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Thanks for all the responses. To cover off a few of the points raised: I tried the same setup with another bass (ie same cable, same amp) with no humming, this says to me that it is solely a problem with the bass and not the associated equipment. Secondly, the humming was not present when I bought the bass, it is something that has developed yesterday, 10 days into ownership oddly. I have seen the threads on how to fix the issue but it strikes me the bass should not be in this position after 10 days of ownership and it almost certainly should not be my responsibility to correct if it fails in that time frame. I will be returning it to the shop for hopefully a simple fix on their part and I can go on enjoying the bass. I hope they will agree to this because I really don't want to get my money back and have to restart the search for "the one".

Thanks for the responses, to answer a few of the points, I did try moving the amp to another room and the hum was at the same level. With regards to the hum when touching the strings it stops, it is also almost entirely absent when the tone is rolled completely rolled off. I have looked at fixing the issue myself but I almost feel like I shouldn't have to on a bass that is essentially brand new. If the hum had been there when I bought it then I wouldn't have such an issue but there has been a clear change from when purchased to now.

I'm not sure there is a definitive answer to this but here goes. Purchased a new p bass 2 weeks ago and it has been perfect until last night it developed an uncontrollable humming. I tested the amp and cable with another bass which had no hum so I'm assuming this is an issue with the bass itself. The question is do I have to fork out to get the problem resolved myself or am I justified in asking the shop to fix it? To be clear, I do not want it replaced as I chose this one from the available stock.

I just picked up a Nate Mendel and its 41mm, although its not jazz width it feels lovely and very easy to play, I do often wonder if we are overly infatuated with nut width when general circumference is as important.

I played a 2024x at a shop in London and its the best thing I've ever played. Unfortunately I don't have anything approaching the 2k required to buy one.

Thinking of picking one of these up, can anyone give me the approximate weight? Also what is the finish on the neck?

Out of interest how were djm? I've not had any previous with them.