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Jean-Luc Pickguard

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  1. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I really like the shape of the headstock on my Guild Starfire bass. The thunderbird headstock is also one of my favourites, but the extra long version on my Epi vintage pro with added Gotoh GB640 tuners makes it look even better.
  2. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I thought the whine was going to be tracked down to be coming from a guitarist complaining about bass players who use pedals
  3. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    It looks like its a left handed bass but he plays right handed - wonder why he even got it on the first place. Horrible looking thing it looks like a prop from a star trek bar scene.
  4. Jean-Luc Pickguard

    Quorn sausage patties are back at asda after being discontinued. yum yum

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    2. SpondonBassed

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    3. Jean-Luc Pickguard

      Jean-Luc Pickguard

      I don't think there's a frozen veggie bacon in the plant pioneers range - there's a chilled version but that has a weird taste. The frozen meatless meatballs are good though.

    4. BillyBass

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  5. Jean-Luc Pickguard

    Just moved my BASSTHING t-shirt, facemask and hat website to BASSTHING.uk, might use the .com later to set up a store in dollars for our friends over the water.

    Free UK shipping for basschat members with the code BASSCHAT2020

    1. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      I like your style.

      The dot com bubble burst last century.  Dot co dot UK is two characters too long for lazy Internet shoppers so it's Dot UK for the win this century.

  6. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    And there's only one female smurf, unless they're ahem, 'milking' the males somehow?
  7. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I've just had a horrible thought. If they can do the JC in gorgeous colours, they might decide to do a run of vintage pro thunderbirds in similarly lovely shades. I already have a white one and a sunburst and I'm running out of places to hide new basses
  8. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    Am I imagining things, or does a member of the audience call out a request for Wonderwall at 1:27 in the video?
  9. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    it might be easier for people to work out what case this is if you can post some pics
  10. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    The studio iv I played had a slightly more radiused edge than thunderbirds usually have, but I wouldn't call it a forearm contour
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    Do any thunderbirds have a forearm contour? I don't recall seeing one on any I've owned or played.
  13. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I tried out the four string version of the studio. It was okay but not in the same class as an epiphone vintage pro. There's a five string epiphone pro-v at the Gallery at the moment which does have a thru neck: https://thebassgallery.com/collections/all/products/epiphone-thunderbird-5-string
  14. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I would have loved to have one of those if I had owned a strat when I was 15
  15. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    The 5 string gibson version from that time is not a 'classic' style thunderbird with the usual neck thru construction but is designated as 'thunderbird studio' model. instead of the neck-thru construction of nine-ply mahogany/walnut neck with mahogany wings it has a mahogany body with a mahogany set neck, and a different bridge.
  16. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I think this (or some of it) might be easier to sell parted out than as a complete bass. The neck would look great on a precision body and the mustang bridge, pickup, neck plate, tug bar and control plate would be attractive to someone doing a mustang restoration or maybe even a bronco to mustang conversion.
  17. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    damn - I’d have had that if I had seen it before it went. I remember liking the look of these when they came out & the blueburst is a great looking finish.
  18. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I'm not surprised to find out he's a right whinger
  19. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    That finish should be called 'technicolour yawn' -- It looks like someone threw up on it.
  20. Jean-Luc Pickguard

    Just launched my new clothing brand for bass players: https://bassthing.com/ free shipping with the code BASSCHAT2020

    1. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      Great site, good product.  I wish you every success with the venture.

    2. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      As above, good luck with the venture...

    3. Teebs

      Teebs

      Looks fab!

  21. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    Based on the shape of the plates, I'd suggest that the tuners are Gotoh GB2
  22. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    That's a good one - who is that attributed to?
  23. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    Does anyone have any favourite quotes from well known bass players? The same ones keep coming up when googling but some of ones I like are: "The gunk keeps the funk." - James Jamerson "I like to believe that I play bass like Dusty Hill, and that's something nobody else can do as well as me. I'm the best Dusty Hill I know." - Dusty Hill "The bass should be the note of the bass drum, and then you've got the engine of the band that everything else builds on. Everything else, the guitar, the keyboards, is a colour." - "Suzi Quatro" "The bass is the link between harmony and rhythm. It is the foundation of a band. It is what all the other instruments stand upon." - Victor Wooten
  24. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    I used to have an alpine white bolt-on one. It was a decent bass but my vintage pros are in a different league altogether in terms of playability and tone.
  25. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    The warning comes up when https://www.basscentre.com/ is accessed But the non-ssl version http://www.basscentre.com loads up with the usual 'site not secure' indicator in the address bar. Its a little concerning that following the 'secure checkout' link after adding something to your basket takes you to another non-secure page to enter your your details. I'd hope the credit card info is taken on a secure third party site. Really in 2020 to avoid losing customer trust all sites that do ecommerce should be 100% HTTPS as modern browsers throw out so many warnings when browsing with HTTP. Adding a secure server certificate is not difficult or expensive. bty - my head isn't pointy
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