Jean-Luc Pickguard

Famous Blue Raincoat — Leonard Cohen

The Murder Of Love — Propaganda

My rig is set up in the rehearsal studio, so I had forgotten that the FS-4 has a captive cable. It sounds to me likely that the FS-4 has a fault. It is probably worth opening up the pedal unit and its jack plug to see whether any wire(s) look like they have become disconnected. The issue may be something Ashdown have encountered previously so it might be worth raising an enquiry with them: https://ashdownmusic.com/pages/contact-us

I think it was from ebay

A House Is Not A Motel — Love

I'm going to switch it back to the white pickguard for the classic ric look. I noticed on a YT video of someone shielding their ric that their white pickguard was not totally opaque, so after applying copper tape to the back of the pickguard, there was an only just noticable copper tinge to the pickguard when it was fitted. I wasn't sure whether this was a trick of the light or I was imagining it so I experimented with my own white pickguard and I was able to conform that the pickguard did show a copper tinge when the shielding is applied to the back. To prevent the copper showing through it would be necessary to have an opaque layer between the pickguard and the copper tape. I have a roll of self-adhesive black vinyl which I guessed would work well for this as my 4003is Jetglo so I used a layer of this followed by a layer of copper tape. The black vinyI went to the edge of the pickguard, but the copper tape did not to ensure it isn't visible when looking at the edge of the pickguard.

I Saw The Light — Todd Rundgren

Five days in and I just went on ebay and snagged a four pole pickup for one of my musicmaster basses. I suppose this means I have failed the assignment.

Father's Got His Glasses On — Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra

Charlie's Enormous Mouth —Frank Zappa

Watching The River Flow — Bob Dylan

Black Pudding Bertha — The Goodies

Up The Ladder To The Roof — The Supremes

Moves Like Jagger — Maroon 5

Life On Mars — Bowie

It sounds like you are using the same amp & footswitch I have. Did this work previously, or has it never worked for you? Is it the FS-4 footswitch unit you are using with the four switches marked valve, EQ, Compression, & sub Octave? Are you using a high quality shielded TS cable to connect the footswitch to the amp (the leftmost socket on the back of the amp)? The footswitch is supplied with a 2.5m shielded TS cable - if you are using that one, check it isn't faulty. Try other cables

I failed dismally last year having purchased several guitars, basses, pedals and other bits & bobs. Some highlights were: A Rickenbacker 4003 A Telecaster custom A Harley Benton Les Paul jnr doublecut A PFender layer Mustang bass An epiphone Thunderbird vintage pro A Yamaha Reface YC Organ Even with the best will in the world, I'm sure I will be tempted by a shiny object before too long, in fact I'm already thinking about whether I should get an HX Stomp.

Smash 'n' Crab — AC/DC

Bits and Pieces — Dave Clarke Five

Hubble Bubble (Toil & Trouble) — Manfred Mann

Could be the output socket. The ones on squiers are never the best, and I have had them fail with the signal intermittently cutting out. Now I always solder in a switchcraft or pure tone before that happens.

Nancy Boy — Placebo

No I'm afraid I didn't take any pics apart from the back of the pickguard, which is probably the most important bit to do. Both pickup cavities were straightforward, but shielding the control cavity was a bit fiddly as I kept the pots etc in place due to not wanting to remove the output sockets. I was able to shield most of that cavity but didn't go right up to the socket area. I ensured that the strips of copper tape slightly overlapped and each shielded area was grounded by being in contact with something already grounded.

I'm probably very replacable as a bass player, but the other band members might wonder why there are no rehearsal/gig recordings, no printed setlists, and why the website has not been updated.

That's what my missus used to say, but these days I find it easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. It is a beautiful bass. I did have an initial weird issue with the mono socket (and I did wonder whether this was why it ended up in CC), but once I had used logic and perseverance to troubleshoot and fix it, it has been perfect. I finessed the setup today when I was shielding and swapping the pickguard.