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There’s no denying the allure of a roasted maple neck. Resistant to humidity shifts and featuring a gorgeous, dark look, they have more sustain and add a unique note to the instrument’s voice. This genuine Fender Jazz Bass neck is crafted at our Ensenada, Mexico manufacturing facility. Featuring a comfortable "Modern C"-shaped profile and 9. 5"-radius maple fingerboard with 20 medium-jumbo frets, this neck was designed for pure playability. The synthetic bone nut is pre-slotted with "pilot" grooves for accurate spacing when filing the final string slots. The perfect way to give your J Bass authentic Fender feel, this replacement neck even sports our famous “spaghetti” logo on the headstock.
From the Manufacturer
There’s no denying the allure of a roasted maple neck. Resistant to humidity shifts and featuring a gorgeous, dark look, they have more sustain and add a unique note to the instrument’s voice. This genuine Fender Jazz Bass neck is crafted at our Ensenada, Mexico manufacturing facility. Featuring a comfortable "Modern C"-shaped profile and 9.5"-radius maple fingerboard with 20 medium-jumbo frets, this neck was designed for pure playability. The synthetic bone nut is pre-slotted with "pilot" grooves for accurate spacing when filing the final string slots. The perfect way to give your J Bass® authentic Fender feel, this replacement neck even sports our famous “spaghetti” logo on the headstock.
Sad
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2025
Did not fit without rerouting the neck pocket on the bass body. Heal of neck is tapered.
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2024
I bought this neck for a parts build and was pleasantly surprised by how good it is! The roasted maple finish looks stunning! I bought an Allparts Precision bass body and the neck slotted in to the pocket perfectly. Yes, there is some work that needs to be done - the holes for the machine heads are smaller than those on the Fender Player series necks and had to be opened slightly, and you will also need to drill holes for the retaining plates at the back. The nut will also require filing as it only comes with guide slots, but a cheap set of nut files sorted this out easily enough. Be prepared to shim the neck too... I would expect this with any neck though. Also, be aware that Fender necks seem to come with the truss rod loosened right off, so be careful when putting the strings on as you are likely to get a fair amount of bow in the neck and will need to adjust it accordingly. All in all, I am extremely happy with this neck - the fret feel great, no sharp edges or high spots and the 'Modern C' profile feels great to play!
BOONFIL
Reviewed in France on November 22, 2024
Fender Mex torréfié, c'est mon premier essai et je suis conquis. La planimétrie est nickel d'origine, le manche est une vrai autoroute et pour un produit neuf et récent, il est vraiment plus stable aux changements d'hygrométrie que les mêmes non roasted.
Best trowel ever
Reviewed in Canada on October 28, 2024
Other than the roasted maple looking good it was a lot of work to install. There’s only 4 pilot holes on the neck for the body. The headstock holes were too small for my original mim stock bushings to fit in nor did my new hipshot HB-7 bushings fit which were slightly smaller so I had to file the holes bigger. The nut has 4 pilot holes so you must file the nut which is very easy to mess up. I had to make 16 pilot holes for my tuners on the back of the neck and 1 on the front for the string retainer. Also the neck doesn't fit as snug in the pocket as my original p bass neck but maybe that’s because I put it on a p bass body. Also mine needs a shim in between the neck and body. For this price a neck shouldn’t need all that extra work. Truss rod needed adjustment but that was expected. The frets feel nice and the finish is nice. Just be prepared to have skills or take it to a Luther.
Toni Lindgren
Reviewed in Sweden on January 8, 2024
A truly pleasant surprise, incredibly well built and nice neck, very nice wood and finish.I was prepared to put some work into the frets but this neck was perfectly straight and had a very nice factory fret job, the nut needs some work and filing but I already knew that.Overall, a very nice neck with a lovely satin feel and I can really recommend it.
Gregory J. Titus
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023
First of all it looks amazing. I just love the way roasted look. The wood is perfectly sanded. The frets are smooth. There was not much tinkering with the active, innovation, and etc. pretty much perfect out of the box.
Toshiro Y.
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
I didn't like how it wasn't a fender jazz bass neck
Kip
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2022
Neck is beautiful and arrived in great condition. Be aware that there are no pilot holes for tuners but this allows you to use any tuner you choose. My old tuners did not fit the holes in the headstock so I had to get new ones. The holes in this neck are 11/16". I got the Hipshot Ultralites 1/2" Cloverleaf, and they fit great. There is also no hole for the string retainer. I used my old neck as a reference. The location varies somewhat it seems.
MrNige
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2021
Looks great. A Jazz bass neck on a P bass all Fender a name that is Bass Guitars!
Adalberto Lieto
Reviewed in Italy on December 4, 2021
Manufatturato in Messico, la qualità è veramente eccellente, consigliatissimo!
Me
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021
Want to share my experience with this neck. I did not buy through Amazon, but Musicians Friend. I have a 60s MIM J reissue and neck had warped. I previously put a roasted maple neck on my strat and loved it so much (it is a fantastic neck of exceptional quality) I thought let's do it for the J bass. Neck came and so I began taking tuning machines off old one. The bushings were too big (I was surprised as other reviews mentioned they were too small). So i called Fender and they told me I needed the bushings for modern MIM bass necks and gave me a part number. I ordered, they came and were also too big. I sent neck back and asked for a replacement. Did research while waiting and it seemed the Highway One tuning machines were what was needed. Ordered those. New neck came and same issue, all bushings too big. Called Fender back, and during the discussion the dude went through the specs and said tuning key holes were drilled to .374 and H1 bushings were .378. Said Fender didn't make .374. Said he'd look into and call back. Spoke to him next day and all he said was a coworker recently put those in a roasted bass neck and it was hard and took him a long time but he eventually got them in. I tried, and after much tapping could not get the first one in flush to the wood. Nor could get it out. Sent back to MF. We'll see what happens.But here is some basic math: Neck = 329, tuning keys (if you can fit them) = 40 - 80, nut files = 80 - 100, or nut replacement = 120 (part and labor if not doing yourself). Oh yeah, and about 60 for a tuning key hole reamer if you can find one. So you're basically getting to the price of an American neck with tuners already installed on Stratosphere.com. So that's what I did. And I love it. I love roasted maple, and if I hadn't had the tuning key holes/bushings issue, would have gone that route, but very happy with the American hassle-free neck from Stratosphere.
LowTone
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2020
I bought this neck for a custom Jazz build. It's very nice, but much darker than the picture shows online. Closer to a Pau Ferro color, I'll need to get used to that. Definitely a stand-out look though, and that is what I was hoping for.Install was real easy. You do have to cut the nut and drill pilot holes for your tuners (each tuner brand is different), but other than that it was good to go. I had a difficult time with intonation on the E string, but I got it close enough. I did a very slight truss bar adjustment, but I probably didn't even need to do that. Overall it's great, very easy to play.
Brandon
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2020
Don’t buy this unless you have the time and skill, or know someone with the skill, to do some wood work. The neck came with ZERO pilot holes pre-drilled. Now, I have to measure, and drill my new neck just to get my bass back together. Also, the tuning machine holes are not the same size as my old neck, therefore my machine bushings won’t fit unless I drill out the holes on the new head. Waaaaay more work than I wanted to deal with at this point. This is all stuff I can do on my own, so I’m not too worried. Just pisses me off that they cut corners so now it’s more work for me. Plus side, the scorched maple is gorgeous. Well, time to get out the drill.....
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