Beedster

Now that is bloody helpful (I won’t tell you how I got a bushing out yesterday) 👍

My solution .......

Might also be worth understanding why the strings sound unbalanced?

Most Dimarzios have those, I'd get the Model Js https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/jazz-bass-hum-canceling/dimarzio-model-j

I guess there might be a very specific reason these were suggested (?), but there's plenty of other hum-cancelling J-PUPs out there that are easy to get hold of in the UK, and many/most of which people here will probably have far more experience with 👍

I've always assumed it's really driven fretless, digging in that hard there'd surely be a lot more fret noise, plus the intonation sounds inconsistent for a fretted bass?

It’s the age-old ‘what sounds good solo sounds shit in the mix’ and vice versa thing. The groove and timing in the track are extraordinary

There ain’t a problem I can’t fix Cos I can do it in the mix…. Reassuring that there’s a Flea bassline I can play as well as Flea 👍

Looks like we're doing this album after the Pixies, never sure if it's a good thing to listen to the isolated bass line of your fave track

I asked this question today..... .....and thanks to a few members am now aware of some tools of which I was completely oblivious, specifically a step drill bit (genius) and a tapered reamer. So, it seemed it might be useful to start a thread in which you could let us know which tools you use for which DIY jobs on bass, especially if they're old school and manual 👍

Thanks Paul, luckily the 12mm dowels appear to have a grain running across, I'll have to wait and see but I'm optimistic 👍

Thanks, and interestingly I bought not only a hand-held reamer today but also a step drill bit! I'm aiming to use the former but will have the latter on standby. I love the fact that whatever job you need to do, someone has invented a tool. However, there is one major problem - knowing what that tool is called! I'd never heard of a step drill until I searched reamer and they appeared low in the results 🤔 This is the body in question, I'm hoping next time I post a photo it looks a whole lot better