JJMotown

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Found some correct size screws on ebay. Fit perfectly. No tools needed.

Don't have the tools. Not an option.

I've got some pickup screws for a Jazz, they're 35mm in total length, but are too long and struggling to screw them into the body (mahogany), I don't want to force them incase they snap off. So am looking for some shorter pickup screws for a Jazz, around 25mm in total length, does anyone know where I can get 4 or maybe 8 shorter length screws from?

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Nice, but no fret dots. Is this an oversight?

Yes, tried various pressures. If it's too loose then the middle two strings don't get enough pressure, not compared to the E and G strings. My main issue is that all open notes sound dead, and every fretted note rings bright as they are played below the fret wrap which I got sitting on the 1st fret.

Seen fret wraps around, so got me one to cut some overtones, although I do palm mute, I wanted to see what fret wraps are all about. I play motown and soul, but mostly rock and blues these days. I also play mostly with a pick for a more aggressive tone, so thought a fret wrap would help. Boy, was I wrong. It seems logical now I've tried a fret wrap, but all I found was playing notes just sound the same, loud, pronounced and twangy, as the wrap is above the notes being played. However, playing open notes and they sound flat and dead. So the sound goes from bright and twangy to dead on open strings. Totally unusable. I tried various pressure the wrap has on the strings, but just sounds plain bad. Really bad! Am I doing something wrong? I did check out some YouTube clips and noticed the wraps were used mostly for tapping, but for what I'm playing at the moment they certainly don't Rock!! Definitely no good for rock. 🤬

Possibly C shape.

Same, had an excellent experience having brought matt's fender mustang. Answered all my questions, fast postage and packaged very well. Very happy. Buy with confidence. 👍

Thanks. So which mustang rayman?

Parchment is off white, it's not bright white or cream, but kind of in the middle.

I've seen there is a squier classic vibe orange mustang bass. Is the fender worth more than double the squier one? And would this be better than the yamaha?

Yes, the yamaha has labella flatwound strings and gruv fret wrap to reduce overtones.

I've got an orange yamaha pj bass which was recommended to me by a guitarist friend of mine, its really good. But I've seen an orange fender mustang bass, and I like the idea of a shorter bass. So which would be best for motown/soul type stuff? I used to play upright basses, but switched to electric a little while back, so some advice would be great. Thank you.

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Hi everyone, Been playing bass, mostly upright for a number of years, but got into electric the past year or so, really enjoying it. Mostly Motown and Soul. A guitarist friend of mine introduced me to this website, he's into building guitars and he's very good. This site looks a lot of fun, read some very interesting stuff on here. Looking forward to playing and learning more. Thanks