Jean-Luc Pickguard

It has mounting screw holes in the heel & tuner screw holes but doesn't have a hole for the string tree. Weird When I take off the fretless neck, before storing it should I do anything like adjust the truss rod to ensure it is dead straight or doesn't it matter?

Yep - its just a Jazz neck with a Fender Precision Decal. It has just arrived and looks perfect. I'm not going to be able to fit it for a while though.

You Take Me For Granite — Betty Davis

'A' Bomb In Sesame Street — The Jam

Amazon is currently selling the Fender maple Precision to Jazz conversion neck for £211. At that price it was rude not to take advantage and buy one to convert my 20+ year old bitzer from a beautiful unlined fretless into something I could actually play without causing people to grimace. The neck is coming tomorrow, but I wondered if anyone knows what tuners it is drilled for? I think I have a spare set of the hipshot lollipops that come with JMJ & vintera 1 mustangs, plus a set of big 70's style hipshot lollipops — I hope either of those sets will fit without needing to redrill as it will save me tens of minutes. The bass currently has an unbranded generic alnico pickup in it which sounds fine, but I know I'm likely to want to get an EMG Geezer for it. Do the frets typically need much fettling with these replacement necks? If so I can take it to the Gallery (or more locally, Feline in Croydon) but it would be nice if it is fine out of the box.

One Of My Turns — Pink Floyd

Cold And Ugly — Tool

Debaser — Pixies

Naughty Boy — Jackie Day

Pizza Pie Man — Roosevelt Grier

I have it. A lot of the time I don't notice it, but it is always there. When I'm particularly stressed it can get pretty bad which makes a kind of feedback loop with my stress levels.

I'm not sure which of my basses is 'the best' but I tend to take a couple of my JMJ mustangs to gigs as they sound great, are easy & comfy to play, and I probably wouldn't notice if they picked up a ding or two. My Ric 4003 and Gibson non-reverse thunderbird would probably be considered better basses by some, but I'd be gutted to get either one dinged.

Jack The Ripper — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Going Underground - The Fruit Preserve

Phew! Just made it in time. The playing and mix are a bit rough but it's kind of pop punk so I'm not too bothered. This is 'Aliens in the sky' by Jinky Fuzz. The bass is one of my daphne blue Fender JMJ mustang basses and there are two guitars - my Pelham blue Harley Benton DC-Junior FAT which has tone knob pulled out to put the single stacked P90 in humbucker mode, and my black Fender Telecaster custom switched to the wide-range humbucker pickup in the neck position. Both guitars were recorded from the usb output of my Fender GTX100 amp using a patch emulating a mesa/boogie IIc+ with a Boss DS-1. The organ is my Yamaha Reface YC. All the processing etc used logic's stock plugins.

Oh crap the deadline's tonight innit? Might make it, might be a bit late!

I'm not going but a good friend is doing a didjeridu performance & workshop at 11am on Thursday at Toad Hall in the Green Futures field.

Fixing A Hole — Beatles

I have a pelham blue one. I have cobalt flats on mine and play 100% fingerstyle. Happy to answer any questions but too busy with a fast approaching deadline to do a vid at the moment.

Cracking Codes — Andrew Bird

Dollar Bill Blues — Townes Van Zandt

Elvis Has Just Left The Building — Frank Zappa

Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight — Kenny Rogers (I bet he does) & Dottie West