Jean-Luc Pickguard

I could probably go up to about a six and a half on a scale of zero to eleven. Anything heavier than that would probably make me feel a bit queasy.

Curly leads are cool - I always use 'em.

The ones I have were pre slotted - they both have brass saddles, perhaps the ones with zinc saddles are different?

The only daft questions are the one which are not asked

yes - lots of lemon oil

Used by the banshees on two TV appearances? That makes it sound like it might have been lent or hired to the band to use whilst miming. The gunk on it looks terrible but nothing a squirt of cillit bang and a wipe with an oily rag couldn't sort out.

Heres what it sounds like

I now think this probably started out life as a Vox bassmaster. https://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/vox/bass/Bassmaster.php

The tuners fitted to the vintera precision appear to be the same 'reverse' tuners with the big backplate as fitted to vintage reissues so I would be very surprised if they didn't fit.

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I've fitted a Fender badass-style high mass bridge to two of my basses (a squier SS jag & an '81 Fender precision) I had no problems with setting a low action and I don't recall reshimming either at the time. Unless the saddles on the current bridge are set really low you should be OK. If you do have to shim its really easy to do and a little goes a long way.

Separate pedals on a board => multifx unit multifx unit => separate pedals on a board

Oiling your fingerboard

You forgot the one about the stolen US election

Luther James Grosvenor played guitar for Mott the Hoople as Ariel Bender

I bet they smell minty-fresh now as well?

I'm in a six piece band with a husband/wife and they're both great (as are the other members) — Must be an exception to the norm.

I used two squirts of oil on a piece of kitchen towel and most of that was wiped off. I could see that some was absorbed into the wood fibres as the appearance changed — it looked darker and less dull. The fret sprout before applying the oil was only just noticable as I ran my finger along the edge. Human fingers can feel objects as small as 13 nanometers. I doubt there would have been a change in dimensions that would be measurable.

I received some new pleckies in the post today. These are Jim dunlop prime tone small triangle 1.5mm. A standard dunlop tortex orange triangle is also shown for size comparison. I really like these. The smaller size is really comfortable to hold and the sculpted edge and hardness of the material makes it pretty much effortless to play fast with accuracy.

A little goes a long way. I was surprised that just two squirts of Dunlop 65 on a piece of kitchen towel wiped on and wiped off the fingerboard cured the fret sprout on my JMJ in addition to giving the rosewood a rich dark lustre.

I had a similar experience with my JMJ mustang in the last week. I have been able to feel the sharp fret edges for the last few months but after applying Dunlop 65 fingerboard oil a few days ago the fret sprout completly went away.

When tuning it it'll look like you are fondling/tickling its balls

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