Jean-Luc Pickguard

A Kent armstrong cool rails dual blade humbucker makes my cute little '71 daphne blue musicmaster bass sound massive and as it has a plain black enclosed cover with no poles showing it looks totally stock. I've also tried a hotrails - in my daughter's musicmaster, but that's all growl & not enough woof for me - even with dead flatwounds.

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I have about a dozen or so basses. Some I don't play much - and two or three I play a lot. I would like to thin the herd, but I think I'd miss even the ones that hardly get played. Most are hanging on the wall, so in a way serve as artwork. When I took my unlined fretless bitzer precision to a jam night a week or so ago - the first time I've played it for a long time, it really felt like having a new bass as it was so unfamiliar. It seems there's something about playing an unlined fretless that makes people think you must know what you're doing as I got lots of complements about my sound and playing - which wasn't far off how I normally sound or play when people don't normally give a flying monkeys

looking good on the iPhone - haven't looked at the app version yet though. one question - at the bottom of each page there's a previous & a next button - is there an option to display paged nav like the old version did?

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1376175' date='Sep 17 2011, 09:09 AM']and vice versa - the one where River Pheonix interviews him[/quote] What a waste of money that dvd was

Anything over 25 years old is considered vintage.

Pardon?

[quote name='paul torch' post='1373237' date='Sep 14 2011, 02:04 PM']What guage would people recommend?[/quote] It depends

Am I the only one who saw the thread title & thought of this: (NSFW!)

I can't recall ever seeing MIM jazzes in that colour but I've seen Squiers in that shade of metallic blue. The one I played came with domed precision-type knobs as standard, so that *might* explain the weird knobs on it. The pics aren't good enough for me to say any much than that.

[quote name='Johnston' post='1368522' date='Sep 10 2011, 01:21 PM']Look at the picture of the date on the heel. Maybe it's my eyes but is the raduis of the fretboard not look a little off centre?[/quote] I noticed that. Also the skunk stripe looks a bit pist on the pic of the heel.

[quote]Here we have an original Pre-CBS 1964 Fender Jazz Bass Neck.[/quote] Original? [quote]Looks like the headstock had some parts of it replaced.[/quote] No 'Looks like' about it - it has. Perhaps the logo part was sawn off to go onto a new neck which replaced this broken one. [quote]Don't know if it's the orginal nut?[/quote] I bet he does know & it isn't or he wouldn't have mentioned it [quote]I don't know if the trussrod turns[/quote] I bet he does know & it doesn't or he wouldn't have mentioned it [quote]Don't know if deadspots or buzzing?[/quote] I bet he does know & it does or he wouldn't have mentioned it [quote]I can say that out of all the necks I've ever played over the years this is the best sounding neck I've ever owned.[/quote] I can say I'm the Emporer of the Universe, but it doesn't make it true [quote]As this is a vintage neck please no returns and being sold as is.[/quote] I wouldn't want this piece of crap coming back either Someone with more money than sense has got themselves an ugly ornament.

[quote name='throwoff' post='1367519' date='Sep 9 2011, 12:25 PM']Why dont shops ask people to put on a dressing gown when they want to play something highly expensive for instance[/quote] Simples! [attachment=89004:simples.jpg]

are wunjo still trying to pass off a squier bronco bass with a broken & crudely glued musicmaster neck as an original '71 musicmaster like they were last time I was in there?

Its a cool rig and I want one. the bloke demoing seems to be talking a load of old bollocks as if its been soaked in snake oil. My modern lightweight rig sounds just as good to me and weighs much less - it doesn't look as cool though. I already have all the tubbiness I need. Didn't Jamerson normally DI into the desk?

[quote name='Rasta' post='1364445' date='Sep 6 2011, 07:11 PM']Does anyone know if all Japanese precision necks has PB stamped on them????[/quote] The ones made by Paddington Bear certainly did as he was always proud of his handiwork when he was sent to Fender Japan on work experience. The marmalade did tend to stain the lacquer though.

The Jazz with two single coils & the precison with a single split p/u (or a PJ) are so iconic that these just look wrong. I'd rather look at what Squier are doing (currently trying to work out how to buy a candy red jaguar shortscale without the missus noticing)

£467.14

Yep - I have Kent Armstrong 'Jazz Lipsticks' in my Highway 1 and an Alinco P in my fretless bitzer - great pickups at good prices. I believe the pickup wizard learned his trade working for KA.

[quote name='markstuk' post='1357611' date='Aug 31 2011, 03:03 PM']And how about this for speaker cable? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORDOST-VALHALLA-SPEAKER-CABLE-4m-PAIR-4mm-Z-PLUGS-/160505091401?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item255ed95549"]Speaker Cable[/url][/quote] Bollocks! I hit the buy it now by mistake

neither - the most important bit is the cable connecting them

I own, have owned and have played through in no particular order: Trace Elliot, Ashdown, MarkBass, Crate and Ohm, Marshall, Peavey, Ampeg, Behringer and probably several amps. I have never had any trouble getting a good sound as long as I start with everything flat, and then either tweak what needs tweaking or leave it alone. However I have also see people twiddling the same amp and getting a crap sound by not setting input & output volume correctly, pressing pre-shape buttons & adjusting the graphic eq into smiley face.

[quote name='paul_5' post='1350046' date='Aug 24 2011, 10:55 AM']What about the H&S issues here. You should have warned people that they "may contain nuts". Can't be too careful. [/quote] Nah - not a problem. They are for ornamental use only.

Another good pedal for making a bass sound more open & acousticy is the Behringer ADI21 brown 'acoustic' preamp. I use it with both an NS-Design CR5M & Ashbory. The Ashbory is better for portability (obviously) and sounds wonderful. The Pahoehoe (Kala) polyurethene strings are 100x better than the rubberjohnnie ones, but being so weenie and fretless intonation can a hit & miss. I'd swap my ashbory for a fretted Kala in an instant if I could. The NS upright is a much more physical experience to play and looks great on stage, but its strength is that it offers something unique rather than trying to be a louder doublebass or a bigger bass guitar stood on its end. It can cut through in a two guitar band and the B string is the best B sounding string of any bass I've heard (at 42" scale length helps!)