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Many moons ago I took mine off and polished it with Brasso. Looked awesome!

Mint guard, Monty’s stuff on the fretboard- laaaahhhhverly!

Oh, god. The valve window. No doubt with an LED behind it. Marketing bollox.

Will open it up for a look (but not touch anything). I won’t be switching it on til either; A. I spot something obvious and within my skill set, or B. a tech sorts it for me - saw a powered wedge fail quite spectacularly whereby somehow DC went to the speaker 😱. Wouldn’t want that happening to old Pete!

Hello peeps. Had my trusty (40+ years old) Peterson P120 combo for 16 years now. Gigged it quite a bit, serviced a few years ago when it went thin and farty, returned to full health and had light use since. Used it last night for a jam with my lad - all good. Switched it on this afternoon - super loud low buzz, even with all controls at zero, with both instrument plugged in and not. Power plug fine, briefly tested with 2 different basses, 2 different leads - no difference. Might any knowledgeable folks recognise the fault from that symptom set?

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I sold mine in a fit of “but the next one will the The One”. It wasn’t, and I sold that, too! I do regret the sale of the Mustang. I put a mint guard on mine - looked lush! Cue me looking for another oly white Mustang…

I reckon a scalloped neck from a 5 string (but only put 4 strings with a wider spacing) would go great with that.

Nice - congratulations on your win!!!

Got wood? Roll your own!

Hola peeps. Got a hankering for something a little nicer than the charity shop Hohner I have at the moment, but no idea where to start. Any particular brands/period of construction/country of origin I should keep an eye out for?

How is this one going @Jabba_the_gut?

Nice job! I have a naked head from a 715s combo to house before sending off to an amp doctor. Just need some ply and a couple of hours. Love making stuff out of wood!

I would say it’s time for an intervention, but that’s not really what we do here! 😂

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That looks cool as-is! Pop the tweeter out for a second port hole? Got to be worth a try.

Went to fit the new knobs - they don’t fit! The holes are a bit small. Never mind, I’ll make a more informed choice next time. This set are going to live on an old Trace head that was missing it’s knobs.

There was a member here who took a saw to the back of his heavy bass, taking off a perfect slice. Mad skills.

Yeah, I’ll probably screw it up. Was hoping there would be a nice easy chemical solution, like pop it in vinegar for 30 seconds and it would magically match perfectly.

In one of my contemplative moods, whilst staring in to space instead of being a productive member of society, my gaze fell upon my favourite bass. Felt the urge to change something, and thought gold anodized knobs to match the gold anodized scratchplate might work. Knobs ordered/sailed/arrived - too damn gold. Is it possible to tone the colour down to match the scratchplate? Light sanding?

Absolutely does my head in when a scratchplate or control plate doesn’t follow the body line!