NBD: Musicman SUB

[budget bassist]

I actually got this on saturday, but I didn't get the new pickguard until today, so I took some photos. Thought I would treat myself and try to get playing a little more again. It's a tidy little number I reckon





please excuse the photo quality

[Chiliwailer]

Very cool, enjoy!

[budget bassist]

Cheers! It's a nice player. I missed having one of these, they've got a simple beauty to them I think.

[discreet]

Great pickguard. All nice and legal, too.

[subrob]

Where's the pick guard from? Mine shall be nude no longer.

[budget bassist]

I bought it from somebody on here, however it's a standard stingray pickguard, you can get them from loads of places. I believe strings and things are the UK importer for official EBMM stuff though.

[stingrayPete1977]

Strings and things are cheaper than the replica ones too!

[bassmachine2112]

Great basses-enjoy
Had mine for 10 years now

[MarkG3]

Looking good!

[theyellowcar]

Lovely! Looks great without the power station floor pickguard they shipped with!

[budget bassist]

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Lovely! Looks great without the power station floor pickguard they shipped with!
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Yup - agreed! You will also notice my other (heavily modified) SUB in the background with the abalone (i think) pickguard. Looks much better that way.

[Damonjames]

I have had mine for a week now and LOVE it. Mine is a 5 and I'm struggling to find a replacement guard, especially after being chastised by discreet for wanting a pearl guard!

[rodma]

[quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1385230541' post='2285915']
I have had mine for a week now and LOVE it. Mine is a 5 and I'm struggling to find a replacement guard, especially after being chastised by discreet for wanting a pearl guard!
[/quote]

I ordered a replacement from strings and things for my fiver. I'll post up a photo when i get out so you can see it, in case it is not the correct one.

[rodma]

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OK, here it is, not yet fitted (but slipped into place on top of the original, it's single ply, ever so slightly smaller than the checquerplate effort. screw holes appear to allign perfectly and i have not removed the protective film yet. just realised how bad the photo is. it doesn't show how neat a fit it is around the pickup, but it is great.

It's the very last item listed on the last page of the ernieball.co.uk spares webpage

The one thing to note is that they do not come with black (or any) screws, so i have ordered some and these arrived today. I now have too many, so if you would like some let me know and I'll post them to you. it's the least i can do after giving that bum steer on the stingray

Edited November 26, 2013 by rodma