Jean-Luc Pickguard

Daddy Sang Bass — Johnny Cash

Papa's Got a Brand New Haggis — James Brown

I have an early 80s Fender bass case which has a split alongside the handle. I've not attempted to fix it yet as it currently lives in the loft. I have seen various youtube videos which show how to fix splits in ABS (car bumpers etc) and the variety of different solutions has put me off attempting a fix in case I chose the wrong method. I'm torn between using a soldering iron with an old (but clean) bit to melt the plastic together, possibly embedding staples to hold the crack together, or using a solvent — eg breaking up pieces of spare ABS and dissolving it in acetone to make a kind of slurry/putty that melts into the area around the crack and holds it together. I'm not convinced though by the method that uses black cable ties, melting them with a soldering iron into the crack as I'm fairly sure that they are made from nylon rather than ABS. For a crack in the foot area of a Ric case, the Rickysounds kit looks like a no-brainer and should make for a tidy repair, but I would probably be inclined to also use the soldering iron method to seal the crack to (try to) prevent it from spreading further before fitting the parts in the kit.

The blue one is so tempting, but over time I seem to have acquired vintage pro thunderbirds in all of the original colours — Sunburst, black, & white, so I already have more of them than I need.

Was I the only one who after seeing the defret job, checked whether the tuners were fanned out at jaunty angles?

Suzie Queue — Creedence Clearwater Revival

Hollow Hills — Bauhaus

Had a great rehearsal on Wednesday evening, the first for a while with everyone present. For a change I took my Faded Pelham Blue Non-Reverse Thunderbird which was a lot of fun to play and sounded good to me through the ABM600, but very different to the JMJ mustangs I usually play. I recorded the session with my Zoom H2n, here's 'Down In The Tube Station at Midnight' 08 Down In The Tube Station At Midnight.mp3

Maybe I'm Wrong — Blues Traveler

Whiskey In My Whiskey — Felice Brothers

I acquired one of these in Sienna Sunburst a few weeks ago. The Pickups sound good to me so I had no compelling reason to upgrade. I decided to keep the wiring as volume, tone & switch however the stock switch was a bit temperamental and I discovered an annoying issue with these basses where unless the volume is at 100%, rolling down the tone also affects the volume. To fix these issues I replaced the loom using a more suitable circuit. As the pots were not CTS and the socket was not switchcraft I built the loom using new components — CTS pots, Orange drop cap, puretone socket, and switchcraft switch. I also shielded the cavities with copper slug tape and fitted a thumbrest in the 70s position and fitted a Fender Hi-Mass bridge. I have not swapped out the tuners but I will look into whether I can safely fit a spare set of Hipshot lollipops I have in my bits box (the same type as the ones on my JMJ mustangs minus the relicing) I believe I will need to ream out the holes in the headstock to accomodate these so it won't be a reversable operation.

Although I wouldn’t be inclined to ship items overseas, other people here *might* be happy to send items internationally. If you see something listed for sale that you are interested in, you can send the seller a message to enquire about international shipping.

My Love Explodes — The Dukes Of Stratosphear

Another Saturday Night — The Drifters

Would this one break the budget? https://www.andybaxterbass.com/products/1966-fender-precision-candy-apple-red

If you can post a video on youtube demonstrating what you have experienced with the envelope filter, and start a topic on the effects forum here, it should be easier for someone to comment on whether it is likely to be a fault. I think there might be a few people with that pedal on here. In response you your enquiry about sending items to Greece, I probably wouldn't want the hassle if I was selling any gear.

Troglodyte — The Jimmy Castor Bunch

It might be worthwhile putting an apple airtag (or similar device) in the gigbag/case. Alternatively if you've not fully shielded the bass's control cavity with slug tape an airtag might also work in there.

Careless Wispa — George Michael

Bert's (Big) Apple Crumble — The Quik

Missouri Is The River Of The World — Tom Waits

Virginia Plain — Roxy Music

Biff Bang Pow — The Creation

Mona Lisa — Nat King Cole

A strat case will be too small. Some jazzmaster cases might fit as they are longer than strats, but you'd need to check on a case by case basis (no pun intended). I was going to post that Fender make a mustang-specific tolexed hard case for about £150ish as I have two of them sitting next to me at the moment, however I cannot find them listed anywhere including on fender.com so it looks like they might have been discontinued. Both of mine were bought secondhand so they do crop up from time to time. It seems like a really weird decision by Fender if they have discontinued them, just like how the Mustang GTX50 & 100 guitar amps are current models but the only expression pedal that works with them, the EXP-1, has been discontinued. (I also bought two of these secondhand for my amp & my son's.)