Jean-Luc Pickguard

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='92481' date='Nov 22 2007, 12:28 AM']These sound great.. Are they expensive?[/quote] The circuit breaker cables aren't expensive compared to other top-quality cables. They are currently listed at £23 for a 20' one with angled jack from stringsdirect.co.uk. All the different ones available seem to be here: [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/Catalogue/default.aspx?categoryId=295"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/Catalogue/d...?categoryId=295[/url] The Plug on its own is £8 though if you want to make your own.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='92480' date='Nov 22 2007, 12:27 AM']And they look like this: I want one.... Jon.[/quote] That's the one my daughter is getting for xmas. Its 32" scale. Its a lovely bass. I don't think the lack of dot markers on the others ones mentioned would be much of a disadvantage - The edge markers should still be present.

Have you seen the Planet waves Circuit Breaker Cables? I love 'em. The business end can be purchased separately (straight or right angle) if you prefer making your own cables. I stopped using the mute on my old amp when I started using PW CBs - Just press the little latching switch and the input is muted. I originally got it for quickly swapping from one bass to another, but its ideal for silent tuning with the SOS LED tuner as well. Since I started using my little Mark II I never even missed the lack of mute on it.

Am I the only one looking forward to seeing Clatter? Oh well...

Its better to shim the neck rather than filing the saddles. Just cut a strip from piece of card. Take out the neck screws put the shim in the neck pocket and reasemble.The angle the neck sits will be steeper now and you can raise/lower the bridge saddles to get the optimum height. I wanted very low action but the bridge high, so I used a strip from the wife's credit card when I made my fretless precision.

Theres a great new Clatter video on youtube for [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6hhMmpqlhY"]House of Touble[/url] Amy & Joe replied to a msg I posted - They're planning a European tour for March next year.

[quote name='neilb' post='91288' date='Nov 20 2007, 09:47 AM']He was the bassist that Bros used IIRC................Im not a fan before you accuse me!![/quote] Well you seem to know some trivia about them that the rest of us didn't know (unless anyone else will own up to knowing that )

[quote name='setekh' post='91202' date='Nov 20 2007, 12:38 AM']man..why? I guess it'd make a good project [/quote] But judging by how it looks like it was painted it may not be a very good bass until you've either replaced or cleaned the paint out of the pickups, jack socket...

I also found a vid on one of his sites where he and his friend are painfully playing lead & rhythm on two hideously garish acoustics that sounds as good as they look.

Its not the worst modification on ebay at the moment though. It looks like this chap didn't realise that it would be a good idea to dismantle the bass before painting the body. I could be wrong, but it certainly looks to me like the pickguard and body were sprayed together. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Mark-Hoppus-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ130175455061QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Matt black rattle-can sprayed Hoppus[/url]

I have a few basses with Glued-in/ Neck thru construction and I've come to the conclusion that I prefer Bolt on Necks as I like to be able to shim the neck to get the angle just right for the set up. Thru necks are supposed to have better sustain, but I don't need notes to sustain while I get a bite to eat, also it could be my imagination but traditional Fender-Style bolt-ons seem to have more "punch" whereas glued/thru necked instruments have less oomph to the attack. So what do you like best & why?

Another vote here for the Markbass Little Mark II. I use a Schroeder 1212L with mine and I'm very happy not just with the sound, but the portability as well.

The Graphtech Ghost system looks like a good bit of gear if you *did* want to try a piezo bridge.

This looks to be a bargain at £325 buy-it-now. I could learn to live with the tacky Sting signature 12th fret block, but the holes drilled for the thumbrest would anny the hell out of me. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Sting-Signature-Bass-upgraded-Jap-Model_W0QQitemZ280175335095QQihZ018QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Sting Bass on ebay[/url]

I hope you managed to get a discount - they missed a bit when painting the headstock Go on what was the cost? you can tell us

I'm not aware of there is a limitation of a single hardware device in LE (Thats not to say there definitely isn't one, but I am not aware of it and I have not found it documented anywhere), but there is a limit of 8 physical inputs/outputs. There is a free patch available from [url="http://steinberg.net"]http://steinberg.net[/url] if you're running an earlier version with a lower limit.

[quote name='SJA' post='90540' date='Nov 18 2007, 10:05 PM']is the guy demonstrating it trying to be like Tim Westwood in Pimp my ride? dammmmnnnn......[/quote] I didn't look at the video until seeing your post. Now I have watched (& heard) it - Its now quite clear exactly what the [b]terrible [/b]knob does - it appears to be some kind of distortion that makes it sound, well, terrible.

I don't play using harmionics, but I do use them for checking tuning & intonation. I don't recall harmonics being particularly strong on the dean pace electric upright I used to own, which had a gotoh-type bridge with piezo elements & a complete absence of magnetic pickups.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electro-Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-3-Equalizer-Active-Pickup_W0QQitemZ140177224171QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electro-Acoustic-Bas...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Quite a nice looking copy of a washburn electro acoustic with a ply top, but its listed as having "3 equalizer controls including; [b]Terrible[/b], Midd, and Bass" I'm sure I've done a few gigs with the "Terrible" control full on

Don't forget to slacken off the strings a bit before raising the height and check that when you retune it doesn't pull the bridge out of perependicular towards the floor.

[quote name='dr.funk' post='90352' date='Nov 18 2007, 05:05 PM']I'm not sure if it supports multiple devices, if it doesn't it might be worth looking at a utility called ASIO for all (maybe 4 all?) which should do just that![/quote] You only need that if the devices you're using do not have asio drivers.

Is that the original pickup? I recall the rail having a covered pickup. (but my memory could be faulty)

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='89846' date='Nov 17 2007, 12:34 PM']I'm not so worried about the reflection on the neck that Chris refers to but shouldn't the fingerboard have weathered and aged the same colour as the headstock? Wonder what his reserve is?[/quote] Nope - Because the finish goes over the decal, during that period they used Nitro laquer just on the front of the headstock which tends to yellow with age.

[quote name='Sibob' post='89983' date='Nov 17 2007, 07:06 PM']You're playing a lot of Primus covers at gigs to necessitate a trem unit huh?! With regards to "pitch shift on sustained notes", i find that adding vibrato with my fingers adds enough interest without needing to cut massive holes in my bass! lol Si[/quote] Or sliding a note on a fretless

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='89982' date='Nov 17 2007, 07:03 PM']Have a looksie at this link: [url="http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/index.html"]Gibson Les Paul 'Robot' Guitar[/url]. Soon to be appearing on a bass or are guitarists just too anal? P[/quote] The latter I hope