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Hard to say! It looks very small to be the original hex nut, but maybe it’s a repair? Better photo, more light will help.

Ill take a better pic tomorrow. I already put it away.

Its a good looking bass for sure.

So, here is the list of issues…

The G string tuner tulip is loose and it rattles. It is loose where the tulip attaches to the tuner assembly. When hitting a string you can hear a rattle. I either need a new tuner, or for the bkue loctite drop I added to it to harden to stop the rattle.

The trusss rod issue, im still puzzled as i think i recall the last Musicmaster bass i had had the same thing going on, that being said, that was at a time where truss rods were taboo to me.

Nothing else…

Who is this Fiddy guy and what in the hell did he do with Tribi?
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Fiddy killed tribi9

Just like video did to the radio star, or zenjenga killed boringPostcards, or the other way around I guess…

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Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:37 pm

Fiddy killed tribi9

Just like video did to the radio star, or zenjenga killed boringPostcards, or the other way around I guess…

Beautiful. Vista series is legit. I had a Vista Jagmaster that I bought for $299 at Sam Ash on Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles. This was in 2016… they mistook it for a Chinese Jagmaster and sold it to me dirt cheap lol.

I think these ones are Chinese actually - or at least Taiwanese, I know there are … views on whether that’s China. But not MIJ anyway.

There were Japanese Jagmasters, but no Japanese Musicmasters basses.

So yeah China, was/is the factory in Taiwan? I really dont know the backstory if there is one… well I do, about China and Taiwan, but not Fender Taiwan..

I don’t get the sense that there’s anything wrong with that truss nut. The hex looks defined enough. Probably more a case of just not having the right fitting key.

Thanks, that just reminded me to take better pics. Coming up in about an hour.

Sorted out the tuner issue. The gear was upside down. I disassembled it, and noticed. Put it back, rattling is gone.

I put a couple of shims too. Plays nice, the neck is relatively straight but I wish I could turn the truss rod to make it a bit flatter. Speaking of it, here are the pics. Probably as best as I can do with my limited equipment / skill.

Fascinating. I still think that is a hex bit lodged in there, because why would the *outside* of the truss rod nut be hexagonal? It needs to be round to turn smoothly.

This one is a bit clearer

A puzzle for sure. I'd push a blob of plasticene or blu-tack down there to see what shape it comes out.