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    beginner P bass kit recommendation?

    Specifically, I'm looking at the kit from The Fretwire as compared to the kit from Solo in Canada. Any experience or recommendation of one over the other?
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    budget J neck?

    I'm idly looking to put together a P bass with J neck from used or otherwise budget parts. There are a lot of Chinese replacement necks out there on eBay and Reverb, and also some used Squier, AllParts, and Mighty Mite for pretty reasonable prices. I've done some electronics repair and...
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    Pitch distortion on G string

    I have a USA Fender Jazz that I bought used. I'm not 100% convinced it's all original, but the neck at least is from 2006, and Fender shows the serial number as being a Highway One model. I have an odd problem with the G string: the pitch is not clear and clean, as if there are two pitches...
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    Capacitor for Fender Super 55 J Pups?

    I have a 2006 Fender Jazz, originally a Highway One model. It seems a previous owner did some mods, including installing Fender's Super 55 humbucking pickups. There was a problem with the tone pot, however: the tone went backwards, and with it wide open (in the position that should have been...
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    How accurate are Fender catalogs?

    Hi all, first post. I recently bought a US-made Jazz Bass. S/N dates it to 2006. Based on the color and specs, I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what model it is based on the catalog that's available online. Do you generally see a lot of variation from the published specs in those...
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    Pro trombonist, Am bass player

    I'm a professional bass trombone player who got the itch to play bass guitar again for my own enjoyment (nobody else will enjoy my bass playing for a while!) after too many decades. Having fun listening to a lot of music and lifting bass lines, working through the Rufus Reid book.