Repairs and Technical

11,771 topics in this forum

1. How do I diagnose a "broken" active pickup?

   By LeftyJ, January 14, 2021
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   • LeftyJ
   • January 19, 2021

2. HOW DO I GET AN ULTRA LOW ACTION ON A JAZZ BASS? Help please...

   By Greg.Bassman, February 25, 2016
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   • Marc S
   • February 26, 2016

3. how do I get inside an Ashdown After Eight

   By Baldrick, February 25, 2015
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   • Dad3353
   • February 26, 2015

4. How do i get this finish on Mahogany?

   By rennie234, September 12, 2011
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   • rubis
   • September 15, 2011

5. How do i get this finish?

   By silentbob, August 12, 2011
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   • xgsjx
   • August 13, 2011

6. How do i go about finishing a P neck ???

   By Raslee, May 8, 2011
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   • henry norton
   • May 8, 2011

7. How do I remove a Stingray pickguard?

   By AinsleyWalker, January 16, 2016
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   • AinsleyWalker
   • January 16, 2016

8. How do I Remove screws with head rounded off?

   By Mod_Machine, July 18, 2011
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   • Roland Rock
   • July 18, 2011

9. How do I remove the grill from my Aguilar DB112?

   By Painy, October 23, 2016
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   • Painy
   • November 3, 2016

10. How do I remove the grille from a Trace 1153t?

    By stevie, January 16, 2009
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    • Merton
    • January 19, 2009

11. How do I remove the tuning head plate?

    By ButcherBass95, February 25, 2015
    • 1 reply
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    • Jimryan
    • March 7, 2015

12. How do I straighten a warped scratchplate?

    By franzbassist, April 10, 2014
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    • Westie9
    • April 17, 2014

13. How do I wire this jack?

    By Rexel Matador, January 29, 2020
    • 8 replies
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    • prowla
    • February 3, 2020

14. How do i wire this solderless pot up?

    By shoulderpet, August 13, 2020
    • 18 replies
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    • KiOgon
    • August 15, 2020

15. How do you become a guitar/bass tech?

    By lewiswhitebass, October 17, 2019
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    • lewiswhitebass
    • November 5, 2019

16. How do you clean a black warwick scratches

    By grimbeaver, January 22, 2009
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    • tarcher
    • January 23, 2009

17. How do you cut pick guard material

    By thepurpleblob, July 22, 2008
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    • Mr. Foxen
    • July 22, 2008

18. How do you know if a truss rod is maxed ?

    By njr911, May 6, 2015
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    • njr911
    • May 14, 2015

19. How do you make a good solder joint on the back of a pot?

    By WarPig, August 22, 2009
    • 13 replies
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    • soopercrip
    • August 22, 2009

20. How do you make your neck smooth?

    By apa, March 2, 2012
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    • discreet
    • April 14, 2012

21. How do you measure string height ?

    By essexbasscat, November 14, 2011
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    • xilddx
    • November 21, 2011

22. How do you prefer your string action, and what is the action and relief on your main bass?

    By Baloney Balderdash, September 20, 2020   

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    • Jean-Luc Pickguard
    • September 21, 2020

23. How do you replace a nut on a p bass mim

    By Black Coffee, November 22, 2013
    • 2 replies
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    • KiOgon
    • November 24, 2013

24. How do you treat a Purple Heart fingerboard

    By lownote, March 12, 2017
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    • Manton Customs
    • March 12, 2017

25. How does fret height and width effect playability?

    By Greg.Bassman, January 10, 2018
    • 5 replies
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    • HowieBass
    • January 11, 2018