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  1. Odd resonance from a Peavey Cirrus 5
  2. Quick question about trussrod on acoustic
  3. Will These Fit on a THUNDERBIRD?
  4. Truss rod stuck/maxed -- should I worry?
  5. Fender Truss Size
  6. Screw striped on the E tuner on my Yammy
  7. Can I use brasso on the frets on a Rosewood fingerboard?
  8. Tuning pegs lifting out?
  9. Fender three screw replacement bridges?
  10. Best Machine Heads??
  11. Just got my Dean Playmate Acoustic, need HELP setting it up~!!
  12. Best way to polish a scratchy black finish?
  13. Rosewood fretboard uneven from Maple neck (not frets)?
  14. Colored Nuts
  15. truss rod nut replacement time
  16. No sustain on the D string
  17. Ashtray screw question
  18. looking for advice: re fret buzz
  19. Which bridges will fit a pre-drilled Warmoth Jazz body?
  20. Could a dodgy nut cause bad sustain? Need help.
  21. How low or how high your action is?
  22. Replacement bridge for 65 hagstrom 4
  23. Anyone Defret A Gibson Ripper (or, say, A Grabber)?
  24. D tuner
  25. Warwick Thumb Neck thru 4
  26. Warbling G string...
  27. Squire Standard question
  28. Tuning a four-string CGDA
  29. Lowering the knob on a push/pull pot?
  30. Gotoh 201 question
  31. How to heal a bass wart bubble flaker?
  32. New Nut for Warwick, JaN I or JaNIII
  33. Ric bridge on a non-Ric bass?
  34. Badass ll: raising the saddle
  35. Tuner just broke off!
  36. Complicated action question: P to Jazz (long)
  37. Pickguard change? Vinyl? Suggestions?
  38. MIM JAZZ 5 NUT??
  39. Epiphone EB3: Badass or Supertone?
  40. Crazy fret buzz in Some Higer frets?
  41. Replacement P-Bass ferrules to small...
  42. 4 string tuned B_E_A_D
  43. Best Setups in LA?
  44. My Shergold will NOT stay in tune.
  45. I am constantly breaking strings!
  46. Luthier Recommendations - SF/Marin
  47. Holding strap buttons
  48. Strange Buzzing
  49. Bassman Combo 60 repair
  50. Replacement Bridge?
  51. Making Shims
  52. Best Large Mass Bridge for Jazz Bass?
  53. I want to lower my action some but im CLUELESS
  54. My strap buttons are spinning.
  55. [Fixed, thx]Thunderbird bridge pop-out
  56. Asymmetrical neck conversion?
  57. Custom Thumb Rest
  58. High frets... help??
  59. Hipshot A bridge how to?
  60. Fender Font
  61. graphite chipping and ZON bridge/tuner replacements
  62. Intonation - Epi Thunderbird
  63. Allen wrench for Yamaha RBXJM2?
  64. To increase the strings tension...
  65. Newbie needs advice...CIJ jazz bass
  66. Neck for a Squier MB-5?
  67. Denver area repairperson recommendations?
  68. A couple of questions
  69. Stringheight on fretless
  70. Refinishing a Yamaha BB1200 (neck-through)
  71. Single string fret buzz
  72. Essex (SX) neck profile question (not a general one)
  73. Fender P-bass action help
  74. Just Nut, one side won't rise ?
  75. Necks - Warmoth vs. Allparts vs. Might Mite
  76. Action Question
  77. NEEDED Thunderbird Logo
  78. Pickup Problem or somthing else?
  79. Chorus sound from my Jazz
  80. putting new tuners on?
  81. Fender Jazz 1975RI - REfretting it
  82. Intonation Problem Need Help!!!
  83. Today I Modded and Moved my SX's Bridge
  84. 3 point bridge set-up help needed
  85. trying to put my friend at ease...refretting content.
  86. Clanky bass strings
  87. Neck relief on fretless
  88. Bridge attaching help
  89. Mark Hoppus jazz PG
  90. Squier Pickguard?
  91. Stud has come out of body. What to do?
  92. MM3 OLP trouble!
  93. pre slotted BadAss II's?
  94. Oiling a vintage Fender P rosewood fretboard
  95. Are Schaller M4S Machines Reversable?
  96. Problem with string adjustment
  97. defretting ebanol
  98. Need a more "extroverted" truss rod nut.
  99. Fender Jazz MIA RI'75 replacement pickguard
  100. a question about fretboards
  101. Custom Words on your Pickguard?
  102. jazz bass pickup istalation
  103. New neck - Drill patterns for Fender J bass headstock?
  104. Pickup screw problem (I think)
  105. How to groove a badass bridge?
  106. Does anyone else suffer from "F.T.S.?"
  107. Does Anybody Else do this?
  108. Vibration from Tuners.
  109. hipshot bridge, which material?
  110. Bridge Screw
  111. Installing a new neck, how much to tighten the truss rod at first?
  112. Help, I Need To Raise Action
  113. Lower My Action?
  114. which straplocks for Ric 4003 and 4004
  115. Standard or Metric?
  116. dead truss rods
  117. Source for saddles Badass II BLACK
  118. How easy is changing a bridge?
  119. Uneven volume across the strings.
  120. old bass guitar given to me
  121. hipshot vs badass....
