Jean-Luc Pickguard

I've just ordered vegan strap.

Does anyone know how I should cook it?

I've checked my telecaster and it looks like I must have fitted a switchcraft in it when I first bought it, so it'll only be the pots & capacitor swapped out when I get around to doing it.

I received a new Squier bullet mustang today so I have put the pure tone socket in that to replace the stock one so it won't get a chance to play up. In use its not a lot different to a switchcraft.

The stock one was, as expected of the design that will eventually lose its springyness - shown below (with a switchcraft in the background for comparison) shortly before being binned.

I wonder how long before the pots & switch will also need replacing...

9 minutes ago, owen said:

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You can link your nectar card with ebay to earn points on everything you buy, and once it is linked you can also use your points to pay for items after converting them to eBay vouchers in 500 point increments where 500 points is worth £2.50.

My Mustang cost me 28000 nectar points plus £1.55 from my PayPal account.

My new geetar (paid for with nectar points) has arrived. I felt it might need something extra to make it sound like it looks, so I ordered a pedal as well.

The guitar is a FSR Squier bullet mustang in grafitti yellow. The neck is wider and flatter than my telecasters, but it is still comfy to play due to the shorted scale length.

Out of the box the set up was pretty good, I've only needed to lower the B & high E strings a little so far and will give it a more precise setup once I've had it a while.

The ceramic humbuckers sound surprisingly good especially with the pedal which also arrived today.

The Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz pedal is a dead-on recreation of the discontinued Boss FS-2 Hyper Fuzz which in turn was a recreation of the even longer discontinued Univox Super Fuzz.

The guitar & fuzz pedal sound great together and I'm dead chuffed with them.

very sad news 🙁

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133850670529?hash=item1f2a1f25c1:g:PdUAAOSwfnBhGsIS

mmmm - The logo has been put on with little regard to what a real one should look like, but I'm not sure whether the headstock shape looks off or not, It looks like a genuine neck but has the headstock been reshaped or am I imagining it?

Love the way the strings could take someone's eye out when you swing it about.

Love the EMG GZR pickups but in my opinion bright pink woodgrain is rather revolting.

I like Fender's current range - particularly the incredibly cool curly cables which are streets ahead of the curly cables of the 70s

I really like the Fender flats that came on my JMJ - so much so that I put a set on my CIJ mustang. They don't do a 32" set but the long scales work without any problems.

It can run off a battery if you have one of these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294084739264?hash=item4478d100c0:g:gxsAAOSwpCxgXQQz

I used to own an old one with the textured sides and without a status LED. I have no idea what happened to it (or my original coloursound fuzz).

I now have on my board a mooer bass sweeper which makes all the sounds I remember from my bass balls but with more variation possible without opening it up.

While you're in there, you'll do your future self a massive favour if you replace the existing jack socket with a switchcraft one. You can get one for about four quid delivered from ebay.

My favourite overdrive for bass! it gives a lovely creamy tone.

Before buying mine I was concerned that I might miss having a blend control to add back some low end but it absolutely doesn't need one. GLWTS!

The dodgy logo isn't a transfer - it has been hand drawn, possibly with model airplane paint or india ink.

It might have stated out with an Ibanez or Columbus logo on the headstock - like this one:

1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

Just in case, real Neutrik must be stamped "Made in Lichtenstein". Now you now why they don't make mini jacks. 🤣 

Looking into it I think my 'neutrik' one is actually Rean, but the vendor listed it as a product of the parent company.

Perhaps they make them in China as there isn't enough space to stamp "Made in Lichtenstein" on them.

The pure tone one I bought was about the same cost as a switchcraft. I recently bought a neutrik one which went into my bitzer telecaster. That one looked very much like a switchcraft but was stamped “CHINA” rather than “Switchcraft” and was a bit cheaper. It seems to be working well and had the correct thread to screw into an electrosocket like a switchcraft.

That sounds like a good idea. I'm going to use one of the two I already have for this project, but I'll order a stereo switchcraft to try on another instrument.

Anyone tried these new-fangled pure tone jacks?

The 1/4 inch jack/socket was first used back to 1878 so any new innovation has been a long time coming.

I'll be replacing the Pots on my CIJ thinline telecaster soon with some lovely mojotone CTS ones and I can't remember whether or not I changed the jack to a switchcraft when I first bought the guitar. If I didn't then I have a switchcraft and a pure tone sitting here which I'll choose between.

The pure tone looks like it should be as good as the switchcraft but its a totally different design, however in the pic above it is being compared against a crappy cheapo jack rather than a switchcraft or neutrik and that one's plug isn't even pushed in all the way - so i suspect there might be some element of marketing bullsh!ttery going on even if the product is good.

I bought one of these from Denmark Street when they first came out in 1986 and I still have it with the rectangular zip-up case. Great basses.

Its not a bad idea but I doubt it would show any improvement. Fender supply the JMJ mustang with long scale flats fitted. Mine hasn't had any problems due to the unsilked part of the string going around the tuner and I've not heard of any suffering any ill effects.

Before I settled on kala/gallistrings nylon core flatwounds on my ubass my favourites were the black Pahoehoe strings. i couldn't get on with the grippyness of aquila thunderguts.

I went through a few distortion/overdrive pedals before settling on a TC Electronic MojoMojo.

3 hours ago, Jonesy said:

There's something cool about Guild basses

 

 

My Starfire agrees

I tried to weigh my '81 Ash precsion once but it broke the scales

I’m trying to work out why it has wheels. Stomp on a pedal and you’ll be chasing it along the floor.