Jean-Luc Pickguard

[quote name='BassManKev' post='235778' date='Jul 9 2008, 03:13 PM']just out of interest, would it have been worth sorting the neck out and replacing the pickups? was £50 a good price.[/quote]
Nope & Nope

[quote name='Sibob' post='235035' date='Jul 8 2008, 03:45 PM']Nevermind....Fender actually got back to me

Delete the thread if you want!!

Si[/quote]
How on earth did you get them to get back to you?

I asked them just over a week ago for a quote to supply a replacement Ashbory tuner & I got no reply whatsoever. In the meantime Largesound.com sent me one from across the pond for $8 delivered.

[quote name='foal30' post='234682' date='Jul 8 2008, 03:15 AM']my beautiful Wife scored me this from the local 2nd hand clothing store.
not yours last time you where over this way CK?[/quote]
Your missus bought you a man in a hoodie & cap?

Fender don't sell necks separately (at least not for retail aftermarket use)
To get a genuine Fender one you'd probably need to buy from one of the ebay shysters that buys up whole instuments & parts them out at a large markup.

Doesn't the Jazz deluxe have a different neck - more frets or something compared to a standard USA Jazz?

I get mine from
NS CR5M upright / CIJ Mustang with TI Flats -> Behringer limiter -> Behringer Preamp -> Little Mark II -> Schoreder1212L

Nice - I used to have a trace combo with one like that in. It was lovely but too damn heavy.

[quote name='Oscar South' post='233857' date='Jul 6 2008, 11:27 PM']Edited the link but I think that people make a ridiculous fuss over electronic piracy, its an inevitable fact of modern life and many organizations are now taking advantage and cashing in on this new avenue of culture.

As far as this one example goes, most people who would have bought the book anyway would still buy it (like I did), perhaps some would be more likely to buy it after seeing inside it. Anyone who wouldn't have bought the book still wont, but they might now read it.. as an author having more people read my work is something I would want to happen. All it takes is a google search to find anything anyway.[/quote]
I would like to agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.

[quote name='El_JimBob' post='232939' date='Jul 4 2008, 10:42 PM']Ah yes, i see what you mean now, sorry.... you must be in a real loud band for that to happen tho [/quote]
Not really, but if there's dance music blaring out or a support band playing ordrummer soundchecking you're usually right next to the PA. Maybe other models are beter in this respect than mine, but its just an observation. Its usually OK especially for a quick tune-up between songs though as we have a "no-noodling" between songs rule.


[quote name='stingrayfan' post='233016' date='Jul 5 2008, 08:13 AM']If it's for home use, it'll be fine. Not sure you'd want to be faffing about with it in a gig situation, mind. It's much easier to hit a pedal, mute your bass, tune it, then hit the pedal and start playing. Esp when it's dark.[/quote]
I find the Planet Waves SOS is much quicker to use & more convenient than either type- I also have a mute switch on the jack for quickly silencing the bass (on a planet waves cable).

[quote name='silddx' post='232787' date='Jul 4 2008, 04:17 PM']That's weird, I've never heard of a bass player using chalk, but I had a dream last night about using french chalk in this way for playing bass. Spooky.[/quote]
French Chalk or unscented talc is recommended to stop the grabbiness of rubber Ashbory bass strings. I recently did a gig swapping between my Ashbory and a Fender with flats and the french chalk I put on my fingers before playing the Ashbory certainly made the other bass's strings feel faster as well.

Interesting use of the word bespoke in the listing.
I expect the original amp blew up. My old trace combo cost £200 to repair when it needed a new power stage. I guess it was cheaper to put the Behringer in.

[quote name='Oscar South' post='233075' date='Jul 5 2008, 11:05 AM']Theres a section about this groove in Ed Friedlands 'Bass Grooves' book. I only scanned it but as far as the bass goes it just looks like walking.

You can download the book here:
....................................................[/quote]
Its not really cool to post a link to pirate content

TI Jazz flats bacause they make my basses sound like a bass not a harpsichord.

I can't believe this went for £377.97

Thats a lot for a cheap copy.

I've done my civic duty & sent a message to the winner, so he'll either get out of the deal or think he got a bargain and tell me to f off

[quote name='El_JimBob' post='232061' date='Jul 3 2008, 03:18 PM']Generally, clip-on tuners like this use a small transducer to detect pitch through vibrations, so should be unaffected by ambient noise[/quote]
It picks up the vibrations if there's a lot of loud bass going on in the ambient noise, so doesn't track as well.

Some of the youtube comments are priceless:

[quote]i looked at this and figure out its gay i say the beatles own the who[/quote]

[quote]f*** the who the beatles made the song and the who just stole it[/quote]

[quote]First off, you're a retard. The Beatles didn't write this song, someone else did and the Beatles did a cover of it.

Second, The Who never claimed it was their song. They were just playing it at the concert. Get your head out of your ass.[/quote]

Once again youtube proves something someone once said about monkeys & typewriters

I'd use an Ashbory and a battery amp - maybe something like this:

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbac30.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbac30.htm[/url]



I play with a light touch with flatwounds, so the volume I'd get from a non-amped acoustic would be inaudible and if an amp is needed, might as well use a smaller bass.

Whats up with the pickguard? The holes & the shape are all wrong.

I have one & it works very well. It doesn't track so well if there's a lot of ambient noise going on, but usually works fine. Its nice to leave clipped onto the NS upright -if anyone asks I tell them its a speedometer to keep the drummer in check.

Mine has modes for Bass, Guitar, violin & a chromatic mode which is perfect for tuning ukuleles and the B on 5 string basses.

I tend to use a planet waves SOS tuner for gigs as it isn't affected by ambient noise/rumbles, but I carry the clip-on as a spare.

I still say most of [b]my [/b]sound come from [b]my [/b]fingers.

I have a few different basses in my house and I sound like me on all of them whether I'm playing through my gigging rig, practice amp or simple headphone amp. Sure you can tweak the tone as much as you like on the amp, but we're taling about the overall sound, not just the tone, so we have to consider the note choices, timing, groove, attack, plucking position, note lengths, muting...

I can see why the LMII could fail to impress in a shop. First time I tried one, the shop bloke had no idea how to set the eq and there was no intruction manual available to look at. To start with a flat sound the eq knobs are centred as normal, but the VPF & VLE should be turned fully anticlockwise. If all knobs are centered it won't be the best starting point for random twiddling. The second time I tried one elsewhere, it was explained that VPF is the "Pre-Shape" & VLE is "Vintage Loudspeaker emulator", the flexibility became aparent and I could pretty much dial in the sound I wanted with just those two knobs without touching the 4 band eq.

cut off the top horn & count the rings?

Fingers for me.

Definitely

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='230485' date='Jul 1 2008, 01:16 PM']I know nothing about the serial # issue, but the starting price is pretty low for a vgc vintage Jbass isn't it?[/quote]
Thata doesn't mean anything as there's a reserve.

I've just asked him:
[quote]Did you use letraset to put the serial number & "made in USA" on or is it a fake transfer like the logo?[/quote]

I'm not expecting a reply or for the question to appear on the listing though.

It makes me sick that a-holes like this can pretend to be ignorant of an obvious fake in the hope of ripping off some sucker. He knows its a cheap copy with some bits added to make it look at a casual glance to be a USA fender. When the auction ends the buyer needs to be told what he has won before he pays Fender money for an argos bass.

That web site reads like it was written by a twelve year-old boy.