Jean-Luc Pickguard

Cold & Wet - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

3 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

They are terrible days to order, it is just after pay day so noone is concentrating!

Is he working at PMT now?

23 hours ago, KK Jale said:

Personally I aspire more to the smooth, come-hither stylings of this fleet-footed charmer from 1969.

 

 Jump to 0.40 if you can't handle great music...

 

 

 

That looks suspiciously like the wee-wee dance. He really should have voided his bladder before getting up on stage.

Eyeball kid - Tom Waits

20 minutes ago, King Tut said:

I used them in preference to 58’s, one for my Cox and one in the kick drum.

Is that hygenic?

From a whisper to a scream - Allen Toussaint

A 1977 Fender won't have an original nitro paintjob. Check inside the neck pocket for any clues that indicate whether it has been refinished already. If you can determine that the current finish is not original, stripping it off and redoing it won't lose any value.

I'd probably leave the bridge alone, but I have had success improving old hardware with peek metal polish and elbow grease.

The chip in the pickguard is very common with musicmasters - I have a couple of 1972 musicmasters and the original pickguards both have cracks in this area. You can get a replacement pickguard made fairly inexpensively. earlpilanz on ebay should be able to sort you out if you send him the original guard or a tracing. You can always put the original one back on later so it won't affect the resale value.

I would replace the non-original screws with Fender vintage-style ones. You may need to wedge a bit of wooden cocktail stick in the holes to get the new screws to bite if the existing screws were oversized.

I don't know about filling the checking with superglue. It might work; maybe try a small area on the back first.

Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group

I think one of the pieces of this £4 meccano set should do the same job:

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5651801

Big River - Bob Dylan

One of these fixed with a bit of double-sided tape should do it: https://www.htsspares.com/catalogue/plant/access-platform-parts/access-platform-electrical-parts/show/toggle-switch-guard

Ice in the sun - status quo

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