Jean-Luc Pickguard

Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt

aged pearl would be my first choice, but the tort looks good to me

Heaven knows I'm miserable now - the Smiths

I've just looked up "shou sugi ban" and it seems to be a fancy way of saying that the surface has been charred with a blowtorch. You wouldn't want to be wearing a white shirt when playing it.

The use of B&Q woodscrews to secure the bridge is a nice touch.

They look really good. Are they fixed on with velcro? What was the cost of each?

You'll want something like a ritter thunderbird gigbag for that eg: https://www.thomann.de/gb/ritter_rgs7_t_bird_bass_mgb.htm

in the wee wee hours - chuck berry

25 O'clock – Dukes of Stratosphear

Interesting video. Duck was always a big influence and inspiration for me. Its interesting that the Lakland is kept shut away unplayed & unpolished as it has his DNA on it. Is the US government planning to clone Duck Dunn after seeing my If you could bring back one famous musician from the dead... thread?

The BT10 will have a smaller capstan diameter than standard tuners. I think the BT7 might be a better fit, but will most likely require new holes for the retaining screws.

to be fair, the chair does look comfy

Although I have had favourite bass string sets ever since I started playing flats around 2000, I have never had a 'favourite' guitar string until recently. After trying various brands and gauges recently I have standardised on Fender 'super 250' .009–.042 on my (electric) guitars. This was based on feel as much as the sound. The super 250's come in a handy pack of three sets for £10.80 from amazon. The vintera mustang I bought recently has unknown strings on it which I think are 10s, so I'm looking forward to hearing how it will sound when I put on a set of the fender 9s. It is interesting that to my ears the 9s sounded best in the video with the 10s and the 11s having a slightly more 'muffled' quality. I have tried 8s previously but for me the high E breaks far too often.

These look pretty good on the website. I'm looking forward to hearing how it turns out for you.

The processing has almost made it sound like it’s played on a wishbass

Post a pic of the underside of the pickups—that might help identification

Daft idea, but its just a bit of fun. If I had one I'd want a swappable headstock though as the standard one looks a bit pedestrian with the flying vee body. But I'd still play my thunderbirds in any gig situation I find myself in.

Are you keeping the stock pots/jack, buying a pre-made loom, or making your own loom from new components? If you’re making a loom use cloth covered ‘push-up’ cable. Also don’t worry about spending money on an expensive capacitor—a ceramic disc or other cheap type will give the same tone as an expensive fancy-pants boutique capacitor of the same capacitance. If you’re a novice at soldering you’ll got better joints if you can find some lead/tin solder rather than the more ubiquitous lead-free stuff that requires a much higher temperature to flow. It is a good time to take the opportunity to shield the control cavity & pickup cavity with anti-slug copper tape when you’re changing the pickup.

Oh, I actually have an EMG killswitch fitted to a bass which I put in to fill a hole where the original preamp used one more pot than the EMG system with stacked pots that replaced it. I've not really experimented with it so I'll have to have a play.

Fender don't make short or medium scale flats so the JMJ mustang comes with long scale Fender flats fitted which sound & feel great to me—in fact I also put a set on my CIJ mustang. If they ever start sounding crappy I have a set of medium scale D'addario Chromes lying in wait—which I believe are Mr Justin MJ's strings of choice, but even after a few years they're still sealed in their packaging. I'd like to try the LaBellas, but I'll probably never get around to it.

A bit of tastefully applied autotune on the vocals wouldn't have gone amiss. I did like the funny stuttery effect in the guitar solo though.

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