Jean-Luc Pickguard

Nice. I like musicmasters, although I've sold the pink one and the lilac one belongs to my daughter. [attachment=39680:musicmasters.jpg]

It looks like a load of sith

[quote name='teej' post='705728' date='Jan 8 2010, 04:55 PM']...and of course those two guys with the phenomenal output between them: Trad and Anon. [/quote] They wrote some great songs and they never saw a penny of royalties for any of 'em.

Flatwound strings should take away some a lot of the nasty zingyness.

For anyone within reach of Croydon, there's an open mic / jam at the [url="http://ovaltavern.co.uk"]Oval tavern[/url] every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month.

have you checked the fuses?

Please stop posting these pics - I'm a recovering bassoholic and I'd been gas-free for over two weeks until I opened this thread.

According to their website they're on their hols until Wednesday 6th. They should have set up an auto responder on their email to let people know though. Are they the ones that like to find bands on myspace & keep spamming them with special offers dressed up as a personal message?

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='700295' date='Jan 4 2010, 11:03 AM'][url="http://www.worshipguitars.com/product_info.php?products_id=61"]http://www.worshipguitars.com/product_info...?products_id=61[/url][/quote] What's up with that website? click on one the links & it tries to download a php file. Try to go to the home page, at worshipguitars.com and it says access denied. I wouldn't be surprised if those basses were coming out of the same factory as sx - generic copies sold under any number of names at a similar price. Then again Jesus was a carpenter by trade, perhaps he made the basses, but isn't quite as good at making websites.

Anyone seen this on the tv shopping channel? [url="http://www.guitarwiz.co.uk/"]http://www.guitarwiz.co.uk/[/url] Imagine turning up to a gig and the guitarist was using one of these? & they'll sell you a £13 tuner for £30

If I saw someone using a capo on bass, I'd probably assume he was a numpty who doesn't know his fingerboard very well.

[quote name='donut' post='697596' date='Dec 31 2009, 09:26 PM']Has anyone tried fitting a D-Tuner to the 4th (E) string of a 5-string bass?[/quote] I seriously doubt it [quote name='donut' post='697596' date='Dec 31 2009, 09:26 PM']Is there room?[/quote] Only one way to find out

like the S1 switch on US jazz basses a few years ago, putting the single coil pickups in series is supposed to make the bass sound a bit more chunky like a precision.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='695214' date='Dec 28 2009, 09:59 PM']DAMN!!!!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DANELECTRO-LONGHORN-BASS_W0QQitemZ270505954366QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3efb694c3e#ht_720wt_1165"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DANELECTRO-LONGHORN-...e#ht_720wt_1165[/url][/quote] Cool Colour - not seem them in that colour before - it would look great with a chessboard pickguard

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='694613' date='Dec 28 2009, 12:11 AM']I don't want to touch the strap buttons =S And i can't change bass! my bass is perfect with my setup Maybe i should try other shirts, idk, is that really the solution?[/quote] The only other variable is the strap - maybe try a slidey poly one, a stretchy neoprene one. One of those daft-looking criss-cross ones...

an all-original 1966 daphne blue fender mustang in near-mint condition with lollypop tuners & creamy pearl pickguard

the grey stuff I used came from a now sadly closed-down hardware shop (turtles in Croydon). Iti similar to but a lot finer than the green bit of kitchen scourers and is sold as an alternative to wire wool.

[quote name='AndyMartin' post='693732' date='Dec 26 2009, 02:35 PM']I find that Scotchbrite does the job very well. It takes the gloss off without removing a lot of varnish.[/quote] I recently did this to a few of my basses (& a couple of guitars) - It makes a great difference. I used grey scotchbrite equivalent to fine wire wool.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='693584' date='Dec 26 2009, 08:52 AM']That's a great acoustic bass.[/quote] Cheers Pete - it is certainly is more impressive than I expected for the price. I bought it myself & after it arrived the missus gave me a wad of twenties to cover the cost instead of a frying pan over the head which I was expecting for buying another bass, so its a bit of a result all around.

Come on,. Waddya get? & I don't mean Straight Fries or Crinkle cut? I got one of these [url="http://www.tanglewoodguitars.co.uk/products/default.asp?cID=66460593&sID=66461282"]http://www.tanglewoodguitars.co.uk/product...mp;sID=66461282[/url]

If you mean ones to fit split-shaft knurled Pots: The answer is yes. You can loosen or tighten the fit if required by gently squeezing the two sides of the shaft together with pliers or easing them apart slightly with a screwdriver - but be careful not to break one of the sides off.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='693084' date='Dec 24 2009, 05:30 PM']JLP's one was full of win. [/quote] I'll probably start missing it now you've posted the pic I still have one of these though:

I have ashtrays on my precisions & jazz, & also put one on my daisy rock. I use 'em as a hand rest using a style shamelessly ripped off from a certain Mr J Jamerson. Unfortunately I'm only able to emulate the style of positioning my hand - not the note-choices & rhythms employed by him. Also I don't go as far as doing the claw thing.

My new Tanglewood Rosewood Reserve TRB CE Electro Acoustic Bass delivered today. Its ex demo so I got it at a little over half price on ebay. It was immaculate except for the strings which were rough feeling & had the typical acoustic bass scratchy sound. I had also ordered a set of TI AB344 which arrived last week, so I put them on. Blummin 'eck the bridge pins are a bit of a struggle, but I discovered the knack and with the TIs on it sounds wonderfully rich and smooth. Then I plugged it in - wow very uprightly. Its much easier to play with the TIs. I'm chuffed with it - it should be loud enough for acoustic rehearsals. The missus isn't too happy about me getting another bass, but I've talked her round & she's going to pay for it as my xmas pressie.