Jean-Luc Pickguard

probably needs a tweak of the trussrod. With the bass in the normal playing position tuned as normal. Press the E string at the first & last frets. the distance between the 8th fret and the string should be about the thickness of a couple of business cards. Any less than that and the truss rod needs to be loosened to allow the strings to pull some relief into the neck and any more means it needs to be tightened to counteract the pull of the strings. A little goes a long way. I think setups are fully documented on the wiki (I haven't checked though).

Not my cup of tea at all. It's the polar opposite to what I look for in a bass. I'd sooner have a bongo. They need a better web site. Who uses table layout these days? and a big picture of text on each page instead of actual body text? I hope their basses are better made. The Google spider probably takes one look at the site and says - "nothing to see here, move along"

My daughter became a teenager today and she already owns three basses - a lilac '71 music master, a princess purple DaisyRock Heartbreaker and a violetburst pearloid-topped DaisyRock Elite. She also thinks she has a half share in my trans purple Peavey millenium 5. I'm a bit worried she'll be the world's most prolific collector of purple basses by the time she's old enough to buy her own instruments. Oh Well.

Anything that looks as fugly as this Bongo Six had better sound fantastic. Apologies to anyone who does not see it as fugly

My basses are called: [list] [*]the mustang [*]the jazz [*]the fretless precision [*]the jamerson (MIJ '62 RI) [*]The red precison [*]the peavey (millenium 5) [*]the blue ashbory [*]the black ashbory [*]the doghouse (Stentor 1950 3/4) [*]the ned (NS-Design CR5M) [*]the dano (longhorn) [*]the cricket bat ('86 Hohner B2A) [*]the blue musicmaster [*]the pink musicmaster [/list] I sold the Dean Pace - that was always called "the banister".

I think I read that Paul used to play high up the neck as he didn't think it sounded as good lower down. Maybe that was due to limitations of the amp he was using though. I haven't played a hofner for a while, but I recall the sound was similar to my danelectro longhorn in a way and I play that on all kinds of things. That one looks cool in a white finish.

Last nights gig had a PA provided, so we didn't bring ours - we just brought our own mics & stands. When we got there it was nowhere to be seen & we had to ask where it was. A few boxes were brought out with a case of cables there was no beary-man to set up & operate it. I learned that Ashton the company than manage to make the worst ukulules available today also make mixer amps. Oh Dear. As I'm the only member of the band with any kind of beard its naturally assumed I know about these things, so instead of warming up and chilling out I'm getting stressed out about guessing how it all connects up. Eventually found all the bits & bobs - including guitar cables to connect the monitors to the power amp. It sounds fine for the soundcheck - Steely Dan's "Do it again". Then when we start playing I get stressed out for half of the first set fiddling with the PA while playing (but doing most of the fiddling between songs) as the vocals kept cutting out making it sound like Norman Collier is guesting with us. Eventually after swapping lead & BV mics/ swapping the monitor channel with the main channel and turning off the reverb & limiter I eventually realise its the drummers monitor thats somehow causing everything to cut out. So I can only unplug it to remedy the sh*tty sound. Started actually enjoying the gig when we did Pink Floyd's "Money" The guitarist's new all-valve Laney combo sounded fantastic, but I missed the wah pedal he usually has controlling the fx his Line 6 amp on "Stir it up". We got punters up & dancing to our original songs which is aways nice. When we finished it only felt like we'd only been playing 15mins. Long drive home with my new [url="http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131342"]Sat Nav[/url], so mrs Pickguard was relieved of map-reading duties and we enjoyed having John Cleese directing us home, especially when we reached home and he said "You can get out now, but I'm not helping you carry your bags", perhaps he should have said "I'm not helping you carry your cab".

Luckily my local music shop only has seems to have cheapie beginner basses. I can never get out without buying the kids some new pleckies for their geetars though.

As far as Denmark Street goes, The bass Cellar make you feel as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit, and last time I went there their policy was to have no prices marked on anything. Vintage & rare usually has some cool stuff. Wunjo have some good stuff and some that look like they came straight out of a US pawnshop and went straight on display - so would probably be OK after a setup/new strings/refret. No real bargains in either though ( Its worth the trip to Camden to check out the gallery. Al & Martin are always welcoming and have great gear - and everything seems to be well set up. Don't worry if the shop looks closed when you get there, just ring the doorbell and you'll be buzzed in.

