Jean-Luc Pickguard

Bugger! That's taken away a lot of my excuses for wanting an iPhone4 now - this was the killer app on my wishlist I have hundreds of songs which could crop up on a set list or I might want to reaquaint myself with or try picking up new songs, so its handy to have immediate access to them. This is why I got rid of the tascam guitar trainer - 1Gb wasn't enough and the faffing about taking songs off & putting them on as needed (& making sure they were in the correct bitrate etc) was a pain in the bum. Lately I've just been using my macbook & guitar rig session I/O to play along with my setlist playlists in iTunes. I hope there is a better way of doing this on the iPhone - I wonder whether the multitasking in iOS4 will help?

I love my short scales. I have a few: 1971 musicmaster bass - the stock pickup was a mustang guitar pickup - like a shallow strat pickup even down to 6 poles. It sounded pretty weak - the E had that unfocussed tone you get with some cheap 5 strings on the B so I replaced it with a kent armstrong enclosed strat cool rails humbucker and it sounds a lot tighter yet looks totally stock. The tulip-shaped tuners do the job and look pretty, but are cheap tat. My Fender Japan mustang is a much classier instrument. Lovely neck shape, perfect tone from the stock pickup - its the default one I take for most gigs.

I'm definitely going to get it. I think I'll get an iPhone first though.

[quote name='Johnston' post='865409' date='Jun 12 2010, 05:59 PM']Bad mood or very good mood the T-bird gets pulled out and cranked up.[/quote] Ha Ha Ha - I was in Foul mood before the acoustic blues jam night on Tuesday, so instead of my tanglewood acoustic bass, fretless precision, NS-upright or an ashbory, I took my thunderbird and a very long strap. Cheered me up a bit. My default bass for most gigs though is the mustang or the tanglewood for acoustic gigs.

Not me - I generally don't care what the pros are using. I wouldn't mind my own signature model though.

IMO its a waste of money to buy a fretted bass specifically to defret it. Different story to already owning a fretted bass and getting it defretted. If budget is tight looking for a secondhand fretless would be the cost effective way & you can see how it plays and sounds as a fretless before shelling out the wonga.

I sold my shell pink squier musicmaster, but I'm keeping my violetburst daisy rock:

I used to use a bit of cheap & cheerful PC software for this: magix audio cleaning lab - you can usually get the latest or previous version cheap whenever PC world have a sale. I wish there was a mac version as it was very easy to use and I could master a wav of an old cassette demo tape into a finished CD much quicker than I can now in Adobe Soundbooth.

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='859998' date='Jun 7 2010, 03:37 PM']+1- the one you've linked to is a horrible mess layout wise. It looks like something from 1998, made in Frontpage. Yours is much leaner and cleaner.[/quote] +1 The trouble with myspace is that its always going to look a mess. It is not a substitute for a proper website if you feel you do need something more than a myspace sh*te. The one you linked to uses big blocks of text rendered as a graphic which can look nice, but are totally inaccessible to visually impaired uses (including the google spider).

Perhaps he was a guitarist standing in for the proper bass player

similar concept to prising off with teaspoons, I have removed push-on knobs by looping a shoelace around the pot shaft under the knob and pulling it upwards. Less chance of being cackhanded & making any indentations.

Wen I repositioned the button on my 'snowy-white' epi t-bird, I put a strap button screw in the hole with a nylon washer under it. Looks like a pointless bit of trim, but neater than a hole and possibly slightly less pointless than a non-used strap button. Last time I was asked what it was I said it was a laser and refused to demonstrate it for fear of blinding someone.

Felice Brothers Fantastic Band - love 'em

I hope his next assignment will be locating the Funk Machine for the Jamerson family

I'd have thought everything you NEED to know about a precision/jazz bass could be said on about four pages plus a few pics.

I have d-tuners on four of my basses, but not had this issue. Would a bit of ptfe tape help?

I had a very noticable dead spot on my highway 1 jazz. A fatfinger clamped to the headstock cured it.

[quote name='Starless' post='849176' date='May 27 2010, 09:25 AM']The ideal body would be a sunburst P, but finding that difficult to source without a neck on it,[/quote] I bought a MIJ sunburst P body from brandoni - it is identical to the one on my MIJ Fender '62 reissue. It was a while ago, but they might still have some.

I'd get a standard MIJ alder jazz body from brandoni for about £100, colour it the desired colour with woodstain and then danish oil it - I did this (but with a lighter woodstain) on a brandoni tele body & it looks great and was very easy to apply. You could probably get a suitable neck from brandoni as well. Then build it up with whatever hardware suits the budget.

Headphones are great for practicing alone, but I think there's a need to shift a little air for a rehearsal even if it means using acoustic guitars etc.

Dear Mr Coppolo, would you like me to design a high mass headstock for your basses which doesn't look like a club foot?

If you are making a noise which is a nuisance to other other people, turn it down or use headphones. Its not difficult.

[quote name='Metalmoore' post='842697' date='May 19 2010, 11:54 PM']I'm sure if you ask real nicely they might be able to help you out [/quote] Don't encourage me - my missus thinks I already have enough basses

I guess its good for my bank-balance that Warmoth don't do mustang bass bodies & necks. If they did I'd fancy a fenderbird based on a firebird-type guitar body & mustang neck.