Repairs and Technical

11,619 topics in this forum

1. How to make my bass shiny again?

   By matski, March 13, 2023
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   • iconic
   • April 16, 2023

2. Intermittant distortion from my Phil Jones Double Four

   By JJTee, August 1, 2016
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   • JJTee
   • August 1, 2016

3. What do these screws on my bridge do?

   By bassmaster4000, February 12, 2024
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   • bassmaster4000
   • February 27, 2024

4. Bad Frets - Status Graphite

   By SGB2, December 8, 2009
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   • SGB2
   • December 8, 2009

5. Where does a Steinberger/Hohner headless truss rod start/end?

   By 6feet7, January 21, 2019
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   • 6feet7
   • January 22, 2019

6. Pickup height and tuning

   By KingBollock, May 28, 2016
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   • stoo
   • May 29, 2016

7. tidying up fret ends

   By MoonBassAlpha, February 20, 2010
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   • lozbass
   • February 21, 2010

8. Help identifying old emg bass preamp

   By Dudgeman, March 13, 2017
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   • NoirBass
   • March 17, 2017

9. Buzzing from Pbass polepieces

   By bassbiscuits, July 4, 2015
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   • Grangur
   • July 7, 2015

10. Yamaha SLB200 EUB Spike won't tighten

    By Michael Currie, July 26, 2013
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    • Michael Currie
    • August 2, 2013

11. Faulty Ashdown EVOiii

    By PaulWarning, June 26, 2019
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    • Reggaebass
    • July 24, 2019

12. Headphones knackered ?

    By daz, March 30, 2012
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    • icastle
    • March 31, 2012

13. noll 3 band thinking about replacing it with a john east 4knob system?

    By ziggydolphinboy, June 4, 2012
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    • Kiwi
    • June 5, 2012

14. Finishing a 70's maple jazz neck replica....help & advice please :)

    By Raslee, July 22, 2016
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    • Raslee
    • July 23, 2016

15. pickup volume

    By plaaty, December 3, 2021
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    • itu
    • January 14, 2022

16. 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

17. EMG bods - I need your wisdom.

    By Owen, April 26, 2015
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    • Owen
    • April 28, 2015

18. Changing from active to passive (help needed)

    By roundos, March 31, 2014
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    • geoffbyrne
    • April 3, 2014

19. 2 into 1

    By slobluesine, March 8, 2011
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    • slobluesine
    • March 8, 2011

20. Bone nuts and bridges

    By essexbasscat, February 10, 2012
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    • essexbasscat
    • February 11, 2012

21. Sharp fret edges - recommended Luthier in SW London/Surrey

    By tedmanzie, February 15, 2013
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    • tedmanzie
    • February 16, 2013

22. End of the Line 6

    By anzoid, April 10, 2017
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    • anzoid
    • April 14, 2017

23. Neck Dings

    By Quilly, January 22, 2021
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    • Killed_by_Death
    • February 6, 2021

24. Setting a combination lock?

    By ped, March 30, 2021
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    • Frank Blank
    • March 30, 2021

25. Need help verifying if electronics are original on my 1982 MIJ JB62 reissue 1 2

    By rhokuza, January 23   

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    • 39 replies
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    • rhokuza
    • January 26