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  1. Stuck Truss Rod?
  2. Dimensions of Badass 1, 2, and/or 3 Bridge Plate? Anyone?
  3. Help me with string buzz!!!!!!!!
  4. BadAss III Vs. Stock MIA Bridge
  5. How long does the beauty lasts?
  6. What could be wrong with my MIM Precision
  7. Lemon Oil
  8. bass action
  9. E-String Jazz Bass Problem
  10. Tired of pointy fret ends on Ultra-cheap (<$100 basses)??
  11. E string buzz
  12. Gold Hardware and Hardware Recommendation
  13. Dry Fretboard?
  14. I think i screwed up my neck! HELP PLEASE
  15. I need help with the input jack, please.
  16. Broken screw
  17. Ric 4003 - Major Truss Rod Problem
  18. Loose Machineheads?
  19. Another straplock thread
  20. 75' Fender Jazz Replacement Neck
  21. hollowbody dead E-string problem fixed
  22. Help with an original BADA#$ bridge
  23. Precision Neck Problem - Pics included
  24. tips for a luthier
  25. Fret buzz? Dead string? Other?
  26. In-depth thoughts on my nuts
  27. CW or CCW for SR5 Truss Rod
  28. Replacement bridge for a jazz bass
  29. Front strap screw is loose on fender MIM jazz, advice?
  30. Son of a B#%^@! Strap Locks Broke
  31. String Spacing for a Jazz Bass
  32. shoveful screw
  33. cutting pickguard material
  34. Nut grooves are too wide
  35. neck bending
  36. Removing broken screw from headstock
  37. Badass II parts
  38. Rusty and tarnished frets
  39. im kinda confused?! 2 questions
  40. cracked/broken headstock
  41. Need a little help
  42. Try to fix it or turn it into a lamp?
  43. Neck Dive - Jazz vs Precision body
  44. Refinishing a Fender in the same colour: vintage value lost?
  45. long and mcquade question
  46. Frankenbass: Build from parts, or mod an existing bass?
  47. Need Tool for Truss Rod Adj non-allen
  48. G# Ab on A string out of tune
  49. Fingerboard problems on brand new fretless :(
  50. A Modest Proposal
  51. Do i need to set up my basses....
  52. EPi thunderbird bridge setup
  53. Elrick JJ grounding issue
  54. Dunlop Corrosion Inhibitor
  55. More sustain from trapeze tailpiece
  56. Straplock Screws too Loose?
  57. installing screws... glue?
  58. Finish Repair Question
  59. Upgrading a Squire P-Bass
  60. 1962 Fender Jazz advice needed
  61. tutorials on how to adjust a bass? action, etc?
  62. Altering action on a badassII
  63. Bass Sweat..=S ROTTEN!
  64. Will these Grover tuners fit?
  65. putting in straplocks
  66. How do I remove the strap buttons from Ric?
  67. Am I Crazy, or...
  68. Sattles rattling??
  69. guitar techs in DFW (Dallas, Arlington)
  70. Adjusting the Action on Bass
  71. A Cheap Nut Repair That Actually Works!
  72. Fret width question.
  73. big problem...
  74. Technician in mid-north Indiana ?
  75. Geddy Lee Pickguard replacement ??
  76. Input Problem
  77. Fretless: fret lines coming loose causing buzzing
  78. Unwarp a Pickguard?
  79. one flippin' note is off-kilter ...
  80. Floppy B
  81. String-Thru Question
  82. Badass Demensions?
  83. side dots on fretless?
  84. Polishing?
  85. Is there more than one.......
  86. Neck coloring
  87. Eb tuning a bad idea with bass?
  88. Neck problems
  89. Adding a finger stop
  90. SF area/East Bay technician recommendations
  91. shiming/neck pitch question
  92. Can this busted headstock be repaired?
  93. getting low action
  94. Questions about superglue on fretless board
  95. Adjust truss rod for neck swap?
  96. Buying Squier replacement parts
  97. Plate or spacer Like fake pickup
  98. Stress fracture on Fender jazz? NYC tech needed
  99. what shape on all-parts neck?
  100. Badass vs Badass II spacing?
  101. action and pick playing question.
  102. Staining a bone nut...suggestions please?
  103. Painting a White Pickguard Black
  104. noOb question about Cort Curbow4
  105. staining or dyeing maple neck?
  106. Where do you get decals?
  107. any dangers of swapping fender necks with a Jazz and P?
  108. 70's tuners on a 50's neck?!
  109. Peavey Millennium BXP 5-String Moddable?
  110. jazz bass control plate (stack knob kit)
  111. Are all jazz plates the same?
  112. Intonation on a Sadowsky RV5
  113. BASS EMERGENCY please help, big show tomorrow!!
  114. socket (?) question
  115. tuning up...
  116. My fretboard smells... bad
  117. Replacement necks
  118. Fret Buzz/Action question
  119. bridge-buzz problem...
  120. Marvel straplocks?
  121. Cleaning a Graphite Fingerboard
  122. E string has less sustain
  123. reshape neck profile
  124. String gauge-trussrod adjustment
  125. Portion of Pot Range Dead
  126. Dead Spot + Lack of Punch on Open A String
  127. Help with new neck
  128. I need a pic
  129. putting new/upgraded bridge on an ibanez?
