Jean-Luc Pickguard

Map on the gigs page of the web site: [url="http://www.o5b.co.uk"]o5b.co.uk[/url] We're on at 9pm Anyone that comes up & says hello will get a free CD if I remember to bring any

Damn! Saw the thread too late [quote name='chris_b' post='212893' date='Jun 5 2008, 12:54 AM']Hope they edit out my cockup!!![/quote] I'm doubt they'd show it before the watershed

I'd use Thomastic JF 324

I'll be going - I just got an email that I have won a pair of tickets from the Arts Council

[quote name='spinynorman' post='212665' date='Jun 4 2008, 06:41 PM']There's a guy on eBay in the US sells these as NOS parts. Loaded bodies and separate necks. They're quite expensive for non-Fender parts. I bought one of the bodies - it looked good and was generally ok, except the pickguard was not cut exactly around the neck pocket, the screw holes in the neck pocket were drilled off-centre, and the neck pocket itself was too deep for the standard Allparts neck I had. But I managed to work round that and the result was a decent bass. The pickups were really rather good, compared to a Mexican Fender, say. The doubt I have is about the Signature story itself. All the Harmony Central reviews are of parts you can trace back to the same guy. I can't find any reference anywhere else to a Signature guitar co in Cranston, although there was one in Canada that didn't make basses. I even contacted the chamber of commerce in Cranston and they hadn't heard of it. The only part of the story that checks out is that the date stamp in the neck pocket was 1989. So, maybe it's all true and this company disappeared without trace, and maybe the people who presumably bought complete instruments between 1988 and 1992 never trade them on the web anywhere, but it seems suspicious to me. That doesn't mean they're bad basses, just I wouldn't now pay more than an SX for one.[/quote] The logo on the signature guitar line that was associated with Alex Lifeson is complely different to the logo on the ebay ones. [url="http://www.geocities.com/signatureguitar/"]http://www.geocities.com/signatureguitar/[/url]

[quote name='beerdragon' post='211853' date='Jun 3 2008, 03:28 PM']Someone on Basschat does/did t shirts. cant remenber who now. maybe do a search.[/quote] Scroll up - he's posted in this thread with a heads up

Last time I got some It was from a computer fair. These days I use a canon inkjet to print directly onto (printable) CDs or use lightscribe. If you want to buy online, how about these? [url="http://www.medea.co.uk/buy/pressit-kits-labels-c-30_50.html"]http://www.medea.co.uk/buy/pressit-kits-labels-c-30_50.html[/url] 100 labels for £12.80

Reminds me of: [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/product932.html"]SX Bass[/url] I wonder if they're related...

I get a very satisfying sound out of my Beyer DT150s. I'm using a Tascam MP-GT1 for silent practice

Would soapbars help with getting an extra clean sound?

That's crying out for a "shreds" style overdub.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='210632' date='Jun 1 2008, 05:45 PM']I gig regularly with my Akai Deep Impact. Patch 1 gets used for Chaka Khans 'Ain't Nobody' and the chorus/breakdown in Outkast's "Hey Ya" uses Patch 9, the Moog squelch.[/quote] I don't know what I was thinking when I sold my Deep Impact

Never heard of it

[quote name='s0fa' post='210522' date='Jun 1 2008, 02:21 PM']Could you post some pics? I kind of get what you mean but I don't want to be screwing things into my bass without being 100% certain![/quote] Here you are Sophie. Pics of my daughter's slightly mojoed (chipped & dented) Purple heartbreaker bass with matching suede-backed leather strap. The modification with the extra strap button puts it into a perfectly balanced playing position. [attachment=9235:daisyrock_heart1.JPG] [attachment=9236:daisyrock_heart2.JPG] I hope this helps. I can't really post any pics of the bass in action as its not really the done thing to post pics of my kids and I'm not sure I'd want a pic of myself playing such a girly bass in the public domain (unless I borrow it for my upcoming gig in Brighton )

