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    Whats Thumb rest or Pickguard Pickup Called on Jazz BASS?

    What is that black thing on the pickguard is it a pickup that gets earth hum static frequency to cancel it out from pickups. I see these on Jazz Basses mostly seems popular on the Hubcap type guitars. If its not a pickup or pinky rest what is it?? + I got the idea of using a matching pickup to...
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    Black Bass String (5 set) Identification

    Thanks I had never heard of tapewound strings thanks Perhaps they are Also D Addarios Now I am left to try in measure the gauges with a ruler and/or see If I can open a pack at the store with permission to see if it has red silk. I dont think we have those UK logo Rotosound but they seem like...
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    AEC Guitar Acoustic to Electric Conversions

    Hi I took an old Lyon Washburn and made it into a electric guitar see tiny.cc/aec-guitar for details on how I put the electronics together and made a killswitch/punch button. I have a gallery of pictures at tiny.cc/aecguitar my roommate painted the guitar and I selected some stickers and cut...
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    Black Bass String (5 set) Identification

    Hey all this is my first post I found this great forum post about bass silk colors ( tiny.cc/silkbass ) and so I was wondering if anyone can help me find out what black strings with red silk are on my bass when I bought it. Also feel free to suggest/comment on your favorite light 5 string bass...