righto, bit of a resurrection here
just picked up a new bass (new to me, it's from '84) everything is fine with it except from the 7th and 8th frets on the A string are nae use. can't even hear the note, just that horrible mettalic twang/rattle for a second then it dies
can't see anything unusual about these frets, seem the same as every other one which work fine
really not sure what to try as i'm always afraid of arsing it up completely
just to mention as well, this isn'ta through neck like in the OP