Jean-Luc Pickguard

That's a Weeley good deal

Teenage Prostitute — Also Frank Zappa

Hurt - NIN

I like the story Octavia Spencer tells about meeting him before she was famous

Spam Song — Monty Python

Put Your Hands Together — The O'Jays

Shoot Shoot — UFO

My Wife — The Who

I saw this earlier. It’s cool that he seems to be just as excited as the rest of us are when receiving a new bass

Not Now John — Pink Floyd

I don't mind a decent relic and I love my JMJs despite the relicing, but if Fender did a special run of the JMJ mustangs still in nitro but without any 'roadworn' treatment, I'd be first in the queue to buy at least one.

The worn-in strings I fitted work really well on this bass. I am almost certain they are LaBellas, but I most likely bought them 15-20 years ago. Using my dial gauge calliper, I get measurements of approximately 45-55-80-100 (give or take a few thousandths of an inch.) These measurements don’t appear to tally with anything LaBella currently offer though. The silks are orange and the strings appear to be stainless steel. They are definitely a 30” short scale flatwound set. I think I’ll have to contact LaBella to find out whether this is a set I am able to order. I've done a bit of googling and it looks like the strings are 760FX-S which are actually 39-56-77-96 and sadly no longer available. I will have to look after the ones I have.

Jilly's On Smack — Primus

My new bass arrived this morning, and I was pleasantly surprised to see DHL delivering on a bank holiday. After a quick inspection, I started customising it to my liking. It’s a 2022 Sienna Sunburst Player Mustang Bass. I played around with my SS Squier PJ Jaguar bass, which already has short-scale cobalt flats. However, I realised I don’t enjoy the cobalts on a short scale as much as I do on my Thunderbirds. So, after installing the hi-mass bridge, I rummaged through my box of ‘worn-in’ strings and found a set of short-scale LaBella flats with orange silks. I put these on and set up the bass. My initial impression is that it’s a keeper. I made a template to position the thumbrest using my spare JMJ pickguard and carefully drilled some holes with a miniature hand drill. I’m very pleased with this bass. It offers something slightly different from my JMJs and feels and sounds great with the flatwounds. I was considering removing the switch and wiring it like a jazz bass, but I’ve decided against it. The switch provides three easily selectable sounds, including the bridge pickup soloed, which surprisingly is my favorite — at least through my practice setup.

Interstellar Overdrive — Pink Floyd

Man With The Horn — Nina Simone

I Don't Feel Sorry — Sugar Pie DeSanto

The Strap was delivered this morning and I've put it away safe with the other bits including the grolsch washer strapblocks. The bass arrived at the DHL delivery facility London this morning, and it will sit there until Tuesday due to the bank holiday. I have decided to use the Fender hi-mass bridge as the Badass II looks a bit ratty as it is a nickel plated base with chrome plated saddles for some reason. When I ordered the strings I mistaken thought that EB only made one set of short scale cobalt flats, but it turns out the set I have on one of my squier jag shorties is the regular slinky set with green details on the packaging: 45-65-85-105, and the new set I have is the power slinky set, with purple: 50, 70, 90, 110. I prefer low tension strings, and usually only buy the lightest gauge available of any type, so it'll be interesting to see how I get on with the slightly higher tension of this set. I'm hoping that there won't be too much of a difference in feel.

Bar-B-Queue — ZZ Top

Listed as: "Unknown Jazz Bass Neck Possibly 1965 Fender" https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285999703235?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AjBvTEwfQ5i&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=OzMzAukVTDS&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY It could equally be listed as 'unknown object possibly hippopotimus scrotum' as it is as likely to be one of those as a fender of any date. The dimensions of that logo! When did Fender ever use this style of truss rod nut?

I'm getting twinges in my back just looking at the pics in this thread.

New bass incoming. The tracking says it left Glasgow Yesterday and ETA at my address in London is by end of day today, but the latest entry on the tracking page is that it arrived at the DHL Sort Facility, East Midlands at 2:37AM, and with no later updates, so I assume it's still there at Castle Donington. I ordered a couple of bits for it which arrived today, and I had a rummage in my bits box. When I found the Fender Hi Mass Bridge in my bits box, I also found a Badass II I'd forgotten about, so I'll have to decide on which one to fit. Also I needn't have ordered the new thumbrest as I already had a spare one in the bits box. I got a set of EB short scale cobalt flats from amazon warehouse - unused but missing the outer packaging. A new colour co-ordinated suede strap should be delivered tomorrow, and a set of grolsch-style strap blocks is sitting here at the ready.

I use mostly Leathergraft comfy suede straps or Perri's suede with sheepskin pad on my basses/guitars and these help a lot to prevent slippage/neckdive

Soul Finger — The Bar-Kays

Gotta Serve Somebody — Bob Dylan