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Flatwound Strings have a more prominant 'Fundamental' than Rounds, and thus when 'seen' by the narrower magnetic field of a Single Coil rather than the parallel coils of a conventional humbucker give a more articulate note, than the more smeared mix of Rounds seem by two rows or magnets/windings. 2 of my Passivated Ibbys, an SR300 with Maida Vale Stack Coil pickups and a SR400 with Dimarzio Twin Coil Jazz pickups, along with the 38mm Nut and sleek neck give a great Jazz Bass-esq playing experience with a lovely worn pebble body and without that funny lump. My 2 Actual Jazz Bodied Basses are PJ's. Recommend you (your friend...) give Flats a whirl, and Adagio Flats at £18ish are a real good toe-in-the-water place to start. I have em on a few...

These jack sockets are great... https://puretonetechnologies.com/products/pure-tone-multi-contact-1-4-output-jack

Check AliExpress for 13 hole pickguards, some funky colours, swirls and pearls, and maybe hardware, Gyker etc.

Dirty Love - Motorhead I'll see your FZ and raise you a Motorhead...

I'd msg @Andyjr1515 for his take on the matter, and glue choice. Its a crack rather than a break, so no real alignment and angle issues, plus a nice bit of extra volute wood for strength in the vacinity... ASAP While the tension is still on, some titebond(?) or most suitable - be nice and warm and runny this weather - to wick in all the open gap. Rather than looking to open the gap again for the glueing. Then off with the tension and a good clamp... (i've seen inner tubes wrapped around things, then pumped up to apply conforming pressure if no decent clap and packing) - how long? 48hrs? As mentioned previously, no lacquer finish, so a little bit of sanding, wire wool 0000 to remove any glue ooze and a dab of oil or wax!

Individual Bridges... never look neat to me.

Depends what there vibe is... Best place to start but not a starter bass... 2nd hand Ibby SR300! - £160ish? Love 'em and love passive modding 'em. +1 on the HB PB50 - great as they are, at the price point they make for a loverly little personalisation tinker project, ideal for a dining room table over a few winter nights... 😉 Had a fun time modding mine. I've seen some basic Yams criminally cheap but i just don'g like the look compared to the Ibby

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Bound 'n Blocks and No Tort... Result!

What Value Vol and Tone Pots and Capacitor - A250k/B250k/0.047u Try a 0.1u for a darker tone.

Dead?.. Sure its not just a wire break, where you can undo a wind a re-solder to the eyelet? Worth a close look.

Dunlop Nylon, 1mm Don't like the powdery feel of the tortex material, and they are too stiff for the thickness.

A P with Blocks?.. Pair of Pups?.. Curiouser and curiouser said Alice...

New... from Earnie's Balls...

My Epi T Bird has a bridge like this as std... Functional, but I think the 3 Point is more characterful.

AliExpress and just use the matching saddles? I just found this on AliExpress: ￡19.57 | YHVC-3 Point 4 String Bass Bridge Tailpiece Zinc Alloy Bridges with Saddle Replacement Parts for Gibson EPI Style Bass,Silver https://a.aliexpress.com/_EG3f4kw

Shame it doesn't have a kick back... slope like the top.

I just found this on AliExpress: ￡2.65 | Guitar Fret Wire Sanding Stone Protector Kit Finger Plate Radian Polishing DIY Luthier Tool Guitar Bass Parts https://a.aliexpress.com/_EyxuHO6 ...and handy for a fret board clean without removing strings... I just found this on AliExpress: ￡1.34 | 2Pcs Metal String Spreaders Guitar Luthier Tool for Cleaning Fretboard Yellow https://a.aliexpress.com/_EQTZWmm

If you run a length of tape up each side of the neck along the fretboard edge, [First, before the across pieces...] you can then peel the across fret bits of tape off in a one-er... I use one of those thin metal fret shields.

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

0000 (Four) Wire Wool Solvo and dremell mop, and if alrightish, those nail polishing 4 sided sponges.

I have a EHX Headphone Amp... more durable than those VoxAmp plug things, it works well after pedals etc. But is very sterile as no cab sim etc. https://spartanmusic.co.uk/products/electro-harmonix-headphone-amp Artec used to do an On-Board headphone amp, but again sound like an instrument, not an instrument into an amp, cab, in a room. Zoom B1 on or B1 Four - They can be as Complicated as ya like, Simple Quality Best Solution.