Jean-Luc Pickguard

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

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I've changed the weak (mustang guitar - not strat) pickup in a couple of early 70s music master basses. I used strat sized rail humbuckers from brandoni each costing £25 a while ago. The enclosed cool rails in my daphne blue sounds just right - punchy & deep- as well as looking identical to the stock pickup, but the exposed hot rails in my daughter's custom painted lilac one is too clanky for my taste. If I had another one to upgrade, I'd definitely use a cool rails again.

Are these still polyurethene or latex or something else? I went over to pahoehoe strings on my Ashbory, so if these are better than the pahoehoe's for the kala, maybe they'd work on the ashbory as well? If they're latex or any other stretch material I'd probably pass though. The original latex strings of the ashbory sound good, but go out of tune as soon as you look at them, they need talc - which can look a bit druggy when it goes everywhere. And the G strings break for no apparent reason so the black poly pahoehoe's were a massive improvement - especially when a Behringer ADI21 stompbox preamp/DI is used.

He's eleven? Sorry - I take it back, I though he was a [s]midget[/s] little person.

he'll either grow out of it or have a great future in incidental music for cheesy American TV programmes

I dont think i've ever played a green one.

When I want to fatten up my sound I reach for the cheap as chops Behringer BDI 21 preamp/DI It can add some nice valvey oomph. I'm forming a new four piece with a vocalist/harmonica player (looking for drummer & guitarist). I think its likely that the pedal will be used a lot in the band as it is perfect for grubbying up the sound from my LM2 a bit.

Just measured the nut on my '90 MIJ '62 RI with a ruler - it seems to be a gnat's todger over 44mm - which I think equates to about 1.75". No idea of the radius, but front to back it seems shallower then my other basses & has narrow vintage fretwire.

Are you certain the '91 isn't 1.75" wide? My 1990 MIJ '62 RI has a 1.75" nut - did Fender change it that year?

Christ no

New strings? Could be a dodgy one in the set. I got a set of short scale GHS flats when I bought my squier SS jag & the E string was dead out of the packet - dull & no volume. They sent me a replacement & it was fine.

Hit it a few more times & call it mojo

whenever I've been playing my stratacoustic guitar or tanglewood acoustic bass my fingers get an unpleasant metallic smell which I don't get with any other basses/guitars. Is just me or is that normal? Are there any acoustic strings tht don't do that? I'll probably put electric strings on the stratacoustic when I next change them, so that's not a problem. I use Thomastik AB344 Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Bass Strings on tanglewood. I use flats on all of my other basses (Thomastics if possible) has anyone used Thomastic jazz flats on an acoustic? Any other recommendations? How about those LaBella black nylon wrapped strings - anyone used those on an acoustic. I'm not too fussed about volume as long as its audible at home playing along to MP3s - for gigs & even quiet acoustic rehearsals it needs to go through an amp already.

Mine was a late 70s black 'yamato' japcrap jazz copy. £75 new from Soho Soundhouse in Soho Square. Ripped the frets out & flogged it for £35 when I bought my first Fender in '82 which I still own. Haven't regretted getting rid of the Yamato for a moment.

I'm OK as I don't have a computer & never go on the internet

What makes a bass perceivable better than another in comparison has a lot to do with the hardware used (are squire affinity basses still fitted with those nasty enclosed tuners?) and finishing - I rolled the fingerboard edge of my squire ss jag bass and it plays much better than stock. My Japanese mustang has better hardware as standard than the much cheaper squier, but I also had to roll the fingerboard edge & make a new wiring harness with cts pots & switchcraft jack to replace the stock bits.

After owning it for a few months, I have finally got around to rolling the lower edge of the fingerboard on my Squier Jaguar short scale using the 'stubby screwdriver' technique - compress the wood between each pair frets with the side of the blade to round of the edge. This instantly made it feel like a more expensive bass. Who else does this to their basses & what's your technique?

I have a MIJ Mustang, a Squier SS Jaguar and a danelectro longhorn - any of those would do the job, but the Fender mustang is streets ahead of the others.

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I can't see myself ever finding a reason to replace my Little Mark II & Schroeder 1212L cab. Together they make a great lightweight rig. I used it at a fairly large pub gig on Friday & even though the soundman ran a cable from the DI out of the amp to the PA, after the gig he told me he didn't use the DI at all - the amp filled the room with warm chewy bass perfectly and I wasn't pushing it hard.

Sounds like the girl in the video is using some kind of chorus effect. If that's what you like about the sound, perhaps try one of [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behringer-chorus-orchestra-co600-chorus-pedal--38136"]these[/url]

Hipshot have always been helpful when I've emailed them - perhaps they're away of this problem and can provide a solution. I had the same issue with the GB7 I put on my old epi t-bird. It worked OK, but the string post should have been made longer to make up for the gubbings hipshot add to the back of the tuner.

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1326913210' post='1503729'] I'm sure there was a thread on here about someone with exactly the same pick up problem on the same model bass. [/quote] It kind of rings a bell, now you mention it or did I just succumb to the power of suggestion? [quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1326913210' post='1503729'] Have you thought about swapping it for a VM mustang which only has one pick up anyway? [/quote] My mustang requirements are met with my CIJ (until I find a 1966 daphne blue one in mint condition at a time when I have the equivalent amount going spare)

Otis will be upset if it doesn't get replaced quickly when I send it back - its the first time he's showed an interest in any of my basses.