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[quote name='obbm' post='7343' date='May 26 2007, 04:50 PM']The bridge is on but it needs to come down to get a nice low action. Problem is the bridge saddles are already at the bottom of their adjustment. How do you get it right?[/quote] It's sounds to me like you might need to check a few other things that effect the action, such as the truss rod adjustment. I would only attempt this if you are sure of what you are doing though. If the truss is good then the next stop would be the nut, but once again you need to be sure of what you're doing before attemtping this. There are some good tutorials at: [url="http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/"]http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/[/url]

I have a mexican fretless fender jazz bass that I've made a few mods to, I'm pretty comfortable with doing that kind of thing (pickups, bridges, nuts, electrics) but the final touch I want to add is something I'm very scared to approach without the right advice first as it's all fairly new to me. Haven't worked with wood since I was in school. The body has, as far as I can tell, the original fender finish in light blue with what I believe to be a polyeurathane finish. What I would really love to do, not sure if it's possible though, is to remove the paint and have a natural stained wood finish instead, complete with wood grain etc. And so, to my questions: 1) Has anyone ever done this to a Jazz? How was your experience? 2) Is the wood going to be up to the kind of finish I would like or will it more than likely just end up looking crappy? 3) What's the best method of stripping off the poly and paint? 4) What sort of wood stain and protective coating (polyeurathane again?) should I use? 5) Is there anything I haven't considered? Thanks in advance for any advice.

She's absolutely gorgeous!!

[quote name='elom' post='6932' date='May 25 2007, 07:20 PM']You must have either started breeding young or pay your kids a LOT of pocket money if your daughter bought you a bass! (I'm also 37 but my daughters, 4 & 6, have not yet bought me any musical instruments - I must speak to them about this....)[/quote] My (step)daughter is 19, she bought me a 3 axe stand for my birthday followed by the squier (used) for xmas. I have to say that the bass was the most jaw dropping pressie anyone ever bought me. [quote name='elom' post='6932' date='May 25 2007, 07:20 PM']As long as you enjoy your bass playing not much else matters IMHO.[/quote] Never was a truer word spoken, just wish I could find more time / people to play with. Thanks for the welcome peeps!

Hi everyone! I just found basstalk / basschat a few days ago and wanted to register and say "Hi" plus tell you all a bit about myself: I'm a 37 year old brit that moved to the USA just over 4 years ago and have been playing guitar for about 6 years now, about a year and a half ago my daughter bought me my first bass, a squier p-bass, and I've picked up a six-string about 3 times since. In short, I'm hooked! I *LOVE* bass and have no desire to play six-string anymore. I recently became the proud owner of a 2002 Fender Jazz Bass Fretless (the Squier sounds terrible) which I've modded as follows: LQ Bad Ass bridge (I can't believe how much difference this makes to the tone and sustain!) SD Basslines pickups (quarter pounders) Graphtec nut (some animal had mutilated the old nut) Rotosound jazz flatwounds Perl pickguard (Ok, it doesn't change the sound, but it makes me feel better about the cyan body colour!) The only amplification I have at the moment is a Line6 guitarport running the basspack models feeding through a traditional stereo (had to leave my beloved Marshall JCM900 in England, but I play bass now so chin up, right?), hoping to change this soon as I have my eye on the Line6 lowdown series of combo's. My favourite musical style to play and listen to is blues, blues, blues... Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Creme, Dave Hole, Watermelon Slim. I don't get a lot of time to practice, often only once or twice a week due to my horrible work schedule, but enjoy the time I do get. Looking forward to getting to know everyone here.