Jean-Luc Pickguard

& Everything seems to have gone up overnight by about 2.5%

[quote name='minkey1980' post='1076778' date='Jan 3 2011, 09:07 PM']...and turn round to see Stu Zender with his amazing signature Warwick playing with a load of monkey puppets...[/quote] He's back with Jamiroquai?

All gear is neutral in the gender department. Except of course certain warwicks.

[quote name='icastle' post='1076201' date='Jan 3 2011, 12:30 PM'][u]Ibanez:[/u] Eastern factories have lower operating costs and this is reflected in the pricing. Make guitars in their factories for other brands and would therefore be able to buy branded parts (Bartolini, Gotoh etc) at much reduced bulk pricing.[/quote] Rather than this, isn't it the case that Ibanez is a brand rather than a manufacturer so owns no factories & contracts manufacturing to the same far East factories used by other companies, ie Cort, Samick or whoever else gets the contract for any particular model?

You have a bass worm living in your bass. They get in through the jack socket or truss rod access hole. They can be killed by playing some level 42 at gig volume for about ten minutes.

[quote name='Jam' post='1074117' date='Jan 1 2011, 02:06 AM']Would you recommend that over Standing in the Shadows of Motown?[/quote] No, both are essential

Nice! Looks like Pahoehe strings on that one - I don't think the slides would have been easy with the stock silicone strings even with a load of talc on them.

Proper music! I assume you have Mr Friedlands excellent book on some of the players: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Masters-Way-They-Play/dp/0879308699"]R&B Bass Masters: The Way They Play by Ed Friedland[/url]

Just 500 were made in alpine white. I sold mine recently to get a natural pro-V t-bird instead.

When I got a badass II for my jazz (with J-retro), I tried it on a precision as well to see whether it was worth ordering another, but I much preferred the BBOT on that as the badass seemed to suck out all the oomph from the attack of the notes. So for me: Active Jazz -> BBOT good, Badass better Passive Precision -> BBOF good, Badass not so good I think the badass II may have been successful as it is a really good looking bit of kit and is cool as it has the word 'badass' on it.

Reminds me of some bass players who are unable to play an ashbory in tune after trying one for 20mins so dismiss it as a gimmick or toy

This hasn't just only been hit by the ugly stick; it [b]IS[/b] the ugly stick

I like it. ...It makes me feel somewhat smug & superior

Apparently its a cruiser by Grafter. Whatever that is

I think this chap has heard me playing fretless live. Sorry for that.

A 5 string single coil one might be interesting

He was good as Lofty in "it ain't half hot mum"

[quote name='gareth' post='1069682' date='Dec 26 2010, 05:08 PM']This is where the tuners came from:- [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390031858236"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=390031858236[/url][/quote] Can't be - the listing clearly states that all hardware is fender

[quote name='Norris' post='1068702' date='Dec 24 2010, 01:17 PM']I wouldn't mind, but my amp had just come back from a 'repair & service' after packing up at a gig at an RAF base a week or two ago.[/quote] if its the same component thats gone, it sounds like your repairman owes you a free repair & an apology. If it is he may have fixed the symptom, but not the cause.

I used to use a MAG300 head with MAG Deep 210 & 115 cabs. I liked the sound, but they were very bulky & heavy so I replaced the lot a few years ago with a MarkBass LMII & Schroeder 1212L - still pleased with them, great sound plenty of volume & much less hassle.

go over them with a black sharpie? I don't mind mine - TI JF344 / 324 have a red silk which looks good with sunburst basses. My LaBella 'danelectro' flats look good on my longhorn with black silks but he blue silks of the Rotosound short scale jazz flats I had on before matched the colour of the bass much better.

I'd like my mustang to be blue