Jean-Luc Pickguard

When we get requests we make people aware of the band policy that all song requests must be submitted on a fifty pound note & if we don't know the song we'll play another one that has some of the same notes in it.

I have never seen a pickguard age like that naturally - vinyl ones usually just stay the same colour and pick up pick marks. Also chrome doesn't usually age like that - the chrome hardware on my basses including a well-used 1981 fender is as bright as the chrome on my newest bass. Nickel plated tuners often develop a dull patina though, but that would look very different to what you have done. As it does not emulate natural aging I wouldn't call it a relic.

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1342621074' post='1738019'] Huh? Go on, it's a dull afternoon, what's the back-story on this? [/quote] http://bit.ly/Nzk6ZH

I steered clear from a Taylor as I don't want any of my money channeled into supporting scientology. I tried a few and couldn't afford a takamine so ended up buying a tanglewood rosewood reserve which is absolutely brilliant. The sound of any electro acoustic bass is improved with a behringer ADI-21 preamp pedal To prevent feedback when gigging a rubber "feedback buster" in the soundhole works wonders (as does a CD stuck with blu-tak over the soundhole.

It seems to me that a precision (or similar) with just the single precision pickup sounds best with a BBOT bridge (somehow punchier) but once a bridge pickup is added (eg a PJ configuration) a hiMass bridge sounds better. Am I imagining it or could there be a reason?

This thread is making me wince

We've gotta get out of this place - The Animals My Girl - The Temptations you're sosososo square Baby I Don't Care - Elvis

Good idea for a thread. I loved the Wombles when I was the same age as my son is now [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP7CDvQULXw[/media]

No idea, but if the neck was Fender the tuners would fit properly. I'd assume it to be a nasty piece of crap with badly (not-quite) fitted Fender tuners and pickups that look like DiMarzio but probably aren't. Personally I'd pay no more than its value as firewood. Edit: Reported to ebay as fake - as it is listed as a Fender.

MInes a 1990 MIJ '62 RI - it has the super-wide nut width, but the neck seems shallower to make up for it so it doesn't bother me. The finish is more hardwearing than nitro so apart from a few very monor dents it hasn't picked up any mojo. The tuners are a weird choice - they're not the small plate ones on later 'for-export' RIs like on the CIJ mustang and they're not the 50s/early 60s vintage reverse type, but they are the same shape as the 70s type non-reverse ones on my '81 USA precision but nickel plated instead of chrome. The torty pickguard is a bit fugly I'd fancy swapping it for a more authentic US one, but I'm wary of ordering one as the tory pattern varies so much even on those, so buying sight-unseen is a gamble.

Hilarious to see Alex Salmond at the end clapping totally out of time. We have punters like that - they're usually the ones we later see falling over in the street as they make their way home.

I look after my stuff so the bridge, neckplate, chrome covers and tuners on my 1981 Precision look like new - although the bass itself has picked up some knocks & bumps. The nickel plated tuners on my 1990 ('62 reissue) precision have taken on a dull patina and look many decades older. Just keep them as they are - artificially aged chrome always looks really crappy & obviously faked when its overdone. The chrome is there to protect them.

the first batch of pro-iv & pro-v thirds had the strap button on the upper bout, but he later ones (including my natural oil pro-v) do indeed have them by the back of the neck heel. This helps alleviate neck dive.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1340404820' post='1704242'] When you say chunky, do you mean more so than a 70s 'Master? I like em like that, but the girl I'm looking on behalf of really isn't that fussy afaik. [/quote] I don't know about mid/late 70s, But yes, the Squier Vista one was about double the weight and had a bruiser of a neck compared to my '71. It sounded pretty good though and the shell pink looked cool.

I used to have a Squier vista series musicmaster - it was OK, but a heavy lump with rather a chunkier neck than I prefer. My favourite gigging bass is my CIJ Fender mustang, but my candy apple red VM Jaguar SS is a close second - both basses beating my daphne blue '71 musicmaster for playability & tone. The broncos I've looked at were pretty poor in comparison. Id advise anyone looking for a short scale to look for a jag SS - mine was £165 new from Thomann when there was a Fender/Squier promo on at the beginning of the year.

i'd keep the bass passive & use a preamp pedal - a behringer bdi21 v-tone preamp pedal/di will probably be comparable in price to the unit you're looking at

I cut up a 50p ikea mousemat and put pieces in layers to make pickup sponges for my P basses

I used a kent armstrong alnico 'P' on my fretless precision. It's pretty much an ideal fretless tone for me, but some of that can probably be attributed to the thick ebony fingerboard & Thomastik TI344s

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1340200225' post='1700912'] Interesting... I think it's hideous and looks half-finished! Just goes to show that everyone is different. [/quote] It probably needs a violetburst pearloid top

Lovely looking Gibson. I have a bass a similar shape on [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Daisy-Rock-Stardust-Elite-Bass-/270999829644?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f18d93c8c#ht_500wt_1156"]ebay[/url] at the moment - It isn't quite as understated as the Gibson though. Here it is with its twin: [attachment=110962:elite-basses-2.jpg]

I much prefer bananas to beetroot anyway.

Its a ballend - like a cross between ball & bellend. Can you improvise - stick something in the hole in your ballend? or maybe use a washer or something?

active emg pickups might be good for this as they are shielded internally & don't require the earth connection at the bridge

When I restrung my 'real' doublebass I eyeballed the strings against my NS CR5M & came to the conclusion that anything other than the D'Addario ones made for NS-Design would probably be more hassle than I could be bothered with - even if I could find a five string set.

no wax, oil, silicones etc. anyone know what is actually in it? duck phelgm?