jd4003

Beautiful guitar. I love the chrome edging idea! Is it hard to bend that stuff?

I put Bartolini pickups and preamp in the jazz bass that I built, and I've never had any problems with buzzing or feedback or anything. Maybe you just need to replace to battery for the preamp? It sounds like you've ruled that out, but it couldn't hurt to try. Other than that my best guess would be a grounding problem somewhere. Best of luck figuring it out man.

I finished a neck about a year ago and used 3 or 4 coats of satin lacquer finish. It turned out very nicely and still looks and plays wonderfully.

Do the Mustang and Duo-Sonic have the same body shape? They look very similar, but I can't tell if they're the same or not.