To fix or buy another bass

[Ken Smith]

Tim, looking at Don's profile you can see that he does NOT have a SMITH Bass. He has two other 'non Smith' basses of a lower or much lower price range.

It would be wrong of me say what's wrong with a bass I cannot examine on my bench but I would venture to say the problem could very well be the bass.

Fixing those 2 basses will not make them worth any more unless they are unplayable and unsaleable as-is.

I usually tell people that if they do not like their 'non-Smith' bass, sell it and put that money towards a better bass like a Smith or a Smith actually and save the throwaway money you will be spending fixing a bass that will never be as good as what you want it to be or need to have.