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Launderette? Hand wash clothes? Don't wash clothes? Priorities @fretmeister, priorities 👍

Really enjoyed that @Stofferson, and yes great bass tone (and playing) 🙏

This stuff happens. I'd get it sorted myself, no point having a broken bass sitting around, and you'll find a lot of suggestions as to what PUPs you might upgrade to either elsewhere in this forum or as this thread develops. Frankly, if you've emailed the store four times and had no reply simply name them here, it might encourage them to do the right thing. Of course they may have gone bust or there might be another legit reason for non-response but I still think it's worth you posting. I wouldn't bother with a small claims action, more trouble than it's worth, life's too short.

Always be careful of your following, the amount of times I've realised at a gig that a band I've recently joined have a dodgy follower (singer's wife) or following (singer's entire family)........

Feel kinda sorry for any bass player who had to let that go to CC.....

Thanks Oliver, I've looked at those, they look lovely and are probably a very good solution for the final layer, cost might be an issue so I'm just doing the sums!

Tell me about it 🤔

I think that's it 100% 👍

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