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Are the rods hitting the TRC or the nuts? Maybe cut back the threads on the rods or shorten the rods from the other end. Pics would help.

This makes me want to grab the one that on eBay right now.

As long as you wait for a decent deal you should be ok. Usually you can get back what you put into it as long as you didn't overpay for it. As everyone else said get something you are going to enjoy and play and you should be fine.

Paul does some amazing work.

Great looking bass.

I've always liked Autumnglo too.

Thanks for the links.

I love this bass more and more.

Nice job!

Also about getting it refinished, what's the opinion on color? It was originally Azureglo, and while I think it would be great to bring it back to how it left the factory I've never really been a big fan of blue. I also haven't seen Azureglo in person, and I know that it's hard to photograph blues s...

A couple of questions. 1. Should I install the rods before I re-fret? Should they have tension on them? Right now the board is flat from how I clamped it. 2. Is there anything that I can apply to the finger board to seal it/protect it? I may want to have this bass refinished in the future and don't ...

Nice!

Rods cleaned up and re-taped. http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/bassdemon666_2006/IMG_1176.jpg some steel wool and some acetone to clean off the residue. Slight bend into them. Glueing and clamping the new board http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/bassdemon666_2006/IMG_1177.jpg http://i78.ph...

I doubt they would even fit back into the slots with heat shrink on them. It's a pretty snug fit which I assume is so the rods won't spin or twist at all.

Hey Paul any interest in squirting this thing Silver and installing black binding? I'm thinking of powder coating all the hardware black.