Jean-Luc Pickguard

I've lost count of the number of times I've played that song at a Jam night as its a favourites of one of the singers who regularly turns up and puts together an impromptu band. I always preferred Sugarpie DeSanto; Low Heel Slip in Mules

According to the label in my M&S underpants I'm a medium, so I've just held a seance and Keith Moon has just told me that John is not happy about his new nickname up there "Spinning Johnny"

IS IT A WASTE OF TM?

[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1196289' date='Apr 11 2011, 10:05 PM']It looks like someone has used the ashtray as an ashtray![/quote] That'll be the weatherstrip used for the mute giving off gasses as it disintegrates causing a reaction in the nitro.

Good luck to John's family who are making money off these, but anyone who buys ones of these for the Entwhistle name is a fuggin' idiot. Unless they are nice basses which fill a requirement. I can see bass players in low budget Who tribute acts falling over themselves to get one of each model.

Wipe the new string with the grease from a McDonalds Quarter Pounder - that will help kill the zing a bit

It sounds like Saturday afternoon in the local music shop.

Dave bought a set of double bass strings from me. It was a a pleasure to deal with him. Very easy transaction with fast payment & quick answering of PMs.

I love the old Framus ones with the cutaway - they just say 'Rock n Roll' to me.

Since I had the j-retro fitted at the same time and I can go from Marcus kicking over a bucket of spoons to bowel opening dub without touching my amp eq its hard to say how much is actually due to the pickups, but they seem to have a wide frequency reponse - I have a passive danelectro and the low-tech "bung a load of coiled wire into lipstick tube" method of construction does seem to give an extended frequency response at both ends of the spectrum.

I do a fair bit of rockabilly and what some might call country. I use flatwounds thomastiks and usually take a my mustang or Epi thunderbird pro-v, although I have been known to use a precision, ns upright or ashbory depending on the gig.

I ownder whether they use focus groups or ask informed gigging bass players what they want? It looks like it has the typical useless Ashdown 'deep' switch and the eq looks confusing and clunky. I'm sure more people would prefer a compressor/limiter built in, perhaps even a knob to add sansamp-style valve-sounding grind and maybe something [s]ripping off[/s] inspired by the MarkBass magic EQ knobs - the VPL & the STD or whatever they're called. I can't get my head around the point of the custom control panel - is it like apple engraving iPods to prevent people returning them if they change their mind after hearing it

I have them in a highway1 Jazz - I'm not too good at describing how pickups sound, but I like the sound and they work well with the j-retro in the bass to give a wide range of tones.

[quote name='dougie' post='1186426' date='Apr 3 2011, 02:11 AM']....moulded pacifically[/quote] In the Ocean?

I used to use two cabs with an ashdown Mag300, but I wanted something smaller & more convenient. Now my Schroeder 1212L and Markbass LMII are loud enough that I can be 'too loud' for any pub gig if I wanted to. Not bad for a rig I can carry with my bass from the carpark to the stage in one trip.

[quote name='BottomE' post='1186364' date='Apr 3 2011, 12:37 AM']For blues just think sad funk [/quote] Careful - it could go a bit Jamiroquai with that advice

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' post='1185635' date='Apr 2 2011, 10:41 AM']The Brandoni kits sound interesting, is that the original neck?[/quote] Yep - I went to the warehouse & picked out the sunburst body & finished fretless neck with ebony board - there was an upcharge for this of course. I didn't use all of the hardware that came with it as I had some Fender Hardware & eventually upgraded to hipshot lollypop tuners. The stock pickup I got as part of the kit appears to be a Kent Armstrong Alnico one - or something very similar which sounds very nice indeed. I was going to chuck in an 80s EMG, but liked the passive one so much and couldn't be bothered to route the body for a battery that I used the standard one. My Tele was made using all the standard bits - although I paid a few extra quid to get a lacquered neck. I dyed & Danish Oiled the body. I can't post a pic as its out on extended loan to a mate who seems to like it a lot. Brandoni's Fender style bodies & Necks were all Japanese-made when I bought mine (I can't tell the difference between the sunburst body of my fretless & the one on my 1990 MIJ '62RI Fender P except for the grain pattern). Not sure whether they are still selling MIJ ones, but my impression was that they had a huge number in stock.

The best quality I've found for an affordable self build is: [url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/kits.asp"]http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/kits.asp[/url] I've built a fretless P bass & tele guitar - both are comparable to my MIJ Fender Precision & tele in quality. [attachment=76459:fretless_precision.jpg]

reminds me of my old crate powerblock.

Could have been a fake - there was one on ebay a while ago.

Six Days on the Road - Flying Burrito Brothers / Taj Mahal The Weight - The Band Heart of Gold - Neil Young Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks Big River - Johnny Cash Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash / The Band / Nick Cave Baby, Let’s Play House - Elvis Presley All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan / Jimi Under My Thumb - Rolling Stones From a Buick 6 - Bob Dylan Gone Gone Gone - o5b original I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan Stir It Up - Bob Marley Knocking on Heavens Door - Bob Dylan Ophelia - o5b Original (not the Band song of the same name) Paint It Black - Rolling Stones Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan Let’s Work Together - Canned Heat Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones Man Of Constant Sorrow - from 'O Brother Where Art Thou' Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals You Ain’t Going Nowhere - Bob Dylan & the Band The Joker - Steve Miller Band Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash If I Lose - The Band / The Stanley Brothers Move It On Over - Hank Williams Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Woody Guthrie Cry Cry Cry - Johnny Cash Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Get out of Denver - Bob Seger I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller / The Clash Mystery Train - Elvis Presley All Over Now - Bobby Womack / Stones Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash