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Those aren't scratches - it looks like severe finish checking - cracks in the finish. The wood has shrunk a little and the finish has split. Options? Do you want it to look like a brand new instrument? If so then strip and refinish. On a vintage 1977 instrument like this I'd embrace the natural relic job... If the finish is lifting and detaching I'd drop fill with CA glue then sand back to flat and polish. Finish checking is cool on a 45 year old bass.

Prepare a cable with a 1/4" mono jack on one end and two croc clips on the other.... connect to amp. Unsolder pickup inputs at pots. Unsolder input to tone pot. Clip onto each pickup and check for signal / volume. Reconnect pickups to pots. Clip onto out lug of each volume pot and check for signal / volume. Reinstall tone pot, clip onto out lug and check it works. Finally clip across output jack and test.... Check earth continuity from output jack to pots and bridge. If AOK close it all up and test agin.

Leave the empty shell of a Neutrik XLR in the adjacent socket?

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The walnut plug says early 70s or modern - later 70s were bullet style. The Jazz Bass font is sans serif which was later 70s. Neck colour looks too new and the Fender decal also looks too new. Tuners look legit. Serial number is USA 77 - 78 or Japan 94 - 95 / 2006 - 2008 Bass could be later MIJ and mistakenly dated to 70s due to serial number ambiguity? Could also be a newer, replacement neck. Is there a neck date stamp? Pot date codes?

Yes, using Win11 + Edge browser I get this... Works AOK using Firefox. Looks like some kind of Certificate / SSL negotiation problem

More rugged Locking Proper cable clamping Handles higher power Can carry 2 signals (if 4 pole) Plugs are protected from short circuit, unlike jacks Takes thicker cables (some jacks do too) Solderless

Are the cables from Focusrite to BX5 monitors balanced - TRS jacks? If yes, then snip the earths off at the BX5 end.

Maine - that's a name from the past. I had a Maine 2 x 12" Stage combo as the top half of my bass rig, on top of 2 x 15" Vitavox W bins. Very heavy and very loud I recall.

I'd look at a Fender Player Precision (£699) and a Squier Classic Vibe '702 Precision (£349). Try and get some hands on playing time so pick a less busy period at a store with good stocks. A Precision will get all the sounds you want - don't think a single pickup makes them 'less versatile' it's not so. Try a few, one will be the best one 😉

D Addario EXL160M medium scale on string-through Mustang Perfect length...

Yes, if it has four screw terminals it's a 4 pole NL4 (and a knock off). You want a Neutrik NL2 type. https://cpc.farnell.com/neutrik/nl2fx/speakon-plug-2-pole/dp/AV24024

EXL160M D’Addario XL Nickel Medium guage 50 - 105 are really nice on a string through Mustang - as are the Fender jobbies.

That links me to a dodgy spam site... either there is no Cotswold Bass Guitars or their website has been hijacked

Also great for someone who reads a lot on holiday... ;-

First Aid Kit were good - and she had a nice collection of Mustang basses 😉

The absolute bestest nail files are the Czech glass ones. Amazon.co.uk : czech glass nailfile They give a really smooth polished nail, are washable and last for ever...

Sounds like the output jack's ring contact might be not be making good contact. Give the jack a good clean and have a close look at the contacts with a jack inserted. Replace if suspect. PP3 battery clips are notoriously crap, made of chinesium, and it's hard to source a good one. (The RS Pro ones are OK RS PRO Press Stud 9V PP3 Battery Contact | RS Components (rs-online.com) It is possible to solder (quickly) the DC cables onto the battery terminals as a test. Also a piece of foam jammed in the battery compartment, pushing on the connector can help. Do as rmorris says...

I think we all like and appreciate the really good stuff, so I'm not 100% immune to some snobbishness, but with experience comes understanding... We have all known Squiers nicer than Fenders and Epiphones better than Gibsons - great setup is what makes the difference. Ultimately it's how good a player you are - what's cooler, a great player on a £200 bass or a mediocre player on a £3000 super bass? Are you a collector of instruments or a player of music? Instruments need to make music and it's the quality of the music that counts. (Please ignore the list of not-at-all-snobbish instruments in my sig... 😉 )

Some brass bar stock is close in dims, so not too much filing... Here is 6mm x 10mm x 500m bar - one cut and some filing... Z-fiber Brass Flat Bar 10 X 500mm/19.7inch Long 1 Pcs H59 Brass Bars Stock for DIY Crafts Panel Metalworking,Thickness:10mm : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

NorthWest Guitars have some Northwest Guitars Brass Nut for 4 String Bass Guitars 43mm Scratch that - I should try reading fully .... 😉 This is closer to required specs AxeMasters 1 7/8" / 48mm Slotted BRASS NUT handmade for FENDER V Bass Guitar | Reverb

If you cover the labels with masking tape before applying the velcro you protect the labels. Also use some alcohol to degrease the pedals before sticking the velcro on.

This should fit OK unless you have some very high pedals... Stagg UPC-500 500x255x90mm ABS Guitar Effect Pedal Flight Case Int. dim. (HxWxD): 255 x 500 x 90 mm https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/guitar-pedals/pedalboards/stagg-upc-500-effect-pedal-case

Love it - I'm a sucker for block inlays on rosewood.

Stick a walnut truss rod plug in there too...