Jean-Luc Pickguard

I don't know about the gibsons, but the Alpine White Epi T-birds were a special run of 500. Thomann are showing them as in stock.

I'd never heard of him, but one of his 5ers is for sale at the Gallery at the moment

[quote name='Raggy' post='116888' date='Jan 9 2008, 11:42 AM']The guy at my local guitar shop had a look when he wired the new pups in said it all looked OK.[/quote] You should take it back to him & get him to do it properly at no extra charge - or take it to someone else that knows what they're doing and get the original guy to pay for it. I'm guessing this chap is not a luthier, but a shop owner/assistant that does setups & odd-jobs?

I use TI jazz flats on my fretless with ebony fingerboard. The setup is important to getting a nice mwahh sound - I like to set mine with the truss rod adjusted so that the neck has no relief at all, ie dead straight and action very low.

It seems "the best luthier in the country" hits some of his instruments very hard with an ugly-stick ... And that's my opinion, not necessarily a fact

[quote name='Beedster' post='116974' date='Jan 9 2008, 01:22 PM']You could play it for about 30 years in smokey pubs [/quote] Smoky pubs - I remember them.

I think you may prefer a limiter rather than a compressor. I use a Behringer BLE100 which is very similar to the Boss LMB-3.

I love thomastik jazz flats and use them wherever I can. I have JF344 long scale ones on my 34" basses. The JF324 short scaleset should fit the hofner - I've only tried them on my daughter's 32" daisyrock so far, but I have a set ordered for my Mustang.

I know someone who knocked over his Gibson Les Paul after a gig and snapped the headstock off. It was £65 to fix & the Luthier did an excellent job. Perhaps this was a particularly clean break that was easier, so cheaper, to fix than some.

GM Audio is in Maldon and is a Trace Elliot authorised service centre. Gavin did a good job of replacing the power amp on Trace combo. [url="http://www.gmaudio.co.uk"]http://www.gmaudio.co.uk[/url] [email protected]

Here's some info on Tony Levin's site about his Funkfingers [url="http://www.tonylevin.com/pbtlff.htm"]http://www.tonylevin.com/pbtlff.htm[/url] It looks like he stopped selling them over seven years ago.

I bought another one today =1161

Well, looking through my copy of "the bassist's guide to injury management, prevention and better health" by Randall Kertz there are chapters that deal with the following bass related conditions: [list] [*]repetitive strain injury [*]stress [*]Tendonitis [*]Pinched Nerve [*]Muscle tightness [*]carpal tunnel syndrome [*]ulnar nerve, medial epicondylitis, cubital tunnel syndrome [*]tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) [*]Thoracic outlet syndrome [*]trigger finger [*]blisters [*]bursitis [*]ganglion cyst [*]low back pain [*]rotator cuff tear [*]arthritis [/list]I am happy to recommend Dr Kertz's book - I bought a copy and have picked up a lot of useful info. It is available direct from him at his web site [url="http://www.drkertz.com"]http://www.drkertz.com[/url] for $28 delivered to the UK and I'm sure he'll even sign your copy if you ask him nicely. Sorry if this post reads like an advert - I have no affiliation with Dr Kertz other than as a happy purchaser of his book

That'll be a canvas CVB20 vintage Semi Cut. [url="http://www.canvasguitars.com"]http://www.canvasguitars.com/[/url]

My twelve year-old got a Lovely violetburst DaisyRock Stardust Elite active bass which she's been after for about two years, complete with a set of 32" thomastic flats and extra wide white leather strap. It was a complete surprise to her so her face was an absolute picture when she opened it. I got the bladerunner 5 DVD box set tin, but I have to sit through the DVDs the kids got before I can watch any of it - Shrek 3, High School Musical 2, and very episode of Mr Benn. Oh Well...

There's nothing wrong with a simple 4 way extension cable, which is what I currently use. I don't think there would be much advantage in fitting a mains socket in the combo. I don't know much about electrics, but I'm sure it won't have any safety advantages. Have you seen these kind of [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=26767&doy=22m12"]2 way mains cables[/url] That would probably work well if you can get a PSU that uses an IEC cable for the fx .

It looks like its made of a lump of cheese that has been found at at the back of a student's fridge. urgh :wacko: :wacko:

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I'd be surprised if they were discontinued, especially as they are stock item on a few fender models. If the Leo Quan company do cease production, I'm sure sure a new licensed version (or even an unlicensed copy) would be made by someone else. Perhaps certain finishes that are no longer being made There's nothing on [url="http://www.leoquan.com"]http://www.leoquan.com[/url] about this, but that site doesn't seem to have been updated for a while.

Hi Lucy Nice to see you here Don't forget to post pics of your Ashborys in the Basspron forum.

Another option is to keep the original body as it is (or sell it) and get a brandoni alder precision body for £90.Then spray it with paint from a larger branch of halfords where they mix the paint to your requirements - last time I did this there were three large books of colours and my daughter chose a pale lilac for her musicmaster bass.

Duck's 66 and he's still going strong.

I'm hoping to get a nice relaxing stress-free week away from work. I know I won't though - the kids are far too excitable for that.

Oh no it isn't Sorry - couldn't resist