  122. Screw size StingRay Bridge
  123. Fret buzz only at 12th fret
  124. some assorted questions
  125. Left Handed Nut
  126. Schaller.. screws included??
  127. I think my truss rod is frozen
  128. Neck Dive on Jaguar Bass
  129. Cleaning and Polishing Musicman Stingray
  130. PLEASE HELP!!! Tuning pegs required!!
  131. P Pickguards 10 hole/new versions - Compatible??
  132. Korg CA40 tuners off
  133. truss rod...
  134. SX fretless neck damage
  135. Getting a decal from Fender?
  136. E&A Strings Quiet on Jazz Bass.
  137. Strings on Ken Smith Bass
  138. FRETLESS buzz on 3rd and 5th ?? need help
  139. Good tech in NYC for a setup?
  140. Bridge Materials?
  141. Boston area unfretted conversion?
  142. sting ray neck replacement
  143. Replacing a neck on a cheap Ibanez fretless
  144. Dirty Fingers!!!!
  145. Pickguard Shield
  146. Switching flatwounds
  147. Neck & truss rod issues
  148. Do you tip your set up guy?
  149. Spontaneous Action Rising Syndrome?!
  150. Bridge Screws stripped on Carvin
  151. Nut slot too wide on A string
  152. Professional setup, worth $100?
  153. Easy fit tuners for a SX Jazz 5
  154. sharp flat!
  155. I am having problems setting up my neck
  156. Installed a Hipshot Xtender (detuner) but it`s not working
  157. Fretless bass nut fileing down?
  158. How do I fix this?
  159. Setting a bolt on neck?
  160. Graphtech Nuts - Singing the praise!
  161. Rebuilding a beat-up '92 Foundation
  162. Tips on fixing scratches on the main body
  163. Defretting a T-24
  164. Squier VM Jazz Neck on a VM P?
  165. Musicman fret buzz
  166. Truss rod nut won't come off!
  167. 75 CIJ Jazz Tuners
  168. Tuner problem with new SX Jazz
  169. Replacement bridge for this bass:
  170. Truss rod on Jay Turser (guitar)
  171. saddle adjustment vs pup post spacing
  172. Fixing strap buttons.
  173. Transformation
  174. Badass bridge on MIA Fender Jazz?
  175. Badass II saddle wrench size.
  176. Chaniging strap button location
  177. Best aftermarket neck?
  178. Neck / body connection on sqeire 70's mod jazz bass
  179. Experience lengthening scale on just E string?
  180. Alternate between CDCG and EADG
  181. Anyone ever change the pickguard of an SX jazz bass?
  182. Another action question.
  183. Fret Wire Uneven
  184. Peavey Cirrus 4 - Need maintenance advice
  185. Replacement for Shaeller machine heads?
  186. Spector Refret
  187. I am an idiot, bass repair, took bridge off without destringing
  188. switching Fender neckplates
  189. Wich Potis in TRB 1005
  190. Dead Fret?????
  191. I've been PLEKed!
  192. Relationship between string gauges and action
  193. Problems with a tuning machine
  194. Shimming help
  195. Adjusting pickup height on Fender Jazz bass
  196. Installing a new neck
  197. Does anyone know what size screw for the battery cover on 80's Ibanez?
  198. A question regarding bridges...
  199. OMG all hardware green from oxidation
  200. Question about contact point at bridge
  201. Jazz bass control plate template needed..
  202. bass bridge question
  203. Stupid Newbie Question about Tuning...
  204. Fender Arctic White
  205. Does the nut make a big difference in tone?
  206. Fretless buzz on the Ab
  207. Pickup covers on Squier DJAV?
  208. Using auto paint on a bass?
  209. Will a Bad Ass II bridge fit an MIA P-Bass?
  210. Squier P Bass Special 5 Pickguard
  211. which replacement bridge and setup question.
  212. "Tilted" bass neck
  213. BEAD Tuning on a 4-string
  214. Bass Storage
  215. Bow in the neck?
  216. Intonation fine, but notes out of tune.
  217. Set up quandry
  218. Broken Screw / Graphite Headstock
  219. bass ass V Jazz bridge...string holes???
  220. Protecting my bass from scratches and friction!
  221. High Strings Significantly Quieter?
  222. Tune up help?
  223. Harris tribute P-bass tribute...
  224. new P Bass '62 pickups - what's the right string/pickup height?
  225. What a differnce a good setup makes ...
  226. Attn: Nashville formites
  227. HELP! How to protect signatures on a bass
  228. Bass Setup for a noobie
  229. Broken tuner
  230. Old Gibson EB-O restore
  231. Lowering my Action?
  232. Ibanez 6 needs new bridge
  233. SKB Case Trouble
  234. G string buzzing
  235. Fender Jazz bass 24V problem
  236. E string trouble
  237. Help! Saddle bridge problem
  238. Truss rod instructions
  239. Playing outside has changed my setup (Q)
  240. P-Bass Set-up
  241. Mustang routed for P-bass p-up(photoshop request)
  242. MY Spector Classic's Knobs Fall Off
  243. Shielding a P pickguard
  244. Converting to Fretless
  245. weight relief by drilling out some wood
  246. changing saddles on 06 usa jazz
  247. thumbrest for jazz bass
  248. Gold Anodized Pickguard for Squier P-special 5
  249. Proggressive dullness on strings?
  250. Many questions!