  130. Fretboard string abrasion...
  131. MIM Truss Rod Question
  132. Templates for installing Fender thumbrest
  133. Hipshot / D-Tuner Question
  134. MIM pickup mounting
  135. Where to buy actual Fender parts?
  136. Acoustic bass tuning key broke
  137. Precision of $20 Tuners and $300 Tuners
  138. Tool for adjusting a Burns Vista Sonic trussrod
  139. Shim shimeny shiroo!!
  140. MIM Jazz Bass truss rod rattle
  141. Fender Jazz Bass DEluxe V string bridge
  142. Is this possible?
  143. Source for pre-slotted nuts??
  144. new bridge
  145. pickup hieght opinions please (Geddy Lee)
  146. Straplocks
  147. Block inlay question
  148. How to repaint my old Ibanez RD300?
  149. Adjust saddle height to fix this rattle?
  150. Brass Nuts [haw haw haw.]
  151. How can I get lower action to my THICK replacement bridge?
  152. Best way to maintain a gloss finish?
  153. Tuning a 6 string bass like a stander guitar
  154. neck too straight?
  155. Some Help Please re Fret Buzz on 5 String
  156. Bass Body Painting/Spraying
  157. Squier Vintage Modified Bridge
  158. gouged rosewood finger b oard
  159. If I want to restring to BEAD
  160. dents in basses
  161. Cleaning a bridge
  162. setup techs
  163. Difficulty of Re-Fretting ??
  164. Squier trussrod nut question
  165. Reputable luthier for J Bass mods
  166. setup $ and time????
  167. Gotoh string retainer.
  168. How bad is a plywood body? (Yep, that's what I said!)
  169. Rattling Problem
  170. Set Up Materials
  171. Do they make a locking nut for bass?
  172. Routing A New Picking On My Bass Help Needed!
  173. Hipshot machine buzz
  174. Cleaning Peavey Grind
  175. Three point bridge question?
  176. Fretless fretbuzz
  177. Stingray Problem
  178. South Texas TB'ers - Need good set up man.
  179. Setting up a bass
  180. What lemon oil to clean the neck of a ray?
  181. Refret costs & ?
  182. odd intonation E string fender jazz
  183. Newbie question re Fretless neck markings
  184. new bass tuning peg problems
  185. Best place to get work done on my bass in NYC?
  186. Officially a set-up junkie.
  187. Bass adjustments
  188. B string intonation
  189. Fender Jazz Truss-Rod Problem # 2978274110
  190. Epoxy or other coating for fretless?
  191. help with nut on jazz bass
  192. Whatta? Just discovered that Gotoh discontinues black finish
  193. make a bass look vintage...
  194. Fender P Bass woes
  195. Set-neck Rickenbacker woes
  196. Sharp Frets???
  197. Fret buzz problem
  198. "defretting and pup changin" a cheapo?
  199. silica gel in acoustic?
  200. When do you know you need to adjust the truss rod?
  201. how hard is it to fix a "shifted" neck
  202. Am I being too picky?
  203. Fret wear normal?
  204. Fret Buzz
  205. Fender gurus: 3 bolt to 4 bolt neck replacement...how difficult?
  206. Buying bridge intonation screws
  207. Modulus owners...cleaning your bass
  208. Fret Rattle Question
  209. Serious sudden buzzing problem
  210. Has anyone had their headtock painted?
  211. fret dots...
  212. Different types of bridges......
  213. Fretless wear problem [pics]
  214. One of my pots is loose.
  215. audio not working
  216. Getting Bass Refinished
  217. fretwork
  218. stubbornly stuck knobs
  219. 1981 Washburn B-20 bridge saddles
  220. part of my nut went flying across the room
  221. Slap Bass Set-up
  222. Video's of set up
  223. Neck Plate Pad/ Isolator pad
  224. Getting rid of ringing/multiple pitches when tapping
  225. Tune-o-matic? More like BUZZ-o-matic. Help needed!
  226. bridge and machines
  227. Help me find a Luthier in Macon, or Warner Robins GA
  228. P Bass Pickup Height
  229. Fender Jazz Neck Replacement/Fix
  230. My Acoustic Bass project, from electro to pure acoustic!
  231. Humming Jazz Bass 24
  232. Changed strings and now it s buzzes
  233. How much does a professional set up cost?
  234. Strings through bridge or through body?
  235. String height
  236. New bridge for my gibson grabber?
  237. Pickguard Doesn't fit
  238. 1966 P-Bass Pickguard woes
  239. Fender Jazz string buzz
  240. Fret refinishing kit???
  241. repairman + ground question
  242. Drop d Tuners
  243. what is a dead spot?
  244. Sudden Ground-type buzz
  245. Faint / relic black finish on MIM Jazz Bass ?
  246. stiff tuners?
  247. Action/intonation - for 5 string
  248. General set-up question for the people
  249. its a guitar I know but I need some help
  250. STRING HEIGHT for MIM Fretless Jazz?