stingrayPete1977

Most people wouldn't know if you told them it was a custom built PJ you had made just for you at a cost of £1500!

I'd look down more on a Precision

You need to give us a clue as to which one now JT, lol

I was using the term [i]bass players [/i]and [i]we[/i] loosley, I dont think many actual bass players would be arsed and by we I meant not me, I love a thick Poly finish

Everyone is different, some people join a band within weeks others never get there, most will go from day one to a fairly simple blues covers type band within 6 months to a year as a guess? The wanting to get better never really ends and there is more than a single life times worth of learning out there so be prepared for never ending searching for nailing something new! I have been playing nearly 30 years starting in acoustic guitar lessons at primary school, I have a lesson booked in for next Sunday! Enjoy it, start going to a few jam nights and meeting people, you will be amazed how much a goal focuses the mind and practicing time, even if you dont get up and play for a year from now you can start learning a few numbers your local jam night does then turn up one week and ask to play three numbers from the list you have got or even ask if you could just join in on mustang sally or whatever, as a house bassist I would be more than happy to let you do one song then me jump on for the next two for example. The only problem I can see and it is not really a problem anyway is that I wish I had nailed scales, theory, reading etc etc first but like most I just wanted to get out there and gig, now years later I am having to do it backwards to understand what I have been doing all these years! That is just me though, I know some people say they are happy with what they do, no intenetion now of doing anything else and no need no learn any new skills to be busy out there playing for example. Dont worry about messy playing, it just takes more time and practice and like I said once you tidy up one aspect of your playing you will find the next thing wrong or you will want to learn slap or use a pick or use fingers or buy a fretless, it is never ending but it is good fun

When you think as bass players we are concerned about how thick the paint is regarding amplified tone of it in a live mix it is amazing any of us have ever seen a naked lady never mind actually touching a real one possibly even in a rude place!

Anyone doing a lot of dark pit work will appreciate side leds too IMO.

Is this the seller? [attachment=183170:keytar.jpg]

Well the strings are on their way, woosh!

I always like ebmm strings on an ebmm to be honest, I use them on my other basses anyway failing that I'll use anything that is free! I used elites four many years and still like them now as a cheaper option sometimes. Enjoy the new bass mate

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1423225530' post='2682406'] I did know that. But what's with the cleaning thing? [/quote] I prefer the DK Marlowe "shlappa dah shiit out of them" technique!

I was just making the point that the 5 has the same options as the Sterling, even a ceramic pickup the same if you choose the right year, so not way more options. Classic5 is tasty if you like 4 string Rays but enjoy a B string though

I have a mag pickup on my double bass and no matter what the 'experts' tell us about mag pickups making it sound like a big P bass it just doesn't, OK it is not going to sound like a mic'd DB but the scale length, body chamber and all that wood makes it sound nowt like a P bass! I always think what a 50s hollow electric guitar sounds like compared to a solid Les Paul even if you fit the same pickups in the same spot etc the hollow one sounds nothing like a solid one does it? So on a smaller scale (excuse the pun) all these thing will alter the tone of a bass or guitar or even a DB when amplified. It has been said that a length of wood with a MM humbucker in the sweet spot with strings wrapped over it at 34" scale and the MM preamp inline sounds 100% Stingray, I might just try it one day and see

Loving the Taxi theme and graphics, awesome

[quote name='inate_hex' timestamp='1423185291' post='2682090'] I just picked up a Sterling H at the weekend. It's a superb bass. The pickup switch is pure magic. [b]Way more options than a ray[/b]. It's the lightest bass ive owned and it is a joy to play. Good look with the gas ;-) [/quote] Not if you play a 5 string one

Not when I'm holding it! Me krinkle video Sarah, bonkers or what?!

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1423214852' post='2682208'] You are a gentleman Sir. [/quote] Just don't tell everyone, I have a reputation to up hold

Big sunburst? [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/20150105_201850_zps9am97dvx.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/20150105_201850_zps9am97dvx.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

US std Jazz V and Stingray Classic5, the Ray is technically tobacco burst if we are being pedantic [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141102_103604_zpseb6n54ip.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141102_103604_zpseb6n54ip.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1423148655' post='2681434'] Wrong, it sounds FABULOUS! [/quote] +2 what an awesome sight it was too.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1423169776' post='2681820'] I never have either, nor will I ever. I hate that f***ing song so much, I don't care how good the bass line is. [/quote] Go and sit on the basschat naughty step for 5 minutes!

"My name is Pete, I've never properly tried to learn rhythm stick" there I've said it, I shall give it a go soon I promise. Master Blaster note for note can only be done by Nate Watts, I've cobbled a version together and I've seen hundreds of versions and none compare to the big man imo.

I'm taking a set of rotosounds off my Jazz V that were fitted in december as I'm not really a roto fan, I can post them to you at the weekend if you want them to play around with?, they are a full set of the 66s, Drop me a mail address via pm and they are yours, gratis inc posting, can't say fairer than that, lol.

I've gone from 3 months to 6 months and now probably a year with a battery swap at the same time. I use whatever my pro mate gives me that he gets off his bass tech mate, dean markleys currently, lol

A misery stick mega test meet up Sarah?