Jean-Luc Pickguard

Something like this, but the with the band instead of marines?

When you get there, you have a few drinks and then everyone puts their car keys in a bowl... hang on, forget that - I think I'm getting confused with something else.

I wasn't sure if I'd get much use of a 5er, so I got a cheap Peavey Millennium 5 to see whether I took to it. I since bought an NS CR5M & an Epiphone Thunderbird pro-V and sold the peavey. Had I not got on with the extra string I'd have only spent a small amount of money (which I got back when I sold the Peavey), but had I bought a custom 5er and not got on with it, I'd have made a fair old loss. So I'd say why not get a cheap (but decent) 5er such as a Peavey Millennium - secondhand if possible so you'll be able to get what you paid for it back, & see whether you get on with it before spending big bucks.

The stock pickups sound good to me on my pro-v - with the eq flat on on the bass & LMII, just tweaking the tone with the amp's VLE & VPF controls. But then again I use flatwounds & probably have cloth ears.

in my experience, the Japanese mustangs play much better than the 70s examples I've played - which is why I bought one and why it's my main gigging bass. I love the look of the Gibson, but not the price or feel.

nice sunburst. What's a "z" black plate?

Fantastic news that you're getting it sorted!

Wipe down after each gig/rehearsal to remove sweat/blood/snot etc Change Strings, Change batteries if active, Set the neck relief with the truss rod, set bridge saddle height & intonation -set neck angle with shim if neccessary, Lem-oil fingerboard, check & adjust slots in nut. Level & dress frets

Red. It reminds me a lot of the £200 Peavey I used to own which was very similar, but purple rather than red. The blue one reminds me of looking into a toilet bowl when one of those blu things is in the cistern. Perhaps EBMM should produce some bongos in that finish

The tone is in the fingers, so practice more. .... or get new fingers.

Good luck - hopefully you'll get this sorted out without being out of pocket.

It looks like this is the camera tripod type stand rather than the heavy duty CR one - is that correct? If its not a design fault, it has to be a manufacturing fault. I'm pretty sure you should be covered by the[url="http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/sale-of-goods/understanding-the-sale-of-goods-act/your-rights/"] fit for purpose clause of the sales of good act[/url]. I had no trouble getting the apple store to give me a new macbook battery when the one in my out of warranty MacBook bulged (I didn't have to make a fuss & they offered the free replacement before I mentioned my expectations in getting it replaced at no cost) Hopefully your retailer will be similary clued-up. Maybe an email to NS-Design will help, I've heard good things about their customer service in the past, although I've never needed after sales help personally. I use both the endpin stand and the heavy duty stand which came with my CR5M - they seem pretty solid and I've had no trouble so far, but I hope the relevant piece on each is made of stronger stuff than yours.

Fret buzz? I think I remember that, but these days I do my own setups and get ultra low action with no buzz. Could be something to do with the TI flats I use

We did a set at a local pub's all-day charity gig. Opened with our usual first song - the band's 'up on cripple creek'. not the best choice as the gig was raising funds to buy some chap an electric wheelchair.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1224873' date='May 9 2011, 10:56 AM'][/quote] Mine is cooler! [attachment=79406:danelect...longhorn.jpg]

Thanks chaps. Now I want one - if one was available, I doubt it would be anywhere near my price range

Duck

Saw this CD in Asda today. [attachment=79355:elvis_movies.jpg] I was drawn to the 6-string bass/guitar doubleneck on the cover. It seems to have a 6 string bass neck (with schaller-style tuners) & a 6 string guitar neck, as opposed to the Jimmy Page 12 string guitar/6 string guitar. A similar pic crops off the headstock: [attachment=79356:ElvisPre..._guitar3.jpg] I never saw a Gibson like this & certainly saw never Elvis play anything like this, so I'm not sure whether its a photoshop hackup or custom instrument or what? Any ideas?

It does look like Rick James's bass was for show only - probably not even plugged into anything

[quote name='Matt P' post='1221456' date='May 5 2011, 07:42 PM']wow, what are they made of? do you think they'd respond well to having all the finish stripped off? (then a nice tv yellow or cherry red) i wonder if one of those could be de-glittered and then pimped to make a great stage bass. (i'm rather fond of shorter scale basses) Matt[/quote] I believe the neck & body are mahogany. The top is a laminate of pearloid similar to that used for pickguards and toilet seats. As it is bound, I'm not sure how thick the layer is or how easily it could be removed. Its already a great stage bass and thomastic JF324s fit perfectly I actually have two of these basses hanging up on wall, plus a matching guitar - only one of the basses is mine, the other bass and the guitar belong to my daughters. Strangely the guitar was made in china whereas the basses are indonesian.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='1221465' date='May 5 2011, 07:47 PM']I'd go along & see them, sit down with them over a pint & ask them straight out why they buggered me about. If I got a decent & respectful apology, I'd go with it, otherwise I'd walk away. G.[/quote] +1!

Looks like a less funky and more expensive version of my daisyrock I see Gibson are still designing new basses with that ridiculous 3 point bridge. Surely they could design something that looks similar but works better. It seems to me that the only reason to use that tired old flawed design is for the sake of vintage cred.

i guess you'd not be interested in one of my woven bacon straps then?