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Hello there. I have a Squier CV 70s Natural Jazz Bass which was manufactured in February 2021. I've found out recently that now on Fender's official website the specs says that its body is made of Soft Maple. But when I bought it back in the 2021, I'm pretty sure there was a Poplar. So, what's...

If i should be washing it is the washing machine ok for it? How often should I was it?

I looked into this 70's Jazz Bass body and there is a brown material in the pickup cavity. It looks like it is excess finish that soaked into the pickup foam on the brass plate. It is also under the brass plate. Questions: Is this a re-finish? is it an adhesive? Did something melt? Is this...

I just swapped a brass bridge with brass saddles to a slightly higher mass steel bridge with steel saddles, but while the tone definitely got brighter with more clank, grind and bite, and the strings also sustains longer now, that could easily be contributed alone to the fact that I changed the...

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So I'm thinking of changing the pickguard on my Drake reverse double P. Right now it's black bakelite, which is cool: While I love the black bakelite guard I was thinking of maybe changing it. Recently I had a Squier/Warmoth P-bass (now sold) that had the sweetest blue abalone pickguard and...

I am turning a piccolo bass into a fretless bass. I have built other fretless basses before, and used hardwood veneer that I glued together for the right fret slot thickness. Then I glued them in with carpenters glue. But I havent' been entirely happy with the results. As humidity changes, the...

Anyone find a bridge change make any real difference in tone? I have my own opinion but would like to see what others have to say. I prefer steel, brass, alloys ( in that order ). Anyone change to a more expensive bridge only to go back. I have had one bridge sound good on one bass and not on...

I haven't had a board, or been in a position to play music with people four eight months. But I just landed in Austin a few weeks ago and I've got the itch! Since I travel by motorcycle I plan to get myself a small combo amp that'll be just enough for rehearsals and stage monitoring. I want to...

I love the stock strings on my newly purchased vintage T-birds pro bass. I bought a set of rotosound swing 66s but I yank the first low e string off and put the stock string back on after playing just a few notes. I'd like to know what material they are made of and what manufacturer . I was told...

I'm finally getting around to buying a P Bass, which I'll buy once I get my tax returns back. Should I pay much attention to the fretboard, or just buy what I think looks better? I didn't have a choice with my Jazz Bass, because the model I wanted only came in one option, and that had a...

$25 shipped hard to photograph. Enough for 2 pickguards Bought for a bass I am going to sell.

I just got my American Vintage '63 Precision and she is a beauty! So after taking the bridge cover off to put some flats on it I noticed that the foam doesn't look like what I've seen on actual instruments from the period like the one in this thread: Original muting foam on 1963 Precision -...

Came across this while watching Namm videos on YouTube. Might be new Tool material.

Our band likes to wear blazers and sport coats on stage as our look. I figure a lot of you probably do this as well, I have wool blazer that fits me nice but when it seems a little too thick to have a bass draped over my shoulder. I just ordered a linen blazer off ebay because i happened to...

(totally unrelated to bass, but hey, I'm sure Mr. Laurel listened to music from time to time) Anyway, remember Laurel & Hardy? Today in the Netherlands (of all places, why there? I don't know either) the found material was shown to the press; an almost 100 years all fragment that was cut from...

My son gave me a cheap Chinese Jazz Bass DIY kit for Christmas. I assembled it and it's quite playable, although I don't have much to compare it to. I will likely put a little money in it over time (e.g. change the pickups I'd I find cheap used Fenders or SDs) but not looking to sink a ton of...

I have a Fender Blacktop bass with a P-Bass neck. I love the tone but I prefer the J-Bass neck. I have a Jazz neck on my Precision. I want to replace the neck on the Blacktop and found a pretty good price on one but the fretboard is maple. I know the purported differences in tone between...

I got to rise a bit a bone nut but dont know wich material would work better as a shim in order to glue shim+nut. Buying a preslotted nut is not an option right now because its a custom/rare 5 string spacing. Also, what is better fill the slots or a shim? I dont know any harder material than...