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I've obviously been picked out by the YT algorithmn but this is a cracking 17 minutes and just my cup of tea: Lawrence. Great Bass sound and vocals too.

Better tell them he's been seen near a statue with a hammer.

I had this on Squier Jaguar Bass. Had the shop I sent it back to not returned it to Fender against my express wishes, I'd have tried the following Tuners: brace each tuner whilst plucking the G string and see if that makes any difference Frets: these do not normally rattle per se when set in the neck but may, if set too high, cause fret buzz not rattle. Truss Rod; this is what I had and if I inserted the truss rod key and braced it the noise went away. Needless to say the truss rod was already correctly adjusted. If your truss rod is not correctly adjusted and very loose, that may be the cause and easily rectified but if your truss rod was very loose it's likely your neck would be quite bowed, which I guess it is not? Equally if the truss rod is broken it could rattle too, but again you should be able to spot that as the allen key socket will just turn and turn. Options; I was going to experiment with running/injecting some thin glue down the truss rod channel,( hold the bass on its bottom edge), something that sets soft rather than hard so any future adjustment is not ruled out. The other option is to carefully remove a fret( mask the wood on either side), then with a very fine bit carefully drill down to the truss rod channel and again inject ( syringe would work) some soft setting glue which should damp any rattle. Needless to say if you then adjust the truss rod it may break the glue bond and you are back to square one, so make sure the action is how you want it before doing the work. Had this not worked I was going to see if some expanding foam might have worked but getting it in before it started to expand may have been an issue. It's always a good idea before adjusting the truss rod to mark the original position of it and then you know where to go back to if necessary. My truss rod rattle was more like a ghost note when I played the bass but could be heard clearly by sticking my ear against the neck and playing acoustically. Just going back to you 'hammering down the frets', you could put a straight edge along the fretboard , any high ones will cause the edge to pivot on it. There's loads of YT videos if you are unsure what to do, you may need to remove the fret, reglue( superglue) and clamp it as left to its own devices it may just pop up again! Oh, the other thing to check as it is an active bass is that the knobs, saddles, battery, electronics or even jack socket are not the cause of the rattle too.

You don't think he just slipped cutting it out and had to trim it down to something smaller? Just seems a bit niche, but what do I know...?

To be fair, I've seen worse closer to home, Mark my words.....

Zombie thread, expect it got snapped up at the time....

Seems he does not have lots of fans in the USA either.

I just thought the Zombies were a 1960’s pop group. Didn’t Rod Argent play for them before opening a music shop in Denmark Street.

Well, he's got some neck and fancy, the frets were removed and filled for 'fretless play'. What next, the CTS pots were installed for tone and volume?

That posting will end up clogging up the Lounge like the pinned one at the top and stinking it out too....

I came on this thread expecting to find out more about Paul Arnold or maybe even Jim Rodford....

Had one with a LMIII and it was my go to rig. What head would you think of using, I found a large head overhung with it stood on its end and played on my OCD!

Was watching on YT a guy who delivers for Amazon. Each morning he gets around 150 parcels in delivery order packed in cages and then around another 50 which are random and he has to sort through in a packed van every time he needs to find a particular item. For this he gets around 49p a parcel and has to pay for his van, insurance and fuel. He's lost 2 stone with all the walking even though it's an urban round. Oh, he said My Hermes were now owned by Amazon, not sure how true this is, but just picking up on the race to the bottom (in terms of tariffs), something has to give!

Squier?

Cut n paste job for Celebrity How much are they Worth site: hardly surprising.

Here's a picture of my Status neck, attached to the GP Artist Bass....

You do get a free bottle of Shiraz with it too....

For some the days of a huge bass rig are long gone, as a DI into the in house pa makes the rig stood behind you almost superfluous sound- wise as you will have a monitor/s or even IE feeding you. I have a lightweight 300 watt combo that drives 500 watt with its 12" same size speaker added. Any venue bigger I go through the house pa and the size of the rig behind me is irrelevant but for ego's sake has to be as big as the guitarist's....

Just been reading in my Fender Bass Book that they still undercoated in nitro after 68 but the topcoat was poly...never heard that before?

Middleborough (sic) has the largest number of petro -chemical plants in the country...

Well at least no truss rod problems.

bye hoe lantern

Listened on cans and Bass sounds spot on, nice playing👍

As you may already be aware I have a 72 one also and the tip about the pickup is useful as it's a beast! What does removing the screws actually do? I'm also interested in whether nitro finish was in fact standard as mine had to have a very light refinish and when I wiped it before spraying with a tack cloth, finish came off so I stopped. Not sure if that was a previous refin or the OEM finish? I'll try and use mine in 2022 a bit more as its 50 years old and worth celebrating its birthday!

What are people's thoughts on this? Seller talks about a nitro finished body, I thought they stopped using nitro in 68? Think it's quite a bit overpriced, no case and not as rare as he maintains? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334220415003?hash=item4dd116d01b:g:8RMAAOSwhlZhkuBU