Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I've finally got around to taking some pics of some of my basses. A couple of guitars crept in as well. A 90s Danelectro Longhorn, just like the 50s ones (but with a trussrod) '81 Precision cherry sunburst Bitzer fretless built from a brandoni neck & body with fender hardware & kent armstrong pickup 1990 MIJ "jamerson" style '62 RI '2003 Highway1 Jazz with Badass bridge, Kent armstrong Jazz lipstick pickups, J-Retro, Tort pickguard & Hipshot D-Tuner (why do red basses not photograph well?) '71 Musicmaster CIJ Mustang with Chandler "aged pearl" pickguard - currently my main gigging bass Epi TBird Alpine White CIJ '72 RI Tele Thinline with Chandler B/W/B pickguard Stratacoustic - great fun and plays nicely once shimmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 i love the 81 p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 [quote name='BassManKev' post='186689' date='Apr 27 2008, 07:46 PM']i love the 81 p [/quote] You probably wouldn't if you felt the weight of it The body is made of heavy "baseball bat" Ash so it could be effectively used as the anchor for a medium sized fishing boat. Lovely colour & grain pattern though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy115 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) Lovely collection, love the finish on the cherry burst precision, the jazz and i love the Tbird!! Edited April 27, 2008 by bassboy115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Love the Musicmaster, especially in that colour! Never been too keen on the scratchplates though, I'd be tempted to swap it for a Mustang-style 'plate and control plate combo. Is that a neck pocket on it a little too wide too? I have a similar problem on my Jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 [quote name='jono b' post='187320' date='Apr 28 2008, 04:10 PM']Is that a neck pocket on it a little too wide too? I have a similar problem on my Jazz.[/quote] That's how they made them in '71 - doesn't seem to make any difference to the playability though. I wanted to get a CIJ mustang in the same blue, but ended up getting the vintage white one instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hot gear. It's great to hear that a Mustang is your workhorse. Why do you prefer it? I want to try a short-scale again soon. How does the lipstick'd jazz sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 [quote name='paul, the' post='187759' date='Apr 29 2008, 03:25 AM']Hot gear. It's great to hear that a Mustang is your workhorse. Why do you prefer it? I want to try a short-scale again soon.[/quote] I bought it as I wanted something very similar to the musicmaster which could be used with my string of choice, thomastik flats. I've put a set of TI JF324 on it which are too long for the musicmaster, but are perfect on the mustang doe to the thru stringing. The neck seems to be thinner than the vintage mustangs I've tried, very much like a short jazz neck making it very fast & effortless to play. [quote name='paul, the' post='187759' date='Apr 29 2008, 03:25 AM']How does the lipstick'd jazz sound?[/quote] Its very versatile and it seems to be impossible to dial in a sound I don't like. I think this probably has more to do with the John East circuit as the pickups though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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