I was quite excited to see the Behringer BSY600 in the window of a shop recently. Normally if I see a new Behringer pedal I fancy trying I'd just spend the £20 & put it through its paces at home, but as this was £30 and I had the missus with me I thought I'd better try it first. Unfortunately I couldn't get a usable sound out of it. I really wanted to like it - I love my Behringer Bass Limiter pedal, sansamp clone preamp & the acoustic version, plus a stereo pair of mics and a mini mixer, but I couldn't get a single sound out of the bass synth pedal that was in any way usable. I think the chap in the shop was a bit miffed that I didn't buy it, but probably not as miffed as I'd have been had I bought it.

My Daughter has a Daisyrock heartbreaker - Its a great bass I love the sound & feel of it - the duncan designed pickup is so punchy, but the neck dive was a problem. I had previously fixed the neck dive on my thunderbird by relocating the strap button to behind the neck heel as in the link in the post above. i found this wasn't appropriate for the heartbreaker, but after a bit of trial & error I fixed it by putting an additional strap button below the neck in a positition symetrical to the original one (as if fitting for a left handed version). This may sound like it would look a bit odd, but looks OK bhen stapped on and works like a charm - it balances perfectly and is very comfy to play. If you like I can posts some pics.

Are you sure you've been offered the actual funk machine - rather than one of the "signature" ones the Bass Centre LA got fender to make a few of? There is one (reputable) dealer I know of that had been trying to sell one of those for years which comes from the collection of a well-known bass player. I was almost tempted to buy it, but being a cheapskate I got an MIJ '62 resisue instead.

[quote name='chris_b' post='208023' date='May 28 2008, 01:37 PM']Next time try it with a proper strap lock.[/quote] Yeah! - the ones that come free with Grolsch

[quote name='Jonny Walker' post='207928' date='May 28 2008, 11:36 AM']I have never understood why people buy copy fenders.... not that i am a huge fan but it seems to me (outsider) that Fender came up with their perfect bass and every other luthier copied the plan to get some sales.... and everyones buying into it... surely if you want a fender buy a fender? If you want a different sound shove some better pups in... And if its the expense, theres always the Squires... not that there anything special but surely its better to keep it in the family...[/quote] To turn the question around why would someone get an ESP viper rather than a Gibson or Epiphone SG-shaped Bass?

[quote name='The Burpster' post='206727' date='May 26 2008, 06:55 PM']Theres some nice looking basses on there.... Thy're well cheap too![/quote] And at least one stupid looking one

[quote name='onehappybunny' post='206261' date='May 25 2008, 11:19 PM']Not really in line with the brand-spanking, sparkling, good-as-new boiled string theme that this thread has picked up but a new set of Thomastik flats made a stunning difference to my DeArmond Jet Star [/quote] TI flats are my Favourite strings - I have them on three precisions, a jazz & a thunderbird. I was so chuffed to find that the 32" ones are the perfect length for my mustang.

I have three comfort straps & a couple of fender (same as neotech) bass straps. My favourite is the fender - it makes my heavy ash 81 precision seem less of a boat anchor. Thomann still have them [url="http://www.fender.co.uk/products//search.php?partno=0990663000"]http://www.fender.co.uk/products//search.p...rtno=0990663000[/url] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_gurt_neoprene_bass_strap.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_gurt_neoprene_bass_strap.htm[/url]

[quote name='beerdragon' post='203607' date='May 21 2008, 11:25 AM']Here's the original. but i think they are miming so that sound could be anything. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLsoFFEHqo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLsoFFEHqo[/url][/quote] That's a longhorn, not a '63. I have a longhorn reissue (blueburst 1st version) & its luvverly.

I think its important to let her choose her bass, so she gets something that she can't wait to pick up. My daughter is twelve and doesn't seem to be able to walk past her purple burst pearloid topped daisy rock bass without picking it up. She's talking about forming a band with her pals as well.