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Posts posted by Jean-Luc Pickguard
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[quote name='Johnston' post='865409' date='Jun 12 2010, 05:59 PM']Bad mood or very good mood the T-bird gets pulled out and cranked up.[/quote]
Ha Ha Ha - I was in Foul mood before the acoustic blues jam night on Tuesday, so instead of my tanglewood acoustic bass, fretless precision, NS-upright or an ashbory, I took my thunderbird and a very long strap. Cheered me up a bit.
My default bass for most gigs though is the mustang or the tanglewood for acoustic gigs. -
Not me - I generally don't care what the pros are using. I wouldn't mind my own signature model though.
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IMO its a waste of money to buy a fretted bass specifically to defret it. Different story to already owning a fretted bass and getting it defretted. If budget is tight looking for a secondhand fretless would be the cost effective way & you can see how it plays and sounds as a fretless before shelling out the wonga.
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I sold my shell pink squier musicmaster, but I'm keeping my violetburst daisy rock:
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I used to use a bit of cheap & cheerful PC software for this: magix audio cleaning lab - you can usually get the latest or previous version cheap whenever PC world have a sale. I wish there was a mac version as it was very easy to use and I could master a wav of an old cassette demo tape into a finished CD much quicker than I can now in Adobe Soundbooth.
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[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='859998' date='Jun 7 2010, 03:37 PM']+1- the one you've linked to is a horrible mess layout wise. It looks like something from 1998, made in Frontpage. Yours is much leaner and cleaner.[/quote]
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The trouble with myspace is that its always going to look a mess. It is not a substitute for a proper website if you feel you do need something more than a myspace sh*te.
The one you linked to uses big blocks of text rendered as a graphic which can look nice, but are totally inaccessible to visually impaired uses (including the google spider). -
Perhaps he was a guitarist standing in for the proper bass player
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similar concept to prising off with teaspoons, I have removed push-on knobs by looping a shoelace around the pot shaft under the knob and pulling it upwards. Less chance of being cackhanded & making any indentations.
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Wen I repositioned the button on my 'snowy-white' epi t-bird, I put a strap button screw in the hole with a nylon washer under it. Looks like a pointless bit of trim, but neater than a hole and possibly slightly less pointless than a non-used strap button. Last time I was asked what it was I said it was a laser and refused to demonstrate it for fear of blinding someone.
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Felice Brothers
Fantastic Band - love 'em
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I hope his next assignment will be locating the Funk Machine for the Jamerson family
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I'd have thought everything you NEED to know about a precision/jazz bass could be said on about four pages plus a few pics.
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I have d-tuners on four of my basses, but not had this issue. Would a bit of ptfe tape help?
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I had a very noticable dead spot on my highway 1 jazz. A fatfinger clamped to the headstock cured it.
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[quote name='Starless' post='849176' date='May 27 2010, 09:25 AM']The ideal body would be a sunburst P, but finding that difficult to source without a neck on it,[/quote]
I bought a MIJ sunburst P body from brandoni - it is identical to the one on my MIJ Fender '62 reissue. It was a while ago, but they might still have some. -
I'd get a standard MIJ alder jazz body from brandoni for about £100, colour it the desired colour with woodstain and then danish oil it - I did this (but with a lighter woodstain) on a brandoni tele body & it looks great and was very easy to apply. You could probably get a suitable neck from brandoni as well. Then build it up with whatever hardware suits the budget.
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Headphones are great for practicing alone, but I think there's a need to shift a little air for a rehearsal even if it means using acoustic guitars etc.
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Dear Mr Coppolo, would you like me to design a high mass headstock for your basses which doesn't look like a club foot?
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If you are making a noise which is a nuisance to other other people, turn it down or use headphones. Its not difficult.
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[quote name='Metalmoore' post='842697' date='May 19 2010, 11:54 PM']I'm sure if you ask real nicely they might be able to help you out
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Don't encourage me - my missus thinks I already have enough basses -
I guess its good for my bank-balance that Warmoth don't do mustang bass bodies & necks.
If they did I'd fancy a fenderbird based on a firebird-type guitar body & mustang neck. -
nice! just like mine - before I blinged it up with loads of extra chrome
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I can't stand it when rehearsals are used to practice rather than rehearse. Waste of everyone's time & money. Too many people don't know the difference.
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[quote name='WalMan' post='839241' date='May 16 2010, 08:50 PM']
Here's another really helpful one for all budding promoters
Promises so much yet offers so little.
just like most promoters
iRig Plug Interface Adapter
in Accessories and Misc
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I'm definitely going to get it. I think I'll get an iPhone first though.