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Jean-Luc Pickguard

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  1. For me the only pearloid worth getting is 'aged' white. A bright white pearl pickguard can look a bit tacky.
  2. I have Cobalt flats on two Thunderbirds. No QC issues with the ones I have and they sound & feel great.
  3. I think something got lost in translation should have read
  4. The model number should be on the paper label insider the soundhole. If this one is as I suspect the same model as mine, a fretted solid mahogany ubass, it should say SMHG-FS. I believe an -FL suffix would indicate a fretless version.
  5. Here's a listing for a Vintage 1960s Fender musicmaster bass bridge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1960s-Fender-Musicmaster-Bass-Guitar-Bridge/324160068543?hash=item4b79721bbf:g:75gAAOSwEmNetY4H Not sure how they got hold of a 60s one as the musicmaster bass was first launched in 1971
  6. I've been admiring pics of the Sienna burst one since they started appearing on music shop websites a while ago. I already have a couple of mustangs so I really don't need another, but then again I don't have one with a maple fingerboard.
  7. Their UK distribution is handled from Germany https://uk.line6.com/find/distributor/ YAMAHA Music Europe GmbH Siemensstrasse 22-34 25462 Rellingen Germany Tel: +49 (0) 4101 303 0 Fax: +49 (0) 4101 303 333
  8. This looks to be the same model as my uBass - solid mahogany with the RoadToad inlay, lovely tortoishell binding and really nice sounding shadow electronics. Mine originally came with black Pahoehoe strings which was fitted as standard for this model, but only the premium models like this came with the rigid zip-up case - the cheaper ones like the rumbler would have a gigbag. If I didn't already own my one I would definitely have bought this. GLWTS!
  9. I bought an iRig acoustic a few years ago and haven't really used it as my 8 string uke already has a pickup, and my other tenor uke has f-holes which are too narrow to clip the iRig onto (D'oh!), but I have an acoustic tenor guitar coming soon and I'd like to try using the iRig for recording it into Logic on the Mac. My plan is to try using the iRig Acoustic clip-on pickup/mic plugged directly in my Mac's headset port as well as into the guitar input of my focusrite Scarlett solo via an appropriate adaptor, and also try both ways using an iPhone with the amplitube acoustic app. Then I can compare the results and see what works best. Does anyone here use an iRig acoustic for recording? If so how do you use it and what gave the best results?
  10. I bought a fair amount of gear from ABC in Surbiton in the 80s including my first bass amp, a secondhand Ohm GA125 which I bought with a 15" Laney cab. I also bought a Yamaha CX5M music computer system when they were first available in 1984 and later a Casio MG-510 midi guitar.
  11. That explains the apparent lack of a carrying handle
  12. I once saw an obvious 'Chibson' Les Paul in the window of Cash Converters labelled & priced as a Gibson. I didn't feel the need to make a documentary about it though.
  13. Strange that given the prices of the products offered, the website is hosted on a free online store under a subdomain rather than their own domain name, and with several third-party ads on the product pages.
  14. He's clearly been working on his bass-face as much as his playing
  15. It won't replace me unless it can chuck in the odd bum note here & there
  16. Martin at the gallery once told me it was best to not cut strings so I never cut them unless I absolutely have to - eg if I'm fitting long scale strings to a short scale bass (like Fender do as standard with the JMJ mustang) and there would be about half a mile to wrap around each tuner's capstan if they weren't cut.
  17. Maybe its a parody like those Nirvana tee shirts with a pic of hanson on them?
  18. My playing is like the cafeteria at chernobyl: not great, not terrible
  19. Whether tort looks right or not depends on the tort - it can look like attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, like a dirt protest, or anything between. The one on the gold ashbird appears to be positioned towards the latter end of that spectrum.
  20. Top Tip: Preempt these scammers by removing the value of what they hold over you. Make your own video of yourself having a barclays and send it to all of your contacts before they have a chance to send theirs.
  21. Not sure. If it is a Squier the curvy headstock point to it being a bottom of the range job like an affinity P bass, although I don't think the affinity was available as early as 1995 but there may have been an equivalent. Whatever it is the whole bass it came off would probably be worth £100 at most so £69 for just the neck is too much in my opinion.
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