Jean-Luc Pickguard

I own quite a few assorted hercules products. I contacted them after one of my floor stands developed the sticky handle problem and disintegrated, but I didn't even get a reply back from them. I've bought a few stands from other manufacturers since including millenium stands from Thomann which are cheaper and better made.

Penn Jillette plays bass

New Tenor Guitar Day! (yesterday) I won this on ebay just as the lockdown started. It was pickup only so I've had to wait until now to pick it up whilst observing appropriate social distancing measures. Its an Ozark tenor guitar which came with a fitted hard case. It has a solid cedar top and rosewood-faced laminated sides & back. I already own an Eastwood Warren Ellis solid-bodied tenor which I use in Chicago tuning (D-G-B-E) so I've set this up the same. It needed a bit of a truss rod tweak to reduce the relief slightly but I'll probably not need to make any further adjustments to the nut & saddle as its very comfortable to play. It sounds really lively and open. I was surprise how good it sounds for such an inexpensive instrument. I have been looking at pickup options - it seems the soundhole isn't wide enough to accomodate a magnetic pickup so I'll most likely use my iRig acoustic for recording.

You don't want to put tape or anything else on your strings. Just a strip of black electricians tape on each pickup. Standard clear tape like sellotape / scotch tape might also work, or another colour if you're feeling funky, but whatever you use, try to get something decent that won't go gummy and weird once its been on for a while.

Good to see that it is true bypass

For me the only pearloid worth getting is 'aged' white. A bright white pearl pickguard can look a bit tacky.

I have Cobalt flats on two Thunderbirds. No QC issues with the ones I have and they sound & feel great.

I think something got lost in translation should have read

Here's a listing for a Vintage 1960s Fender musicmaster bass bridge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1960s-Fender-Musicmaster-Bass-Guitar-Bridge/324160068543?hash=item4b79721bbf:g:75gAAOSwEmNetY4H Not sure how they got hold of a 60s one as the musicmaster bass was first launched in 1971

I've been admiring pics of the Sienna burst one since they started appearing on music shop websites a while ago. I already have a couple of mustangs so I really don't need another, but then again I don't have one with a maple fingerboard.

Their UK distribution is handled from Germany https://uk.line6.com/find/distributor/ YAMAHA Music Europe GmbH Siemensstrasse 22-34 25462 Rellingen Germany Tel: +49 (0) 4101 303 0 Fax: +49 (0) 4101 303 333

I bought an iRig acoustic a few years ago and haven't really used it as my 8 string uke already has a pickup, and my other tenor uke has f-holes which are too narrow to clip the iRig onto (D'oh!), but I have an acoustic tenor guitar coming soon and I'd like to try using the iRig for recording it into Logic on the Mac. My plan is to try using the iRig Acoustic clip-on pickup/mic plugged directly in my Mac's headset port as well as into the guitar input of my focusrite Scarlett solo via an appropriate adaptor, and also try both ways using an iPhone with the amplitube acoustic app. Then I can compare the results and see what works best. Does anyone here use an iRig acoustic for recording? If so how do you use it and what gave the best results?

I bought a fair amount of gear from ABC in Surbiton in the 80s including my first bass amp, a secondhand Ohm GA125 which I bought with a 15" Laney cab. I also bought a Yamaha CX5M music computer system when they were first available in 1984 and later a Casio MG-510 midi guitar.

That explains the apparent lack of a carrying handle

I once saw an obvious 'Chibson' Les Paul in the window of Cash Converters labelled & priced as a Gibson. I didn't feel the need to make a documentary about it though.

What no big bottom?

Strange that given the prices of the products offered, the website is hosted on a free online store under a subdomain rather than their own domain name, and with several third-party ads on the product pages.

He's clearly been working on his bass-face as much as his playing

It won't replace me unless it can chuck in the odd bum note here & there

Martin at the gallery once told me it was best to not cut strings so I never cut them unless I absolutely have to - eg if I'm fitting long scale strings to a short scale bass (like Fender do as standard with the JMJ mustang) and there would be about half a mile to wrap around each tuner's capstan if they weren't cut.

Maybe its a parody like those Nirvana tee shirts with a pic of hanson on them?