Jean-Luc Pickguard

Not available in the UK yet, but I've just installed Mullvad VPN on my iPad so I can pretend to be in the US & watch it on netflix.

I prefer flatwounds so I put a short scale set of status hotwires on mine, as I had a spare set, but as they are no longer available, I would probably use ECB81S Chromes if I got another mini P.

Hot Poop — Frank Zappa

Good job!

I wonder whether the tail lift issue has been fixed with the v2 bridge on my 2024 4003? I suppose I'll know in a few years, but it would be daft if this has not been addressed in the design.

Can you post a pic to show how the string is wound around the string post of the A tuner?

In October I bought this one -> https://amzn.to/423AdgY . For £15 it was a massive upgrade from my previous crappy one from Maplins. When making up a loom, I can now use lead-free solder for back of the pot connections without needing to worry so much about effing up the pot.

My flatwounds — The more played in they are, the better they get. I can't see myself ever needing/wanting to change my Ashdown ABM600 evo iv for another amp.

If only there was a way to design an eight string with a way to separate the signals from the normal and the octave strings like a more advanced version of rick-o-sound to go to two separate amps (or mixer channels for recording)

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