Jean-Luc Pickguard

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1295245' date='Jul 6 2011, 09:43 PM']After seeing Merton's post, it occurred to me that I really should bring my new stage bass ...

01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?)
02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12.
03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412
04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum)
05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects
06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9
07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals.
08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine.
09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest.
10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom.
11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet
12. Plux - Berg HT210 & HT115 Hartke LH500 Ibanez BTB
13. 51m0n - Berg ae410, MB, Focusrite and Roscoe
14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision + some sort of Marshall practice amp (I'll look it up tonight)
15.Barneyg42- Some secondhand tat bought over the years!
16.Happy Jack - Double bass of some description + Status Graphite Streamline 5
17.silddx - Hohner B2ADB Headless Boat Paddle / Home Built Chris Squire Electra Evolution
18.TomKent - Fodera NYC Empire 5, Fender Jazz 4, Vintage Stingray 5, Fender P 4 Fretless, Fender P Fretted, Krampera KVB800 Rig, some pedals too..
19. obbm - Shuker PJ5, ACG headless 5, Aguilar SL112, Ashdown LB, GK Microstack.
20.ped - Vigier Passion bass, BC T shirts
21. Merton - Stasusey basses of some sort, Eden WT550/GK MB200 and Barefaced Vintage (who's at 19???)
22. Jean-Luc Pickguard - NS-Design CR5M, Ashbory
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[quote name='fender73' post='1294744' date='Jul 6 2011, 01:58 PM']Nice - i like both colours - Have they made them specially heavy too? [/quote]
I don't think they can still get the same kind of ash that was used on my '81 precision, so I expect the bodies for these will be made from concrete with blocks of lead to make up the weight.

The tweeter went in the MAG 210 deep cab I used to have* Suddenly I smelt something burning and a lot of the treble dropped off - Ashdown sent me a replacement for £18 delivered which was simple to fit (I think it may have required a bit of soldering rather than being a quick screwdriver job). I noticed the new one had a big resister already soldered in parallel which the old one didn't have.

[size=1]*it was my own fault - I was channeling John Enwhistle rehearsing our cover of substitute and went a bit mad with the volume, distortion & treble.[/size]

I've not been able to make it to a bass bash so far, but hopefully I'll be able to make this one - especially if the 'no slapping' rule is going to be enforced

Not sure what I could bring that might be interesting? I'm sure my rig is pretty standard - LMII & 1212L
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[*]might bring one or two of these:
[*]Danelectro Longhorn (original Korean RI version)
[*]Fender Ashbory with Pahoehoe polyurethane strings
[*]NS CR5M EUB
[*]'81 cherry sunburst precison with EMG p/up
[*]Ebony boarded Fretless Precision (Bitzer)
[*]Epiphone Pro-V Thunderbird
[*]CIJ mustang
[*]'72 musicmaster
[*]Tanglewood rosewood reserve acoustic bass
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I'd go for a good old PJ combo. My fretless only has a P & that has plenty of mwahh for my taste, but the bridge J seems to be the classic mwahh pickup.

why a whammy? I can slide my finger up & down a string on my fretless for similar results

I've now deleted all nekkid Beyonce pics I posted. Hope everyone enjoyed them while they were there

The pine thing is interesting - I s'pose it has to be a different type of pine to the soft knotty stuff used to make argos bunk beds.

Isn't agathis classified as a type of pine? that's fine for instruments, so maybe this is something similar.

pine? aren't the 50s CV Ps supposed to have basswood bodies?

It sounds like test card music

[quote name='megallica' post='1290761' date='Jul 3 2011, 08:43 AM']The band leader (singer/songwriter) wanted us to look more "professional" and I "had" to buy a Fender so people would take us more serious.[/quote]
I'd have told him where to get off unless he was offering a new bass as a gift.

Last time I bought rotosounds I had three sets of jazz flats & they were terrible - totally uneven in feel & sound across each set. That was probably ten years ago, so hopefully they've improved since then. I've discovered strings I like much better than theirs which is a bit of a shame as they sound like nice people.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1290196' date='Jul 2 2011, 04:00 PM']and here are 50 pages of amendments... [/quote]
I bet one of the amendments is that you can't say that kind of blue is "the greatest jazz recording of all time" as everyone knows that moondance is the greatest jazz recording of all time

Dunno if this one's any better than what you've found:
[url="http://www.quiklok.com/catalog/?p=productsMore&iProduct=156&sName=MS-303"]http://www.quiklok.com/catalog/?p=products...mp;sName=MS-303[/url]

Personally I'm happy with unplugging & plugging. It only takes a second and most basses have a volume knob. I use a planet waves cable with a latching mute button in the jack - does the job for me in achieving a quick silent switchover without spending silly amount of money to save a couple of seconds on a gig.

The JPJ link is tenuous and only hinted at. Looks kind of reminiscent of something Hugh Manson *might* make, but if it was I'm pretty sure they'd be a logo on it.

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1288385' date='Jun 30 2011, 11:31 PM']Wikipedia, the holder of all truths, disagrees with this story.

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanker_Phelge"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanker_Phelge[/url][/quote]
Perhaps Keef got it wrong in his book - or maybe I misunderstood that bit

This could be a good upgrade for anyone with a Squier bronco bass. I've used similar pickups to replace the stock ones in a couple of early 70s Fender musicmaster basses. My favourite is a Kent Armstrong enclosed cool rails which is in my daphne blue musicmaster - looks original but sounds punchy and deep. The exposed hot rails in the other one (my daughter's lilac musicmaster) looks fairly similar to this one and is still a great improvement on the original pickup, but a bit more rickenbackery.

If I saw someone gigging a bass with a stock sticker on it, I'd probably think it was their birthday and they've just unwrapped it, or they've borrowed the bass from a shop.

If I was looking a secondhand one the presence of the sticker wouldn't make it worth any more to me.

I prefer a standard BBOT on a Precision and a high-mass type (such as a Badass) on a jazz.Not 100& certain why, but I'm guessing the sustain is not as good with a BBOT particularly in the lower frequencies, so the attack seems like it has more - er - attack which is what you want from a precision more than a jazz.

...Of course that could be complete cack.

Jagger/Richards and the rest of the stones get nothing (yes not a bean) from any stones material recorded before 1971 as they had a UK company called Nanker Phelge that royalties were paid onto before being passed onto the individual band members. Their manager at the time then got them to sign a contract transferring all payments and future earnings for everything written so far to a company called Nanker Phelge US. They assumed that this was a US subsidiary of their existing company, but it wasn't and was actually 100% owned by the manager - it seems they were robbed with a fountain pen.

[url="http://www.kentarmstrong-handmade.com/"]Kent Armstrong[/url] or [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/"]Wizard[/url] could probably rewind/rebuild the existing one or maybe make something new to fit.

[quote name='mart' post='1285646' date='Jun 28 2011, 08:07 PM']I'm not sure what you're suggesting, but the graining on the headstock is quite different. Definitely not the same bass!

Whoops, just noticed the skunk stripe too! So maybe it's the same bass with a new neck ?[/quote]
Um yeah - I was not looking at the neck or pickguard

[quote name='cycrowave' post='1285284' date='Jun 28 2011, 02:12 PM']iTS MILK AND COFFEE MIXED TOGETHER![/quote]
Nope - americano is espresso topped up with hot water

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