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Jean-Luc Pickguard

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  1. [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='837301' date='May 14 2010, 03:32 PM']Fairly sure there isn't a right one, just one of the disc ones and stick it under the 'bridge'.[/quote]
    Yep - just use whatever they've got - I think I paid around a quid for mine, but check the wires are soldered properly I had a few where I had to resolder them and as they fell off when I took them out of the bag. It sounds best with a preamp (behringer ADI-21 works well for me) and the shorter the cable the better.

    I used one of these little buggers: [url="http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=3202"]http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=3202[/url]
    I think I just went for biggest they had in stock at the time.

  2. [quote name='endorka' post='835833' date='May 13 2010, 01:52 AM']I would recommend you get Chuck Traeger's "Setup And Repair of the Double Bass for Optimum Sound"[/quote]
    I just checked this is on amazon as it sounds like the kind of book I could benefit from - current price is over £80! :)

  3. It looks like the bridge has been cut low as the neck angle has changed. I think the neck needs to be set at the proper angle and then a new bridge fitted. Not that I'm an expert of course.

    edit - just seen prosebass has said much the same thing

  4. [quote name='Shaggy' post='831576' date='May 8 2010, 04:47 PM']I'll probably eventually get some Warmoth / Allparts ebony-board neck to go in the piezo body[/quote]
    If brandoni still sell maple/ebony fretless P necks, I'd recommend you look at one. About half the price of an allparts and excellent quality if they're still like mine:


    After reading this thread I quite fancy putting a piezo bridge in mine.

  5. [quote name='discreet' post='829490' date='May 6 2010, 12:12 PM']Thanks for the advice guys, looks like a mouse mat would be the cheapest and easiest option.
    Plus, one mouse mat would last a lifetime - at least - IMO :)[/quote]
    +1 to mousemat
    I used a doubled-up pieces of mouse mat in my fretless build - works well.

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  6. [quote name='danny-79' post='827599' date='May 4 2010, 04:12 PM']Been looking at the Boss (enhancer/limiter) what do you think, not had much dealings with compression so not to sure ware to start[/quote]
    I nearly always use one of those (& I also bought a one spare I've not had to use). Cheap as chips and worth every penny. Its very transparent and evens out my levels to make my playing more audible at a lower volume if that makes sense. I've tired loads of compressors and it turned out that all along I was looking for a limiter.

  7. According to [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sbj2s"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sbj2s[/url]

    [i]singer[/i]
    [i]guitarist[/i]
    [i]drummer[/i]
    [i]as well as the shadowy 'other one', whose face we don't quite know but without whom the magic wouldn't happen.[/i]

  8. [quote name='vmaxblues' post='823667' date='Apr 30 2010, 08:01 AM']the guitarist wanted me to use a series off pull offs in a particular passage in a song[/quote]
    He can suggest it, but you're the bass player; if it doesn't fit with your style then do something else in that passage which is your style.

    Start taking orders from a guitarist and it'll go to his head. Before you know it he'll be telling you what clothes to wear & sending you out on errands.

    :rolleyes: :)

  9. The cherry burst precision is the twin of mine. I think the blurb on that listing may be misleading though - these basses were the last of the old era, not the first of the new era where they reversed the bad cost-cutting decisions of the CBS era. Mine weighs a ton, had really crap fretbuzz from new until I took it to the Gallery for a partial refret. Nice looking bass though.

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