Jean-Luc Pickguard

Soul Clap '69 — Booker T & The MGs

Being Boiled — Human League

The wonky angles of the mismatched screws securing the bridge, and the precision of the routing job for the pickups and neck pocket remind me of someone. Surely It can't be 'him?' 🤔

I've only played the Fender Player mustang, not the HB. The stock wiring was not ideal as a '50s style' circuit was used which reduces volume when rolling off the tone unless the volume is set at 100%. I made a new loom with better components and more sensible circuit for mine, and shielded the cavities with anti-slug tape. It is a great little bass now, and the stock pickups sound excellent. I don't know whether the same circuit is used on the Player II (with the 'spaghetti' logo).

Oops!... I Did It Again — Britney Spears

They can be resized with the font-size control after they are added to a post. Or we can insert unicode emojis. On a mac this can be done with [control]+[command]+[spacebar] and they can also be resized 🙄

Little Teat

Hitch Hike — Marvin Gaye

I had that one — it might even be in my 7" singles box in the loft. I can't remember which periodical it was attached to though.

Long Train Runnin' — Doobie Brothers

Wash Wash — Prince Buster

Batman Theme — The Marketts

Filthy Habits — Frank Zappa

Hire and Hire — Jackie Wilson

I failed the 2025 challenge early and bought a lot of lovely guitars, basses and other gear in the last year. In 2026 my aim should be to “right size” my collection and unload anything that I no longer want/need. I managed to sneak in a last purchase at the Gibson Garage yesterday so one of first things I’ll need to list for sale in 2026 will be my amazing sunburst epiphone firebird which will be replaced with an even more amazing “inspired by Gibson custom shop” cherry epiphone firebird when that is delivered next week. Similarly my lake placid blue Squier bass VI will be added to the “to go” list due to the (Also LPB) Fender Vintera version that came about an month ago. I currently have an active basket of pedalboard upgrade stuff on the thomann website, however I will try to resist placing an order. I could probably postpone the pedalboard project for twelve months if I try really hard — maybe I can allow myself to add stuff to the basket without ever actually hitting the “Place Order” button. The biggest risk to make me lose the challenge will probably be if a secondhand boss RT-2 Rotary Speaker Pedal pops up for sale at an attractive price as I’d love to have one of these, but don’t love the £229 price tag.