Jean-Luc Pickguard

The Bottomless Hole - The Handsome Family

Early 70s Musicmasters have cute little tulip-shaped tuners, the pickguard is a different shape at the end of the neck and the logo decal is toally different. Also a '72 wouldn't be black with a black pickguard. The serial starts S8 which suggests it was made between 1978 - 1981

Someone has spent far too long whittling away at that poor Squier Affinity P Bass.

Never seen that - what brand & where did you order them from?

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please - Splodgenessabounds

Lithium - Nirvana

96 Tears - ? & the mysterians or this version by The Modadelics

I can tell straight away that the pics are of a later bass as I own two 1972 musicmasters. The bass in the pics was made sometime after 1978.

Too Late - Baby Washington

Pure Tone are my favourite jack socket. Any bass or guitar I acquire that doesn't already have a switchcraft or other quality socket gets a pure tone. I don't wait for the stock one to fail - in my exerience the flimsy ones as fitted to squiers etc are likely to fail at some point - possibly at an inconvienient time.

Yup - that's the one. I always used to use switchcraft, but fit these now. I usually have at least one in my bits box.

Ii found myself in Epsom yesterday with the missus and she insisted on dragging me into GuitarGuitar. They had some tasty strats & teles hanging up, but no mustang basses, however there was a mint condition secondhand squier mini precision with a fender guitar gigbag for just under a hundred quid. I've been half thinking of getting one of these in black so I could put a mirror pickguard on it for a mini Lynott-alike, but this one is red. I had a play on it and it was surprisingly decent. It would have been rude not to have bought it at the price so I did. This morning I have raided my bits box and the bass now has a Fender hi-mass bridge and Status short scale stainless flats. I also rolled the fingerboard edges, applied some lemon oil, fitted a rosewood thumbrest, and given it a setup. I was originally thinking that I'd want to get an EMG Geezer pickup for it, but the stock ceramic one sounds very good with the flats, so I'll probably not bother and will just solder in the spare pure tone output socket I found in the bits box. The only thing I don't like about it is the single ply bright white pickguard so I'll probably order a replacement from Brian Pillans. Not sure on the colour I'd get though. Who else has a squier mini Precision and what upgrades have you done to it?

Can't Stand The Pain - The Pretty Things

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

Up the Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire - The Small Faces

The tuners are the same as the ones used on early 70's musicmasters, but with different paddles.

I've carried a jazz and a precision in my hiscox - each was very snug in it with no room to move about.

Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python

The Monster Munch - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers

The Girl with Emphysema - Astrud Gilberto

Jake the Peg - Rolf Harris

Never Known Questions - The Residents

You and Your Sister - Chris Bell

The sender can cancel a pending eCheque, which they can do by contacting their bank. If an eCheque has cleared, it can't be cancelled. But the sender can request a refund. Don't release the bass until the funds have definitely cleared.