stingrayPete1977

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1481233463' post='3190919'] How many attempts did it take?! [/quote] 11'138

It looks like I've finally made a decent post then?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1481229525' post='3190874'] Which is what these type of threads are. You're the only one that's assuming people are "grieving" by posting in these threads. [/quote] Some people will have met, known or even be related to some of the people that have passed too.

Well the neck is awesome, glossy birsdeye maple but not sticky, funky old logo,one less fret. The body on mine is one solid piece of wood, unlike the 2 piece on my proper US Jazz V. The string through bridge with mutes is cool, possibly adds a little string tension in a good way? (Compliance?). Gloss pickguard is nice, general overall finish is as good as anything I've ever seen in the flesh. Mine is Tobacco Burst, it's not as orange as the pictures make out, being a May 2010 5 string Classic it's possibly the oldest one in the uk,and one the very first worldwide. The 2EQ and Alnico pickup make it sound just like any other 2 EQ Ray, trying a regular 2 EQ in a shop will be near enough to know if it's for you, any debate you can google about 2 EQ and 3 EQ applies here as All EBMM Ray 4s are Alnico (afaik). The slab body doesn't affect me at all, I had two pre EB Rays before my Classic5. I found the treble lacking in mine and fitted a John East preamp, during the last few years I've been cutting the treble on all my basses more and more so I'm going to put the original one back in and see if my ears were just playing up! (Also I think the East circuit may have blown up!!!). I went all out brand new to buy an Alnico SR5 in 2010 before getting the Classic, the Blue Pearl, sounds just like a Stingray should and is very versatile tonally, I then wanted a 5 string backup so I traded a Teal SR4 for the black 2007 SR5 which is one of the last ceramic ones and a mongrel, 2004 fretted neck as it was a fretless with matched headstock and LEDs, it also got the other updates like the new battery box position and horizontal selector switch, would have got a compensated nut but not on the older neck it has now, I love it! It's the cheapest bass on the wall yet it's my go to for loads of gigs, the Ceramic humbucker, 3 EQ and with series option is as much as any bass can have to cut through live, if I can't hear myself when using it I know anything else would be worse. My Classic is definitely my 'best' bass though, it just feels so nice and looks so good in the flesh, it's more different than you might expect to a regular SR5, if you look at it closely the only interchangeable parts are the tuners,string tree and strap buttons,look at what is different and wont fit an SR5, pickguard-nope, pickup-nope, neck-nope, nut-nope, neck plate-nope, battery box and chrome cover-nope, bridge-nope, frets-nope, 2EQ-nope, add in the vintage tint neck finish and birdeye or flame maple neck over the roasted to look like better wood option of a normal Ray and you can see how different they are and how the factory had to make bespoke tooling for every part. [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_193956_zps1wmudfp6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_193956_zps1wmudfp6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_194016_zpssq2xaa2e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_194016_zpssq2xaa2e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_194059_zps5joz8hqd.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_194059_zps5joz8hqd.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_194122_zpsxeiqb4sk.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161208_194122_zpsxeiqb4sk.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

TIM

For a while the Yammy RBX and the Ibanez SR basses were the only budget basses worth buying new, took a decade for the big names to catch up.

Jeez you lot there's a simple calculation for this, beard score. Members of band wearing a beard; 0-punk or classical. 1-Pop or Rock. 2-Rock or funk. 3-Acoustic or dull (coldplay etc). 4-Jazz. 5 or more including the women-Folk.

It's not mourning as such for me, I'm just showing a little respect for someone who's achievements have enriched my life in some way, in years gone by you doffed your cap if a hearse went past regardless of wether you knew the deceased or not.

I've got all three, ceramic, alnico and classic Review later....

Red hot chill peppers on Saturday Genting arena (NEC)

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1481179586' post='3190229'] I really enjoyed Good Morning Vietnam, but with the exception of maybe Mrs.Doubtfire, everything went downhill after that. [/quote] Badum....... Tish!

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1481131199' post='3189931'] I reckon they pick em up cheap from people who realise, too late, they are too big to gig with [/quote] I think you are probably right, mind you there still plenty of people here that can't gig without heft from a valve amp and a 4x15 even in the tickled trout!

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1481111019' post='3189742'] Ah, so by the time you were all packed down, this coincided with the taxi queue! Marvellous. [/quote] Yep!

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1481109852' post='3189728'] It's a delight, isn't it. I have resolved to pack down, and have swift half while the venue clears. [/quote] I normally would be the disco was planned to carry on for a hour after us!

I've never understood why rehearsal rooms tend to have bigger amps than most of us gig with! I've grown bored of playing in bands that have a weekly practice and ones that do it at full volume.

Yep we had that at this gig too,face full of sickly vape fumes to start with then 150 people waiting in the entrance for taxis to arrive as we were packing away!

Perfectly good for gigging in slightly dodgy venues imo, perfectly good for gigging in general really.

It's like any job, if you were a sight reading jazzer you'd be on those types of gig, you'd meet other musicians with other gigs who'd take your number and you'd get called to dep on other gigs, so on and so forth, unless you can read you are unlikely to seek out those gigs yourself to get started and even if you blagged your way into a band using your ears that would work (that's what I do now), if you made a good job of it then you might get asked for your number by other musicians, you'd then have to ask them what the deal was if they rang you in six months time, they might presume you read only to be faced with fly sh*t on the gig! People that know me within the band and live music scene context generally know what skills I have or in this case don't have, they won't give my number to someone specifically looking for a reading player for a theatre show but will for normal pub/function/wedding stuff.

Because you'd be mixing in those circles.

I do chuckle at the "I can't read music and don't know any theory but none of the bands I've been in needed me too" type posts every time this topic comes up, surely it's a chicken and egg situation? It's because you can't read you aren't invited into those gigs and or you wouldn't seek them out, I quite fancy doing more upright gigs but my reading and playing isn't good enough for a big band or jazz ensemble so I've never tried getting into one.

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I dont think It's changed much, my days of playing anywhere 'cool' again are long gone now, I think it was for nowt too! No music stands though

[quote name='mr zed' timestamp='1480978889' post='3188771'] Don't have a clue which venue it is but those were the days when monitors were MONITORS. [/quote] Maybe that's why they need all those columns to strengthen the building!

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1480978964' post='3188773'] Got to be the Tickled Trout. [/quote] No dartboard, no big screen football

[quote name='thehillscorporation' timestamp='1480978579' post='3188768'] Fleece & Firkin at a guess? (decades since I've been there though!) [/quote] We have a winner!