Jean-Luc Pickguard

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='584093' date='Aug 28 2009, 10:08 PM']Have you seen my avatar bass? I get enough of those already![/quote]

At that price its worth putting up with the stiffy/viagra jokes that will be inevitable when playing it.

the irons from maplins are OK but the crappy lead-free solder they sell doesn't flow. I'm in south london if anyone needs anything melted.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='582519' date='Aug 27 2009, 03:08 PM']Nice neck though.[/quote] That's what I though until I saw the back was painted black with a brush Those tuners look a bit aftermarket to me as well. Fcuk me! it looks like it could have been David Blunkett's junior school woodwork project

[quote name='simwells' post='583006' date='Aug 27 2009, 10:45 PM']I've always liked the idea of having dockable pedals so they'd mount straight into a docked pedal board (or single dock enclosures for indivdual units) that connected up just through docking.[/quote] Line 6 did something along those lines I think

[quote name='Stacker' post='579806' date='Aug 25 2009, 07:45 AM']Wow, interesting. I've been wary of their spam ever since I encountered their sales guys in the Leeds shop back in the early '90s. That aside, I wonder how much they actually pay for the goodies they seem to acquire; they can't all be commissions.[/quote] Offered my £200 for an '85 MIJ tokai flying vee (inc flight case) which would have sold in the shop for £600+ without the case. iirc I sold it privately for £550 the following week via loot

I had an uberhorn once. After going to a works party where I was drinking pints of red bull all night.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='582938' date='Aug 27 2009, 09:34 PM']Call that a pink bass? Nah - [b]this[/b] is a pink bass: [attachment=31747:pinkstarbass.jpg] And yes, I would. Hell yeah. Jon.[/quote] I'm supposed to be thinning out the herd - not getting gas for new basses. I love daisyrocks - I bought one of these for myself after my daughter refused to let me borrow hers - I was surprised to win it after placing a lowball bid though. She wants to put her purple heartbreaker bass on eBay as well, but I don't think its worth doing for the meagre price they go for at the moment.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='582501' date='Aug 27 2009, 02:47 PM']That is awesome. seriously.[/quote] Cheers Wayne. Imagine the possibilities... [attachment=31739:the_powe...ggestion.jpg]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Full-set-of-Olympia-top-quality-Double-Bass-Strings_W0QQitemZ270412161960QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Sting_Instruments?hash=item3ef5d223a8&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]these[/url] should do the job if they do a five string set - send them an email, or look at a set of weedwackers if you want something even cheaper.

It'll hurt to see it go, but apparently I 'have too many basses'. Whatever that means. My lovely 1997 Shell Pink Squier Vista musicmaster bass isn't getting much use since I got my mustang, so its up on eBay. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270447923050"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270447923050[/url]

Another one then - a new model in the Little Mark range with a growl control to add some valve-like grit (but not necessarily from a valve) also with a limiter built-in.

[quote name='Hot Tub' post='582132' date='Aug 27 2009, 08:11 AM']RBI for under £100 would cook my noodle! [/quote] RBI? Wossat?

[quote name='iamapirate' post='581498' date='Aug 26 2009, 03:33 PM']'Lead guitar' ..hmmm, look closer[/quote] Its Peter Hook Smurf

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='581934' date='Aug 26 2009, 09:49 PM']Any music software on a MAC, probably because of the smug git sitting behind it [/quote] Smug 'cause he's getting his tracks down rather than running virus scans, rebooting because of updates & defragging I've been there.

I'd check the relief first before diddling with the bridge. Most basses need a truss rod tweak twice a year when the seasons change. I can't remember when I last tweaked my short scales though, but the long scales certainly change with the weather.

Jazz basses including basses insired by jazzes. Give me Precision or mustang any day. Roundwound strings Any Rotosound strings Any music software running on a PC straplocks never found any that work properly except ones from Grolsch bottles or shower hose washers. Pleckies - Nah I won't go there. I'll just say they're not for me and we'll leave it at that.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='581890' date='Aug 26 2009, 09:03 PM']Wouldn't it be better with one of these? That way people who don't ever want to use Apple (me) could use it.[/quote] Nah - you can just use a pocket pod or something for that. Prefer less cables so I can pick it up with one hand with headphones & bass plugged in and when I put it down it stays where I put it with the screen & controls facing where I want them to. Maybe it should have an extra 1/8" input for the poor sods using non iPod MP3 players as well. (although iPods only work properly if they're syncing with iTunes on Macs - iTunes on windows is just as annoying to use as anything else on Windows.)

Something that I would definitely want to buy if it existed. I'd like something like this: to fit one of these: With the features of this: But the sounds of this: So a tough battery powered/rechargable ipod dock that holds the iPod securely with headphone & stereo phono outs & also also charges the iPod (if its plugged into the mains) This would enable me to practice the songs I'm learning & mix the backing track with bass amp & fx modelling including a decent fliptop tone into headphones. If someone can make one of these for £100 I'll be first in the queue. What else (bass-related) doesn't exist yet but should?

I've just remembered what I was doing on Saturday night. I was experimenting to find the perfect proportions of Gin / Tonic / Ice / lime Wedges to make the best G&T. I finally got it right after the fifth or sixth pint but forgot to write it down

Aged creamy pearl would look cool - like on my 'vintage white' reissue mustang or if that's too pimp how about parchment? The double sided slightly padded stuff from Halfords for sticking back on bits of flapping trim on bangers might be good if you're a scaredy-cat about drilling your new bass. I'd just drill it though. Done it to all my precisions and my jazz its not difficult - the holes for the pickup cover & tug bar are already marked out for you on the pickguard.

I'm not allowed to play wedding gigs anymore since I turned up for one with my thunderbird and overdrive pedal so it couldn't have been me.

Why would anyone pay so much for this bit of tat? I used to have the original version of this - used to collect them from the petrol station when I was a nipper. I wonder if they're in the parents loft...

[quote name='geddsy' post='579276' date='Aug 24 2009, 05:18 PM'][b]BASS PLAYER WANTED FOR ESTABLISHED MCR INDIE/ROCK BAND[/b] www.myspace.com/thesoundmarshals must be able to pick up songs quickly have own transport for practice/ gigs, and be aged 20-30 [b]commitment essential[/b], tel - jon 07962 154 704 email - [email protected][/quote] Are you looking for anyone in any particular area or is that a part of your commitment test for people from Dundee or Devon? Also do people suddenly lose the ability to play once they hit 30?

I'm not using my bass magicstomp much these days, so its on ebay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270447020037"]BASS MAGICSTOMP[/url] [attachment=31486:magicstomp.jpg]