Recent content by JollyJack4959

You people have all been so helpful. Simply knowing that there are folk “out there“ who are willing to help a total stranger with what are not earth-shattering problems, makes me wish that all the politicians in the world played guitars and had access to this (and other) forums. And thanks...

Thanks to both crunge and GM for your responses. My question is now: does it need to be reseated? If so, is there an illustration I can follow/copy to ensure that it’s in the correct place?

13.5 x 1 x 0.3. That’s l x b x t in cm. I don’t know what that is in the old money as we in Australia have been decimalised since the mid ‘60s. But I still haven’t got a real feeling for the metric measurements; particularly when used to describe height. If you told me that someone was 5’6” I...

DirkP your avatar photograph was obviously taken in your bass-ment.

Your suggestion(s) seem eminently plausible. The “piece” doesn’t look particularly well machined, does it? I don’t think there has been any significant change in the sound, so I will toss it. Initially I thought it may have been inserted somewhere to dampen vibrations but I think I am more than...

A few days ago I rather ham-fistedly removed my new Höfner from its case and ended up with the guitar and a piece of plastic in my hand. I examined the guitar with fastidious care but could not see where this object had come from. I googled everything I could, examining “exploded views” of...

Old enough to remember the Beatles tour of Australia in 1964. Now a recently retired GP and have finally begun to learn to play a few of my favourite bass parts. My bass heroes are Paul McCartney (of course), John Entwhistle and Jack Bruce. I have 3 bass guitars: a Höfner 500/1, an Ernie Ball...