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According to wikipedia Roget Rosmeisl worked at Fender from 1962 to 1973 where he designed the Coronado range which I'd always assumed had been designed by a committee.
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I've upgraded both and they're as good as each other but the first one is a defintite keeper so if the second one gets its marching orders I'll have to put the original tuners back on and move the reso-lites & cobalt flats onto the white one.
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I have all the basses I need so the plan was to not buy any this year, or at least hold off from buying any for as long as possible. However I saw a deal on a white epi thunderbird vintage pro which I managed to resist before xmas that had been further reduced to a price where it would have been rude not to. I have two vintage pros already, both sunburst so I don't really have a tbird-shaped gap in my collection although I've really wanted a white one since they were first launched. Not sure how I'm going to explain the appearance of a white one, I guess its better to ask for forgiveness than permission. I'm a little ashamed that my gear abstinence resolution only lasted three days though.
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I have a played-in set of LaBella white nylon tapewounds on mine currently - lots of lovely mwahh, the TI JF-344s I had on it previously were good as well.
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I put together a bitzer Precision about 17 years ago using a brandoni sunburst body & neck with an unlined ebony fingerboard. I whittled the nut from an imitation ivory chopstick from Wing Yip. Its a lovely bass and I've swapped out various bits & pieces over the years. It currently has hipshot lollipop tuners, a 1986 EMG active pickup powered with 2xA23 batteries (24v), a badass II bridge, rosewood thumbrest and a cheapo (£8) Chinese 4 ply torty pickguard which I think looks a lot nicer than it should. I don't find it particularly hard to play compared to a fretted bass and it sounds great - the EMG pickup suits it really well giving it a beautiful growl.
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I can’t offer any input regarding the solid bodied ubasses, but I have recently put a set of the kala/gallo flatwounds on my ubass & this has tightened up the attack without losing the tone. Martin at the Gallery filed the nut slots, and the strings just feel right now. Although I have only used them on my ubass-1, if I was to ever get a solid uke bass I’d definitely fit a set of these strings as they sound so good and actually stay in tune unlike the stock kala Pahoehoes, or the popular but awful aquila thunderguts.
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The Epiphone Bass Probucker #760s as fitted to the Vintage Pro Thunderbirds & Embassy Pro basses are excellent, so if you can track down a set I doubt you would be disappointed.
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Automatically Sunshine, bassist
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to Phil Starr's topic in General Discussion
Listed as Jamerson at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floy_Joy_(album)- 1 reply
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The Must-Have Accessory for the modern bassist
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to Silvia Bluejay's topic in Bass Guitars
I have one of those Fender curly cables in daphne blue - it looks great with my JMJ mustang & matching levy’s suede strap -
Lipstick pickup replacements for Danelectro Longhorn
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to Rob MacKillop's topic in Bass Guitars
Give Aaron Armstrong a shout. I expect he would be able to make something to fit your exact requirements. http://www.armstrongpickups.co.uk/ -
My CIJ Mustang is a great bass, but my JMJ takes it to another level. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the stock fender flatwounds suit it.
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Considering getting an Epiphone Ripper bass
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to Mike Bungo's topic in General Discussion
The pic is of a Gibson, not an epiphone. I don’t like them - they look like they were designed by a committee. And the pickguard is fugly. -
hit parade? ...more like 5hit parade!
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Melvin Dunlap with Bill Withers
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to Old Horse Murphy's topic in General Discussion
Melvin's so quiet he said eight words last year; and six of those were 'airport'... My favourite live album, I never tire of listening to it. -
Saddle alignment? Naahh..... why bother?
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to NikNik's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Say what you like - the chap that built it won't mind as he is dead. He was a bass custom builder and the seller bought up his entire estate -
My back is hurting just looking at these
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Yes the GZR is the Geezer Butler signature pickup. You'll have to ask EMG why they based it on one of Bobby Vega's vintage basses. All I know is that I like it a lot. If you need more info on this, try putting the words "geezer butler bobby vega emg" into the google machine.
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Another 'Hand Made' beauty...
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to lowregisterhead's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
I think it used to be something vintage - maybe a hofner or similar. The value is probably in the included hardware for restoring a similar model rather than the butchered body/neck. -
I recently installed an EMG GZR passive P bass pickup into my '81 precision which has made it much more enjoyable to play due to the rich punchy tone that wasn't available with the original pickup. It has alnico magnets and was voiced to emulate the pickup in Bobby Vega's 1960s Precison.
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HAND MADE LES PAUL anybody?
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to prowla's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
At last, an instrument our favorite guitar improver can't make any worse -
Ugly, even for a Wishbass
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to lemmywinks's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
I wonder whether this is where Ned Steinberger might have got inspiration for the headstock on my CR5M upright? -
Niche Strap/Sitting Enquiry
Jean-Luc Pickguard replied to Frank Blank's topic in Accessories and Misc
I always use a strap as it is just more comfortable when sitting. Each of my basses has its own strap and I don't change the length when going from standing to sitting. My preferences are comfort strapps - I use the XXL ones on my thunderbirds, and decent suede ones (Levys or similar) colour matched to the body for most of the others. -
I had an unopened set of my previous favourite strings going spare which I listed on ebay when I got the 'Free listing plus Max £1 final fee offer. Someone bid on them and in the dying seconds someone outbid them by a quid and promptly paid. A short while later they messaged me saying they made a mistake and didn't want the strings as they just realised they are tapewounds not flatwounds even though the listing was clearly titled and the strings were described correctly. If I cancel the transaction I don't think I'll get back the full paypal fee. Also I've checked the terms of the Max £1 final fee offer and if I offer the strings to the first bidder on a 2nd chance offer, I'll have to pay the full final fee as the offer won't cover it. How should I cancel the auction & transaction so the winning bidder gets his money back without it looking like I'm the one backing out of the deal - so I can minimise my losses due to this timewaster.