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If you get the right drill you might not even need glue. No harm In it though. I can confirm dowels are a cheap easy and effective solution . Just be sure to cut them off level (chisel) and sand it smooth if it isn't already smooth to the touch Put a piece of masking tape round the drill at the correct depth to avoid going too far through the neck.

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1386839988' post='2305101'] Mine is too, as far as I'm aware it's exactly as it was new (US 2006) [/quote] It used to hum loudly but took about an hour to solve

No reason for a jazz bass to hum either. Mine is absolutely silent due to copper shielding and slight changes to wiring.

It needs tort ....

I walked past Chris Bryant's and it seemed to be working Went to wunjos and didn't realise that bass was a separate shop. Doh . People nice in there so pleasantly surprised after some past surliness

Is if volume / volume / treble / bass ? Or am I missing something ? Thanks

Needs new strings and a battery as both are utterly dead Away at moment - will try it when I get home. I'll move it on if it's not my thing

Ok - how does that compare with a legend ?

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Yes will do pics tonight On weekend break in London so days are full

Has a subtle figured wood top, quite pleased with it, it MAY be a keeper It's very dark grey - has four knobs, two with centre detents. Anyone got any tips on identifying the model. ? It's made in Korea

TBH I always thought expensive was better until recently. The bass doc built me a P out of fairly random Jap parts and spent a lot of time on the set up using my preferred gauge of strings. The result was a world away from even a USA P that I thought was pretty good up to that point. It practically plays itself. I think the moral is that component quality/build quality can have a nixing factor where its bad but provided its even barely reasonable (ie not a bent neck, fairly even frets) it should be possible to transform any bass into a nice and comfortable experience.

As with discreet I only really play my bass doc built 74 precision replica. Lots of people mistake it for the real thing with the nitro paint and tinted varnish. I only wish I had had it reliced as I don't get the time to play the wear into it

I have an American special jazz and it's as good as any American standard I've played. I would placey bass-doc built p bass ( from jap parts) on a level above both

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I bought an issue recently. (October so probably sept issue) on way to Disneyland Paris and it was good, if somewhat expensive read.

Sounds like it could still be worth a try - thanks for the detailed responses

Ah yes - string thru - Hadn't spotted that although I'm not convinced it makes much difference Yes it does help, thanks both

Hi can some kind soul tell me if the Special is worth the extra ? 2013 model. Cant see a lot of difference in the specs. I thought graphite rods were nornal in American standards these days along with custom shop pickups ? thanks

He was a very fair dealer with me. I seem to recall him saying that the red/white/rosewood precision bass shown used to belong to Musical Youth