Recent content by wallyman

Hi All, I totally dig the sound Loggins and Messina's bass player gets on this recent video of Angry Eyes: Loggins And Messina ANGRY EYES live - YouTube You can hear him clearly at about 1:33. It sounds like a fretless but I can't be sure. They never stay on the guy long enough to get a...

Update on the Musicman w/cracked and stuck truss rod nut: Took the bass to 4 different luthiers before I found the guy who had the right trick. Emerald City guitars in Seattle referred me to him - Gene Nygaard in Kent WA. The nut had 3 deep cracks in it that ran nearly to the base of the...

Thanks guys. I'll be taking the bass to Parsons and Emerald City Guitars (and anyone else that EBMM can recommend when I hear back from them) for opinions. I'm not about to try anything else myself for fear of making the situation worse. But I'll ask both shops about using some penetrating oil...

Hello all, I’m looking for opinions /advice for an issue on my 1978 Musicman Stingray bass. Last week I was adjusting the relief on my neck when the truss rod nut cracked. (I’ve adjusted this a handful of times over the past 27 years and never had any problems.) The bullet style nut has 2...