Repairs and Technical

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1. Severely Cracked finish on a 1975 Olympic White Precision 1 2

   By Bassman78, January 8, 2024
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   • Bassman78
   • January 24, 2024

2. Wal lined fretless work 1 2

   By Zengineer, January 26, 2020
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   • Beedster
   • February 10, 2020

3. Neck relief check 1 2

   By Greggo, July 1, 2013
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   • stingrayPete1977
   • July 18, 2013

4. Whats your opinion on using different capacitors. 1 2

   By wiringwizardz, March 28, 2013
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   • AngelLaHash
   • April 29, 2013

5. How can I increase string tension on my bass? 1 2

   By zawinul, September 28, 2016
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   • NickRiffed
   • October 13, 2016

6. Shielding - copper tape on scratchplate? 1 2

   By Lozz196, April 12, 2014
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   • solo4652
   • June 5, 2014

7. Nitro over Poly? 1 2

   By yorks5stringer, November 26, 2017
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   • yorks5stringer
   • December 17, 2017

8. fender jazz buzzes when i touch strings? Any ideas? 1 2

   By skidder652003, August 10, 2015
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   • Telebass
   • September 27, 2015

9. Overdrive Advice 1 2

   By CPBass, December 30, 2007
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   • Jonny Walker
   • January 20, 2008

10. Meris Midi Cable build request (if doable!!) 1 2

    By Kev, July 17, 2023
    • 27 replies
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    • BigRedX
    • August 2, 2023
11. Bridge for 8-string conversion

    Topic was moved to forum Build Diaries

12. Jazz/Stingray pickup 1 2

    By paul_5, December 6, 2018
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    • Guest
    • December 23, 2018

13. 5 wire KA pickup 1 2

    By fleabag, April 25, 2023
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    • fleabag
    • May 7, 2023

14. Best soldering iron/solder for use in wiring a bass 1 2

    By krispn, October 16, 2010
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    • fleabag
    • August 24, 2020

15. Sanding the neck 1 2

    By wishface, August 27, 2019
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    • Stub Mandrel
    • September 1, 2019

16. Pickups gone - advice please 1 2

    By cheddatom, April 13, 2015
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    • cheddatom
    • April 24, 2015

17. loud pop when turning pedals on/off - AKA - replacing capacitor on an active bass? 1 2

    By polvo, September 21
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    • polvo
    • October 4

18. Putting passive pickups into a bass with an active preamp?? 1 2

    By EdLib-3, March 29, 2020
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    • Woodinblack
    • May 20, 2024

19. Bolt-On Neck Basses; Solve Screw Loosening Issues. 1 2

    By CMR Bass, November 7, 2013
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    • rmorris
    • June 15, 2014

20. Adding Larger Side Dots. 1 2

    By Chienmortbb, May 9, 2023
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    • Paul S
    • May 11, 2023

21. Should we have an unrecommended luthiers thread? 1 2

    By Soloshchenko, June 2, 2011
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    • martindupras
    • June 6, 2011

22. Intonation 1 2

    By wishface, December 25, 2014
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    • wishface
    • December 28, 2014

23. What does a power conditioner actually do? 1 2

    By Chopthebass, August 23, 2007
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    • BOD2
    • September 9, 2007

24. I use these to carry coiled leads. What are they? 1 2

    By Owen, January 23, 2020
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    • stewblack
    • February 5, 2020

25. String gauge help needed! 1 2

    By smurfitt, December 11, 2015
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    • JTUK
    • December 11, 2015