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    Not really mint 1969 Jazz bass

    Hello! I'm going to tap on the collective knowledge about the new bass I just got. "Not really mint" is the understatement of the year :D I trust the stamp on the neck to be original, but the neck has been converted (by a pro, I imagine) to fretless with an ebony board. I think the tuners and...
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    Reliced Stingray!

    My wife had a trip to London and I begged and pleaded she would get me a Classic Stingray. The poor sweetheart did... but she got duped! What she brought me back is a copy... it doesn't say Ernie Ball on the headstock :( I just couldn't tell her and the bass sounds actually really good, so I...
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    Standard string adapters for a Steinberger L-2. Solved!

    I recentely acquirenti this beautiful Steinberger L-2 bass Overall in pretty good shape, logo sticker is gone, but the elusive leg rest has not been lost. The screws needed for using standard strings are gone though. I found these photos in an old ad by user peterkidd, I hope he doesn't...
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    Please, help me identify the wood of my '78 Stingray

    A while back I got this beautiful and great sounding Stingray. I would like you wood experts to confirm or deny my impression that it is alder. I know it isn't ash, and it's relatively light for a vintage Stingray: it weighs in at 4.3 kg (9.48 lb I believe). The mutes are brand new, they were...
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    Installing a set of mutes on a pre-EB Stingray

    I recently acquired a very funky and very beaten up'78 Stingray. At some point the mutes had been removed, but the screws where present. I got a replacement set from [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]* and installed them today. First I loosened all the strings a lot, then I removed the two hex...
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    Soon to be completed Grove Guitars Moosehead Cutlass bass

    So what do you get when you put together an old Moosehead Beer crate and the great work of Scott Smail of Link Removed? You go from this: ...to THIS! This bass will have a Status Graphite 5 string neck, Nordstrand PU and John East electronics. Body is black walnut...