AndyTravis

You got any spare strings? I had a guy buy a Jackson Soloist from my shop years ago and I chased this buzz for about 2 days. i took the strings off to inspect/level the frets… the string had a kink in it.

Righto - good news Earlpilanz (Brian) has messaged me and the pickguard is a “category 2” size - I paid for category 3 - so I got some money back. fair play to him for being up front; again why I use him frequently. he has mine - so if you want one doing, it’s the time.

Yeah - he’s sort of on and off, he’s plenty busy. email him now - mine got posted off today, happy for him to template from mine

I remember well, damn fine bass.

No - they didn’t reply, so I’ve just ordered via an eBay pickguard guy I’ve used before.

They’ve grown on me. I might feel differently when the pickguards are changed. i have a drawer full of controls…maybe jazz style knobs will work.

Pickguards being ordered tonight. just think that SoloKing will charge £25-£30 plus waiting for a few weeks and possible import. Brian Pilanz will do great work so he’s sorting me and @Machinesout with my pickguard going as a template. Going aged white Pearl for LPB and aged tort for black. tried chrome knobs on last night - they don’t look right…

Patient 0

What number is he? 🙄😆

Looks exactly like my old one 🤦🏻‍♂️

Hmm. Listed for…not necessarily selling for.

Weren’t TB basses being listed at £10k a while ago? Or was that just the weird Flying V (without the V cut out) guitars?

That’s the chap who owns The Zero Fret (boutique fuzz pedals) - also seems a fairly realistic price?

Yeah - decent money. £500-£800 seems to be the range for 1100s

2 answers bb414 soloking

What number member are you.

It was a picture I took in March when I was at the guitar/bass show “do you look smart?” - the lanyard obviously confused the genius AI and it put a face on it.

It’s no use 😂

Hahah; chat GPT - proving that the human touch is still a relevance…

Fiver’s in the post 😆

“You’ve got basses on your website like mine but with tortoiseshell pickguards…can I buy one from you?”

Anyhow - pre boxing binge, I’ve been messing about and have recorded something as a laugh… https://on.soundcloud.com/PUA4PStrTsRuqcQY8 Don’t ask me how I had it set, I had beer in hand.

Well, I got a reply from Soloking asking me if I bought my basses from Andertons…I haven’t heard anything since confirming 🤨

Sooo. Flats for Black - I seemed to recall a set of fender flats I had came with Black silks, went to collect a second case/rack thing from local PMT and picked up some fender flats… green silks. its ok, I’ll live. i have oiled both fingerboards too as they looked dusty rather than rich. both look gorgeous now. worth 5 mins taking the stings off.