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I just bought a Fender Jaco Pastorius Signature Fretless Jazz Bass and was totally disappointed in the howling hum coming from the guitar when I go with the bridge pickup only. Two other issues - the tongue of the fingerboard is slightly curved up at the very end, so the action is about .031"...

$220 for a cable? Not for the average garage musician. Seems that the guys who are using and "endorsing" these cables are the big money players and they can afford that kind of outlay because they can afford multi-thousand dollar instruments to begin with. The ironic thing is, they are...

Strings for vintage Music Man basses Does anybody have any recommendations on strings for a 1979 vintage Music Man Stingray bass? I generally use flatwounds. I just installed Rotosound 77 Jazz flatwounds and I'm not crazy for the tone - a bit too much metallic sounding for me. Also, how...

What specific strings does Tony Levin use?

I also thought EB strings would purposely be matched to Music Man Bass because of the company connection.

Thanks for the info... I will look into the R Cocco strings also.

Since the Ray strings thru the body, do you need to use Long Scale or Extra Long Scale strings? D'Addario's are too short - the fabric wrapping extends onto the nut slots with the long scales, while the Rotosound Long Scales just clear the nut slots.

Does anybody have any recommendations on strings for a 1979 vintage Music Man Stingray bass? I generally use flatwounds. I just installed Rotosound 77 Jazz flatwounds and I'm not crazy for the tone - a bit too much metallic sounding for me. Also, how about flatwounds for a 1979 Music Man Sabre...

Thanks... I'll have to follow up directly with Hofner and see what they say. I want to find the same fret wire size as the vintage models. North Coast Music seems to have the same nut and bridge saddle, but a search on their site came up empty for fret wire. BTW, I love the Grizzly and...

I have a 1967 Hofner Violin Bass (owned since 1969). I am restoring the bass, resoldering some wiring in the control panel and will probably do a nut replacement and refret. My question is: where can I find specs on the bass, such as fretboard radius, etc. Also where can I find a supplier for...