Jean-Luc Pickguard

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='224595' date='Jun 22 2008, 11:21 PM']anyone else use one?[/quote] I used to have one, but sold it as it wasn't getting any use after I got an NS 5 string. The Dean was lovely to play, The original strings that came on it weren't up to much and I reallt liked the tone from using TI jazz flatwound strings. I used JF344 on mine as I already had a spare set, but JF354 would probably fit better because ofthe 35" scale. Also A cheap & cheerful Behringer v-tone acoustic adi21 preamp pedal warmed up the sound really well.

I'd go for a classic 3ply black/white/black for a 70s look. by the way - you spelt my name wrong

I'd push for more info about the "promoting markbass gear" thing. Markbass or Proel would know if any were released into circulation without a serial no for promotional use - whilst not being a possible explanation it does sound likely to be complete BS. I would expect that promotional ones remain the property of the manufacturer or distributor and need to be returned.

inc delivery to the UK, €165 it came to £133.89 all in. There's another one listed that ends tomorrow that is already beyond that price - it'll be interesting to see what it ends at. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ashbory-Bass-Guitar-Mint-condition_W0QQitemZ230262634618QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230262634618&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]Another Blue Ashbory[/url]

"Believed to be sunburst in colour"

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ashbory-bass-guitar-by-Fender_W0QQitemZ290240612489QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290240612489&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|65%3A12&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14"]ebay link[/url] [s]looks like a very good condition Fender Ashbory in blue - only £130ish inc delivery from Ireland. If I didn't already have a black ashbory I'd hit the BIN button now, but the wife won't let me buy another one. [/s] Don't tell the missus - I bought it

Holy sh!t [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STRATIVARIUS-MAD-MARILYN-electric-guitar-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ380037022313QQihZ025QQcategoryZ2384QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem"]Strativarus Mad Marilyn Guitar[/url] This must be the most stupid looking guitar I have ever seen.

[quote name='uptonmark' post='224036' date='Jun 22 2008, 11:08 AM']i dont use my middle finger[/quote] So how do you say goodbye to your boss?

Seems there are quite a few LMII owners here. Mine has the white sticker as well. I can think of no reasonable explanation for the label to be removed unless its nicked.

[quote name='Kirky' post='222195' date='Jun 19 2008, 02:48 PM']Sorry to reactivate an old thread (or is that the correct thing to do?). I'm also keen on upgrading the pickup on my Musicmaster, and have a couple of questions. The pickup suggested above appears to be a guitar pickup - is that correct? And is that ok to use on a bass? And did you guys simply replace the pickup and use the pots that were already there, or can they be improved upon too? Any other suggestions before I embark would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Martin.[/quote] the musicmaster has a strat pickup as standard, so you need one the same size if you want it to slot right it, so a strat replacement is best. The cool rails I used in mine is a guitar pickup, but works perfectly in a musicmaster with the stock pots. I think its 4 conductor to give more options to our six stringed friends, but you'll probably want to wire it so that the coils are in series.

How about something completely different like an NS-Design electric upright? There's a secondhand CR5M listed on the "for sale" section within your budget. I will never part with mine as its so much fun to play and the 42" (I think) B string sounds tight AND huge.

[quote name='ahpook' post='222364' date='Jun 19 2008, 06:06 PM']i thought we were talking musical instruments here, not fashion accessories for trustafarians [/quote] That's a bit harsh Its not as easy to play didj properly as it might look: Check out this chap for some rhythmic didj playing: [url="http://www.didjeridu.co.uk/music/"]http://www.didjeridu.co.uk/music/[/url] He's played Didj for Page & Plant as well as with Rolf Harris (but not at the same time)

Don't jack it in, just start or join a new band as a "side-project" with the guitarist if necessary. There are no laws against being in more than one band.

I love short scale basses. My main gigging bass is a Fender Mustang, which is so easy to play it should be considered cheating. For a cheaper alternative the squier bronco, especially 7 the badtz-maru version, looks good: I also have a Squier vista-series musicmaster in shell pink. They come up secondhand sometimes. The danelectro shortscales have nice skinny necks and a very distinctive sound. My daughter is twelve & has a Daisyrock heartbreaker bass, it has a comfy neck and punchy sound, however I had to relocate one of the strap buttons to cure the neck dive & the shape doesn't lend itself to playing sitting down. She also has an '71 musicmaster and a Daisyrock elite which has a 32" scale.

That's right Mustangs are 30", but they have a string-thru bridge whereas musicmasters are toploaders. I find that 32" TI flats work best on my CIJ mustang and it sounds rich & punchy, very much like a precision, probably due to the split pickup. It looks like the plastic pickup covers are missing from yours.

[quote]The original Duncan design pick up are in the bin where they belong.[/quote] How to make yourself look stoopid. Did he really put perfectly good pickups in the bin? Even if he had a valid reason for not liking them he could have sold them separately. The duncan designed pickups on basses I've tried (eg daisy rock) have all sounded very good to my ears.

Sweet! - good price too. Nice one - I love mustangs

Soundwise all of the behringer pedals I have bought (and I have quite a few) are easily as good as much more expensive equivalents. The only one I've tried that I didn't like was the Bass Synth pedal, but I didn't think much of the boss equivalent either. The Behringer pedal tuner is good for guitar, but crap for bass. I only use two pedals live - the limiter/enhancer which is my favorite compressor & the silver BDI21 preamp. I used to have the brown acoustic version of that & it really warmed up my Dean Pace electric upright bass & acoustic guitars, but like a fool I chucked it in when I sold my pace & I still miss it slightly. Obviously the construction of the behringers isn't tankproof like the boss equivalents, but if a £20 pedal bites the dust its not a big deal to just buy another. I look after mine and I haven't had any problems with them.

[quote name='Huggy and the Bears' post='219962' date='Jun 16 2008, 04:02 PM']I have been using the same beer towel to wipe my strings for a couple of years now so maybe it needs substituting for a clean one from the next gig![/quote] I always sneak mine into the magic basket with all the shirts etc. Next time I see it its fresh & clean. I don't think wiping the strings down with a manky towel will actually help if it doesn;t ever get washed. I use a microfibre cloth for the strings and the bar towel for my hands.

I've never liked black pearl, so out of the two it has to be mint green, however I think cream or aged white pearl would look even better.

[quote name='philw' post='219798' date='Jun 16 2008, 12:49 PM']I got to play a bass cello at the LIM show on Thursday and very nice it seemed too - although in the show environment it was pretty hard to make any serious judgment about its sound. One thing surprised me however - I found it quite difficult to play. I use different left-hand fingering techniques - one for electric bass and one for upright bass. The bass cello, in having the scale length of an electric bass but with the orientation of an upright, resulted in my left hand getting tied hopelessly in knots as it lurched randomly between the two fingering techniques. I'm sure, given a little time I'd get used to it, and electric bass fingering would make most sense, but I hate to think what would happen to my upright bass technique. Of course all this is a touch academic - I don't have the £2.2k I was quoted by House Music (The Bass Centre) at the show. Phil[/quote] I tried that one there on Saturday. It felt completely different to my NS CR-5M and even though the scale was similar to that of the Dean Pace I had before the NS, I was all over the place on the basscello. Probably something I'd get used to it I had one, but it certainly helped to stop me gassing for one

GONE!

I'm not a warwick fanboy, so I'm probably not qualified to comment, but it doesn't seem any worse than other warwicks.