Jean-Luc Pickguard

I'd go for a good old PJ combo. My fretless only has a P & that has plenty of mwahh for my taste, but the bridge J seems to be the classic mwahh pickup.

why a whammy? I can slide my finger up & down a string on my fretless for similar results

I've now deleted all nekkid Beyonce pics I posted. Hope everyone enjoyed them while they were there

The pine thing is interesting - I s'pose it has to be a different type of pine to the soft knotty stuff used to make argos bunk beds. Isn't agathis classified as a type of pine? that's fine for instruments, so maybe this is something similar.

pine? aren't the 50s CV Ps supposed to have basswood bodies?

It sounds like test card music

[quote name='megallica' post='1290761' date='Jul 3 2011, 08:43 AM']The band leader (singer/songwriter) wanted us to look more "professional" and I "had" to buy a Fender so people would take us more serious.[/quote] I'd have told him where to get off unless he was offering a new bass as a gift.

Last time I bought rotosounds I had three sets of jazz flats & they were terrible - totally uneven in feel & sound across each set. That was probably ten years ago, so hopefully they've improved since then. I've discovered strings I like much better than theirs which is a bit of a shame as they sound like nice people.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1290196' date='Jul 2 2011, 04:00 PM']and here are 50 pages of amendments... [/quote] I bet one of the amendments is that you can't say that kind of blue is "the greatest jazz recording of all time" as everyone knows that moondance is the greatest jazz recording of all time

Dunno if this one's any better than what you've found: [url="http://www.quiklok.com/catalog/?p=productsMore&iProduct=156&sName=MS-303"]http://www.quiklok.com/catalog/?p=products...mp;sName=MS-303[/url]

Personally I'm happy with unplugging & plugging. It only takes a second and most basses have a volume knob. I use a planet waves cable with a latching mute button in the jack - does the job for me in achieving a quick silent switchover without spending silly amount of money to save a couple of seconds on a gig.

The JPJ link is tenuous and only hinted at. Looks kind of reminiscent of something Hugh Manson *might* make, but if it was I'm pretty sure they'd be a logo on it.

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1288385' date='Jun 30 2011, 11:31 PM']Wikipedia, the holder of all truths, disagrees with this story. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanker_Phelge"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanker_Phelge[/url][/quote] Perhaps Keef got it wrong in his book - or maybe I misunderstood that bit

If I saw someone gigging a bass with a stock sticker on it, I'd probably think it was their birthday and they've just unwrapped it, or they've borrowed the bass from a shop. If I was looking a secondhand one the presence of the sticker wouldn't make it worth any more to me.

I prefer a standard BBOT on a Precision and a high-mass type (such as a Badass) on a jazz.Not 100& certain why, but I'm guessing the sustain is not as good with a BBOT particularly in the lower frequencies, so the attack seems like it has more - er - attack which is what you want from a precision more than a jazz. ...Of course that could be complete cack.

Jagger/Richards and the rest of the stones get nothing (yes not a bean) from any stones material recorded before 1971 as they had a UK company called Nanker Phelge that royalties were paid onto before being passed onto the individual band members. Their manager at the time then got them to sign a contract transferring all payments and future earnings for everything written so far to a company called Nanker Phelge US. They assumed that this was a US subsidiary of their existing company, but it wasn't and was actually 100% owned by the manager - it seems they were robbed with a fountain pen.

[url="http://www.kentarmstrong-handmade.com/"]Kent Armstrong[/url] or [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/"]Wizard[/url] could probably rewind/rebuild the existing one or maybe make something new to fit.

[quote name='mart' post='1285646' date='Jun 28 2011, 08:07 PM']I'm not sure what you're suggesting, but the graining on the headstock is quite different. Definitely not the same bass! Whoops, just noticed the skunk stripe too! So maybe it's the same bass with a new neck ?[/quote] Um yeah - I was not looking at the neck or pickguard

[quote name='cycrowave' post='1285284' date='Jun 28 2011, 02:12 PM']iTS MILK AND COFFEE MIXED TOGETHER![/quote] Nope - americano is espresso topped up with hot water

Interesting: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134830"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134830[/url]

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1285250' date='Jun 28 2011, 01:34 PM']Link doesn't work anymore so I'm guessing it's been pulled.[/quote] Awww - and before a chum of the seller came wading into the thread throwing his weight around and accusing everyone who'd commented of being as ignorant as he & the seller are and/or trying to get the price down to snag it for themselves at a knockdown price.

We're listed as "Rock" which is probably broad enough to cover what we do as most people seem to think think americana is a big cup of black coffee.

[quote name='jonny-lad' post='1285151' date='Jun 28 2011, 12:08 PM'][url="http://www.contrabass.co.uk/bass_sure_lock.htm"]http://www.contrabass.co.uk/bass_sure_lock.htm[/url][/quote] Eighteen squid for a bit of stranded wire and a crimpy thing - that's money for steel rope

From the pic, I'm not sure what that is, but the neck *looks like* it came from a squier with stuck on pearlyblocks & logo. It looks like the stacked knobs are the type that Fender put on some active Jazzes & are available as parts from various ebay sellers. The cheapo tuners are about as wonky as I've ever seen.