Jean-Luc Pickguard

The behringer sf300 super fuzz is an excellent sounding fuzz at any price, but at £15 is an absolute bargain.

Some poor sod had to mop that up

If the bassist is playing the knitting machine, who'll be playing the bass?

I think someone turned one of the tuners just a little and didn't tell the bassist which one.

I ensure I always have a spare set of new strings and a set of 'worn-in' strings in the gigbag/case. If someone in another band (who I don't know personally) broke two strings and consequently asked to borrow my bass I'd politely refuse and offer to instead sell them the used set for a non negotiable amount of cash on a take it or leave it deal.

At least you now have a good excuse to buy a mustang

My Chromes arrived a few days ago. The Fender flats on both of my mustangs still have a good few years life left in them so the strings have gone into the side pocket of my short scale gigbag 'just in case'.

The wedding classic: 'band of gold' by Freda Payne

I imagine toothpaste would work best on a mint pickguard

Ha! mine are for a mustang as well.

If its this type, they're made by schaller You can contact them here: https://schaller.info/en/contact

Are there any clues as to which company made the tuners? - eg schaller, gotoh, hipshot etc. If so they should be able to help. If you post a pic showing the tuners clearly someone here might know who the original manufacturer was

I know its not the same as a pedal, but I could definitely hear a difference powering an 80s EMG precision pickup with 18v compared with 9v, in fact once I was used to hearing it with 18v it actually sounded quite unpleasant with 9v - almost like it was overcompressed. I couldn't however hear a difference doing the same comparison with a more modern EMG PJX set

I would be wary of applying heat if it has a transparent finish in case of scorch marks

Anyone else collecting D'Addario players circle points and claimed free strings on their current 999 offer? I was setting up a recently purchased guitar for my daughter's young man and I wanted to put 9s on it as he is just starting out. D'Addarios were the cheapest name brand bronze 9s on amazon so I went for those. When the strings were delivered I noticed the mention of the players circle points collection thingy on the packaging, and felt sure I had signed up and collected some points a while ago. I managed to sign in and saw that somehow I already had 950 points, with the code in the new strings taking it up to 1050. D'Addario is currently running a promotion where 999 points nabs you a free set of ANY D'Addario strings including free delivery. Long story short, I spend £5.25 on acoustic guitar strings to give away and now I have a free set of medium scale Chromes on its way to me worth around £50.

Be careful, my cousin's friend once used an Ernie Ball polishing cloth and his testicles became so swollen his girlfriend called off their wedding.

I had schaller straplocks on my '81 precision in the 80s and the they worked loose making the bass hit the deck. Put the original strap buttons back on later that day. All I use now are the grolsch washer types.

The lightly scalloped fingerboard edges make me cringe as much as the 'about to fold up on itself' bridge'

I think Tom Waits once described a 1958 buick that colour as being 'Monkey 5h1t brown'

Before 2018 mine would have been exactly like the Daphne blue JMJ sig but without the roadworn treatment. Since JMJ has nailed that bass and I can live with the roadwornedness of the one I bought, I would get Fender to build something based on my Squier SS Jaguar with a few tweaks for my own sig. Alder (rather than agathis) body with Candy apple red Nitro finish neck dimensions - exactly as the squier Rosewood fingerboard Fender High Mass bridge Hipshot lollipop tuners Fender Yosemite pickups with CTS/switchcraft loom including greasebucket circuit - these sound thunderous on my squier Thomastic JF-324 flats Rosewood fingerboard chrome thumbrest correct 60s style Jazz bass knobs Chrome thumbrest on the bass side Extra long comfort strapp and red grolsch thingies This would be a MiM instrument with a target street price of around £1000

Your favourite (non-boutique) bass manufacturer has contacted you. Due to your reputation as a bass player other bass players look up to, they want to make a signature bass model for you. This could be based on one or more of your existing basses or something you've always wanted which hasn't until now existed. You would have full control of every aspect of the specification and customisations. It will be distributed to the shops they usually sell in and you would get a royalty for each one sold. In as much detail as you like, what would you tell them to build, and realistically how much would you expect it to cost when it goes on sale?

I have a JMJ which I bought as I had wanted a daphne blue mustang for a long time and its reputation as a great bass - which is well deserved. JMJ's name on the headstock is irrelevant however he did have a lot of input into the spec so its probably a much better bass because of his input. One thing I find a bit silly is signature instruments being issued for players who are no longer with us. Dean's John Entwistle range is the one that comes to mind. I'm not sure whether JE actually ever played a dean so it did seem a but odd. More recently Guild brought out a Bob Marley acoustic guitar based on the guitar Bob strummed at home. The thing is the guitar Bob owned was not actually a Guild but but one of Guild's far Eastern cheap & cheerful brand Maderia which had a less than stellar reputation. As Bob Masrley is not available to demo the guitar they sent one to DJ Khaled for some reason...

Neither I'd rather play a mustang 😛

Why would anyone even think of doing that? The workmanship is almost PCsGC quality in execution.

Cool bass but I wonder how the previous owner managed to get it into that condition