repair

Hello all! I was hoping someone could give me an idea of what I might expect to pay for this repair. I was putting up my bass and I had it...

Can anyone show me what I need to replace this metal nut (see photos)? I have stripped the female threads of the E-String because it took a lot...

Hello, looking for some advice! I have a 1973 P-bass that’s been modified significantly, but the neck is original. The fingerboard is a tad worn...

Hey everyone, would love some opinions on this. Recently I changed my strings on my short scale Serek bass. The new strings completely changed...

Greetings! I may be coming at this from a completely backwards direction, but I am new to the world of passive electronics. I've played bass for...

[ATTACH]I’m wanting to troubleshoot an amp before I have a tech take a look. I live in a smaller out that doesn’t have many amp techs (like two...

Hey bass nerds, So long story short, the bass pot on my TWB5 is shot and I need a new one. However I'm having a difficult time trying to find...

I have a Fender Duff McKagan deluxe bass. Recently it has been farting out on the E (tuned to C) string, volume raising and lowering type effect...

Hi everyone, The plastic discs inside my Yamaha RBX 775 pots were crushed into little pieces all of a sudden. I want to replace them but can't...

Hi, I'm really interested in any advice on fixing the disasterous collapse of my favourite upright bass after a good 15 years heavy gigging which...

Hi my lovely people, i need your advice in this case, somebody is selling an ampeg speaker very cheap but the speaker driver is broken, i'll leave...

Hello all - Rather than trying to re-paint my spray paint project bass, I am considering trying to find a cheap enough tobacco burst PJ body and...

Hello, I have an idea about some unique work I would like done to a neck. I am looking for suggestions on luthiers who may be able to do this...

I have a problem with my bass amp Ampeg ba115hp 220w. 1. Is it normal that my amp squeeks like that when i turn it off...

Hi, I've not played my bass for a while but it's not really old at all and today when I picked it up I noticed these crack in the white back of...

Any thoughts are appreciated! So, I have a Markbass Littlemark II that I bought new from guitar center a long time ago, manufacture date says...

Hi everyone, I'm currently eyeballing a 60's pocket bass and deciding whether or not to take the plunge on a vintage example, or the modern...

I bought the microtubes 900v2 a few months back. Recently I started noticing some weird volume drops. It was hard to diagnose since they seem to...

Wondering who people recommend in the SF Bay area - East Bay (Richmond - Berkeley - Oakland) preferred. SF and Marin/Sonoma could work as well....

The European edition of "the Handy Double Bassist" by Arnold Schnitzer is now ready for preorder here:...

Heya! I’m wondering if anyone knows a good luthier out in the SD area or who is one and willing to pick up some side work? Thanks TB!

All fixed up! Six string success story. I am pleased to announce the newest member of Standalone’s Home for Wayward Ibanezes — this 2012 SR756...

Hey all, just looking for any insights from TB, if there's anyone with experience or knowledge on the matter... skip to the pics below to see the...

I recently bought a 6 string bass with two soap bar style Bartolini pickups, and an active Audere Preamp. The preamp has 4-band eq, blend knob,...

Hi I just changes the strings on my precision squier bass,i changes to 130-65 gauge strings. Now action is too high,i already lowered the saddles...

Fixing to replace the pots in my P bass since they're getting scratchy. I'm accustomed to soldering the tone cap to the back of the tone pot and...

My apologies in advance for not knowing the proper names of hardware... So I've recently got a Sadowsky Metroline bass, with one of those nifty...

I've had this bass for a while now and since having it, the jazz pickup has been broken, could never understand until today when I realized there...

This Peavey Foundation neck was split before I got it. The instrument it came off of now has a T-40 neck which I strongly dislike and I want to...

200 CAD or equiv in USD I’ll ship for free at that price. open to offers or trades in package never used. Professional luthier tools. Large...

I'm pretty new to bass and was given an old MIJ Ibanez Roadstar II 950 made in 1984 The bass worked briefly, but I noticed the knobs were loose...

My M80 pedal is distorting all output from both the XLR and 1/4 inch outputs. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what could be happening? I...

So today I came to practice, carried my bass in a bag on my back, and when I opened the bag I found out that the saddle for the A string broke...

my volume pots dont go all the way to 0, there is always 10% volume... My bass has a passive Jazz style layout: 2 vol, 1 tone. tone works as...

I bought a brand new bass (Fender American Original 50 Precision) and it arrived with the truss rod nut in this condition (see image). It came...

Hey guys, would like some insight about this as this will be my first time. Ordered this Lakland 55-OS bass online for a good deal and when I took...

There are always threads popping up on Talkbass about the Ebay or Reverb deal that went wrong (just google “Talkbass bad” and see). I’m always...

Hi all, I got ahold of some cheap beat up basses I wanted to fix up for fun and give away as starter basses. Started with cleaning and truss...

Hello! I wanted to know if anyone ever swapped necks on Japanese basses? I have a fernandes Revival jazz bass I would like to change the neck on....

Was browsing the junk section of my local second hand store and spotted this beautiful Epiphone for basically 30 USD. Description said the neck...