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My Nightmare Repair Story (Everything Went Wrong)

Have you ever had a home renovation or car repair where literally everything that could go wrong... went wrong? This is the guitar version of that story.

In this episode of Ask Zac, I lay out the wild saga of my 1993 Jerry Jones Longhorn 6-String Bass. I fell in love with this copper-burst beauty on Reverb, bought it with overconfident assumptions, and quickly discovered a non-adjustable neck with severe relief. What started as a simple heat-press attempt spiraled into one of the most radical luthier surgeries I've ever seen, involving sawed-off fingerboards, flying sparks, rosewood splines…

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