Was a setup done on your bass? If not, that’s the very first thing to have done. Chances are that would fix any fret buzzing.
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How did you determine you had uneven frets? Just because you noticed fret buzzing!?!
Like @MikeC said, fret buzzing isn’t necessarily/unequivocally coming from uneven frets. A proper setup is likely the solution.
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Used a fret rocker and there are several high spots.
Beside this done the setup myself. Have some experience (several years) with my Guitars for a proper setup. The only part not done was leveling the frets.
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Sounds like that bass is a candidate for a trip back to the vendor. Assuming you bought it new, it’s well under warranty and it should either be fixed, exchanged for another one, or a refund is in order. Best of luck with it.
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fixed it!
Nice bass!
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I thought Sire Plek all their instruments and the higher end gets more passes.
I’m so bummed out that they stopped making more necks. I tried to order a few years ago but never happened now I’m down to one…Status neck that is.
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There are other bass manufacturers like KLOS that use carbon fiber necks on their basses. However, they are on the expensive side at around $850 with around 3-months of build time.
They have been building aftermarket ones for Fender products:
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What a beauty.
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The first bass I bought after I restarted playing 12-13 years ago was a MIM reissue of the 1963 Fender Jazz, the first bass I ever played, purchased used in ‘67. It’s currently in storage with a warped neck and a maxed out truss rod. If I ever decide to pull it out of storage, it’s going to get one of those F-series carbon necks. When I bought the reissue, I’d forgotten what a PITA truss rod adjustments were (you have to remove the neck from the body). The body is black, so I think a black carbon neck would look really good on it. I might go all-in and upgrade the pickups, electronics and bridge with the body being the only thing original remaining.
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Sounds good,…KLOS necks don’t have the same headstock profile of a Fender, maybe you can make a request for a traditional Fender headstock if you order,..it couldn’t hurt to ask them.
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Might want to give it a wipe before taking a picture so we can appreciate the paint job. Looks like its been dusted for prints at a crime scene. Bit worried where your fiancé got it from.
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Very cool… how did you add the lights?
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I sent the neck to SIMMS Customs over in the U.K. It’s cheaper to send just the neck if it’s a bolt-on. It cost me around $600 for the installation at the time.
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Sweet! Thank you. 
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After installation, they shipped the neck back with instructions. A luthier can install the neck per the instructions, or if you are savy enough, you need to drill a hole through the neck cavity to the neck pickup cavity and run the wiring to the bass control cavity. On typical passive jazz basses, you can use a push/pull volume pot and pull the volume control up to turn on the lights.
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Maybe route some cavities for three Humbuckers too??? 
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I’ve got THREE basses to show off - each with a little story.
The first is my first ever bass, which includes with it a story of just…well, me being a dumb kid. Like really stupid.
The first bass is the bass, more-or-less, that I got from my grandfather - a mid-1960s Conrad. It may or may not have been the model pictured here. He played it in his band back in the sixties and seventies. He gave it to me sometime around 1990 in non-working condition. It was banged up and the electronics were mangled by the humidity. I could have fixed it had I known how, but I didn’t really get into gear tinkering until a few years ago.
I try not to kick myself over it…I gave it away, traded it for I don’t even remember what. I’m told someone got it working, but I lost track of who had it when, so I don’t know whatever happened to it. I do fully plan on someday buying one just for a wall hanger, but not today.
If you’re inclined to think or say “well you were just a kid - you didn’t know!” I would say that the “dumb kid” part comes from thinking, at the time, the cardinal sin of the low-end set: That guitar was cooler. Like I said, just dumb kid stuff. I set my own music evolution back YEARS trying to play an instrument that just wasn’t right for me.
The second bass is the one I started back up on, making a dedicated effort to learn the instrument, to learn some music theory, and just generally fill a void. Enter my beloved Squier Jaguar.
I still think it’s one of the best basses out there: Medium Scale, P-J pickups, looks stunning. This is the bass that I, for all intents and purposes, learned to play bass on.
And that brings us to: the Jackson SBXP IV. This was my birthday / Xmas present from my SO.
I have played other Jacksons and got a feel for them before ordering this one online. I like the way they sound and I like the way they feel, and they’re priced…very affordably. What I don’t always like is their kind of eighties-metal-aggro look, which just isn’t me (think stoner rock for my vibe). This one has all the features I would think to look for (active EQ, 24 fret neck, “neck through” [but not really] body).
It needed a little finishing work (dry fretboard, rough fret edges) but was 99% awesome right out of the box. To customize, I:
- Put slinky flatwounds on
- Replaced black knobs with copper-colored
- Same for the tuners
- Added strap locks
And this is my bass for the foreseeable future.
Some day, like I said, I’ll probably find myself an old Conrad just to say I have one. Some day, I may outgrow the Jackson, though that’s hard to imagine right now…but today I am super happy with the two basses I own since with two right within easy arm’s reach, I seldom have an excuse not to practice
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Oh, and: The squier jag pictured above is NOT QUITE the one that Josh & Co. reviewed and gave a big thumbs down! This one does NOT have the dumb bass boost “doom” circuit - just two volume, two tone.
So near as I can tell, it might also be out of production - I haven’t seen it online in a long time, and the squier website has said it’s “sold out” for just about as long.
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It’s quite a simple task. Just a router and epoxy with some colors little bit of soldering and Boom! You are in business, 
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A pro every looks easy, I was almost convinced that I could do this but luckily common sense tap me on the shoulder 
. Here’s how mine was done
It sounds epically awesome for being 23” scale.
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