[url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/[/url] should have the bits you need, or something very similar. They have a bridge listed as a "Violin bass tune-a-matic, Eko, chrome" @ £10.00 that might do the job.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='258470' date='Aug 8 2008, 08:18 PM']Ok here's some we do: Do It Again - Steely Dan Up on Cripple Creek - the Band Tumbling Dice - Stones The Weight - the Band Big Yellow Taxi - joni Mitchell Heart of Gold -Neil Young Long Black Veil - the band Waterloo Sunset - kinks Money - pink Floyd Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers The Shape I’m In - the Band We’ve Got To Get Out Of This Place - Animals Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan Six Days on the Road - Taj Mahal Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young Under My Thumb -Stones Stir It Up - Bob Marley Mr Tambourine Man - Byrds I Fought the Law - bobby fuller 4 California Dreaming - mamas & paps Brown Eyed Girl - van the man Take It Easy - eagles Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash It’s All Over Now -Stones Route 66 - Chuck Berry Guitar Man / Whole Lotta Shakin’ - Elvis[/quote] Here are some more we've done and may do again: Big River - Johnny cash Promised Land - Chuck Berry / Elvis The Joker - Steve Miller band Paint It Black - Rolling Stones Key To The Highway - Big Bill broonzy All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan Almost Grown - Chuck Berry Further on up the Road - eric Clapton Get Out of Denver - Bob Seger I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan Knocking On Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan Love in Vain - Robert Johnson Money (That’s What I Want) - Barratt Strong Move it on Over - Hank williams Obviously 5 Believers - Bob Dylan On a Night Like This - Bob dylan Afterglow - Small faces Boom Boom - john lee Hooker Catfish Blues - Robert Petway Cocaine - Eric Clapton Cocaine Blues - johnny Cash Come Together - Beatles Crossroads - Cream Don’t Look Down - Irma thomas For What Its Worth - Buffalo Springfield From Small Things Big Things Come - Bruce Springsteen Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones Hard To Handle - Otis Redding I am a Man of Constant Sorrow - O Brother Soundtrack I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better - byrds Itchycoo park - Small Faces Killing Floor - Howling Wolf Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd Leopardskin Pillbox Hat - Bob dylan Lets Work Together - Canned heat New Pony - Bob Dylan Ohio - neil Young Positively 4th Street - bob Dylan Psycho Killer - Talking Heads Rocking In The Free World - neil Young Señor - bob Dylan Shakin’ All Over - Pirates She Belongs To Me - bob dylan Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf Stand by Me - Ben E King Substitute - who Taxman - Beatles Tell Me Momma - bob Dylan The Dark End of the Street - Clarence Carter Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Elvis Wha’cha Gonna Do About It - Small Faces

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Ok here's some we do: Do It Again - Steely Dan Up on Cripple Creek - the Band Tumbling Dice - Stones The Weight - the Band Big Yellow Taxi - joni Mitchell Heart of Gold -Neil Young Long Black Veil - the band Waterloo Sunset - kinks Money - pink Floyd Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers The Shape I’m In - the Band We’ve Got To Get Out Of This Place - Animals Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan Six Days on the Road - Taj Mahal Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young Under My Thumb -Stones Stir It Up - Bob Marley Mr Tambourine Man - Byrds I Fought the Law - bobby fuller 4 California Dreaming - mamas & paps Brown Eyed Girl - van the man Take It Easy - eagles Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash It’s All Over Now -Stones Route 66 - Chuck Berry Guitar Man / Whole Lotta Shakin’ - Elvis

Reminds me of the time I went up to town to buy a bass & came home with nothing but six new pairs of socks.

When people hear must hang sally done by a wedding band they're hearing the band playing a cover of the commitments version, which was a cover of the Wilson Pickett version which was a cover of the Mack Rice original. My band refuses to even try it, but I like it and have never had the chance to play it in public.

I suspect that some of his stock may come directly out of skips round the back of proper music shops.

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I like the styling. I bet the neck dive would be fixed by moving the front strap button to the neck heel area. Its crying out for a great big mudbucker right up by the end of the fingerboard.

[quote name='Viajero' post='256313' date='Aug 6 2008, 02:32 PM']The Gallery. There is no shop in the country quite as wondrous as that for bass. But their prices can be a bit high.[/quote] Like any other shop, they're open to a bit of haggling and in my experience will price match if they can.

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They had a pile of them in my local zavvi priced at a tenner. I was almost tempted, but I still have my original one from the 70s, which has been personally signed by Rolf with a Rolfaroo on the back.

Definitely a Hondo. A chap brought one round to try out a zoom pedal I was selling. It had action like a longbow. This chap likes his though: [url="http://www.giacopazzi.com/index.php?p=studio"]Some Bloke web site with a Hondo Bass[/url]

I have the stentor 1950 - solid top ply back & sides. A set of thomastik spirocore improved it a lot. It came with the strings set a bit high and I haven't bothered to adjust the bridge. It sounds good with a K&B Big Twin pickup, but I don't use it live as it can't cut through the band as well as my NS eub and feeds back like a bastard when amplified loud. Normans had the best price when I got mine - its currently £463.45 there: [url="http://www.normans.co.uk/Items/Item.aspx?SKU=1950/c&caSKU=1950/c&caTitle=Stentor%20Student%201950/C%20Double%20Bass%20Outfit%20(3/4%20Size)"]Stentor 1950 at Normans.co.uk[/url] I particularly like the sloping shoulders on the Stentor (sorry the pic's a bit big)

600W RMS I wonder how "loud" it goes with an LMII.