Vintage Bass Restoration | Light Level and Polish on '74 Jazz Bass

I had a client drop off this '74 @fender Jazz Bass for some work, and now I am going to give it a light level and crown.

This bass had originally come in with severe backbow, even with the truss rod fully disengaged, and I had heat treated it back to form.

This bass also had significant pitting in the frets that I was able to address with the light level. Since these frets are so low (the instrument is definitely due for a refret), I was not able to do a proper level and crown. I also was unable to refret the bass due to time constraints.

Doing the best with what time I had, I was able to get this bass fully prepped for tour!

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Tools used in this video are as follows -
@stewmac_guitar screwdriver kit
@frtlzr_makes_your_frets_shine polishing kit



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