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  1. bassace
    I’m doing another run of my Jack Tailpiece Clip. It provides a neat and firm fixing for the pickup jack under the tailpiece as shown in the photo. It comes in two sizes, 12mm dia for the chrome jacks and a slightly larger dia for the Gage black jacks. Definitely an improvement on the string afterlength fixings. I’m also now doing a twin clip to tidy up the cables running from twin pickups or pickup and mic. Single clip £10, or £16 for two. Twin clip £14. Postage included.
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    Hasn’t been tested but it might.
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    I used to use this for applying just enough compression between the fingerboard and top. There’s a blue towel to protect the top.
  4. bassace
    Saw them in Birmingham five(ish)years ago. With three keyboards. They were great, particularly Zak, a worthy successor to Moon. It was Pino who was underplaying and not quite fitting in. I know, I know, but I just don’t get him.
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    And it served me very well too. But from the get go there was something iffy about it, particularly the neck. In its life it had at least three cracks in different places so there must have been some dodgy wood used. And I kept it in an unheated room. Here it is with past friends in happier times.
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    Mmm, hat peg tuners! Some nice lookers there.
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    And Lulu is at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival this year. Just sayin’
  8. bassace
    Excellent advice. I used to carry a 4B in my odds and ends gig bag. But playing Spiros after a few years I got to forget why I had it. I also had a short piece of wire with the end turned at 90 degrees to help manipulate the string end in the peg box. Lay the bass on its back and change strings two by two to avoid losing compression on the sound post. Otherwise it may fall out of position.
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    Then I fail to see the justification for the big mark- up to the Pro. Granted, the ebony fingerboard and superior woody bits would be nice to have but I’m sure a gigging bass player could do without.
  10. bassace
    Does the 300 have an adjustable bridge as the Pro does? You see, having sold the Bryant I’m getting itchy for something user friendly for an old person. Yes, 84th birthday today.
  11. bassace
    New Spiro Mittel G £10 including postage.
  12. bassace
    I have a set of unused and mint Spiro Mittels. I have had them as spares for a while in old packaging but they are mint and no different from those you’d buy today, at a fraction of the price. £90 posted.
  13. bassace
    Secure the toddler to the wall.
  14. bassace
    I’ve just read on the ‘other’ forum that while John Clayton was in NYC receiving a Lincoln Center award his house was burned down in the fires. One of the basses destroyed once belonged to Ray Brown which he played on several Oscar Peterson albums. Heart goes out.
  15. bassace
    You can find them on line as short speaker stands. I made a platform from 10mm ply, hole sawed four holes to sink the speaker feet into and put the cab on top. Or if your cab has a top hat underneath you can simply stick the 35 mm pole up it.
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