accelerator, but I had the other things to get on with while the drop fills were curing. (This is edited out of sync.) Since the board needs a fret dress, but not a full refret, returning the originals is fine. There was some buzzing in the upper frets (partlydue to the shim, and partly due to loose frets), and these will be leveled, crowned, polished in part 2. Virtually all the other frets were slightly loose and/or high. Tapping them down then stabilising the rest of the frets with wicked CA prior to dressing is very important, especially with vintage guitars. Cheers!