stingrayPete1977

I didn't know the genre or the magazine still existed! Jaco metal? No Cliff Williams? No David Ellefson?

After years of anything but I've taken the "if you cant beat them join them" approach, Jazz, 3 tsb, 4 ply tortie guard, rosewood board.....but.....it has a B string.

What's it got that my am std hasn't other than ashtrays I'd need to remove and a tug bar you could fit for tuppence?

Lol

The last Paramore album has a killer bass mix! Makes me want a Gibson grabber.

Our drummer uses a Jobecky kit with a Roland module, it's a bit weird to get used to but we have got gigs bands without won't get because of the volume, it doesn't matter how good YOUR drummer is at playing quietly because the majority of drummers knocking up a shed before have stopped the venue taking a chance!

Fantastic, I am not sure if that made me want to practice more or just sell my bass!

Jaws theme and Mr Krinkle are my whole repetoire

Nothing

That's what Jake said and then voted with his own wallet!

[quote name='fatgoogle' timestamp='1422396673' post='2672273'] No need to be quite so sarcastic. €850 and in my opinion something which far outstrips the Yita bow and is worth that money more so than the Yita is. People spend so much money on a bass so why not a bow that can help them play the instrument more effectively? [/quote] I'm sure it's excellent but its 10 times the price of the Yita, next time someone asks advice on first basses I'll tell them a Classic5 Stingray at £2200 is better than a Squier for £220 and see how that goes down Of course there are no rules as to who uses what so if the OP wants to spend more then he will get a better bow as you say, so maybe the OP needs to give an idea of what budget he wants to aim for, if its nearer the grand mark then the Yita and similar aren't going to be worth looking at I guess.

Fender making strange business decisions? No can't be right

So either spend £850 or hope to drop on another used one going for peanuts lobematt

250 million in debt isn't the best position to be in for buying 'trinkets'?

What sort of money are they?

Start the set with U2, bit of snow patrol, Coldplay etc and by then no one will be paying you any attention

Thin Lizzy without a plectrum is just wrong, lol. I have to keep mine short now for double bass as you stop the note with the end of your finger rather than the flat bit when playing fretless/fretted bass.

One thing no one has mentioned is string through body or not, for me the bbot is less of an issue when strung through, that said I'm happy with my Jazz being both high mass and strung through, nice and sturdy without any lateral movement issues due to the little groove, in fact I'd be happy with a bbot if they just added a groove! The tone issue or lack of issue wouldn't sway me one way or the other.

And on the other hand I've had a total failure of a BBOT where the saddle collapsed mid song and cheap tuners that wont hold the strings in tune, I have never kept a BBOT on my basses purely for ease of adjustment regardless of the tone it may or may not improve.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1422207978' post='2669857'] For nearly 15 years I remembered my Dynacord combo as being the best amp I ever owned, until I played one a couple of years ago. It was very good but I think my Bergantino's are better. I always move forwards with my gear. The next one has better than the last, or I wouldn't be buying it. I don't do 90 degree turns, so the latest rig is always the best I've owned. Currently Mike Lull PJ 5 ~ Aguilar TH500 ~ Bergantino CN212. I also gig with Lakland, Thunderfunk, Berg AE112 and Barefaced BB2. All excellent pieces of equipment. [/quote] I suppose there probably is some rose tinted specs in use but it was only the volume and weight of the combo that made me swap it for my Ashdown rig, I was never fully in love with the Ashdown looking back.

Old fenders are like old cars, everyone says they are overpriced tat and I agree, I just wish I'd bought a few 20 years ago when they were cheaper

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1422162095' post='2669351'] Clubby neck = good B? Just a suspicion, but how do the thinner necked SR's compare to the fence-posted ones? [/quote] The Classic5 has a fairly flat neck imo and my normal SR5s are less clubby than a regular SR4, maybe because they are wider they feel less clubby? TBH as soon as I started to learn double bass a massive proportion of the "I cant play wide necks" "I cant play thin necks" "I cant play high action" comments we see on basschat become a bit questionable!

I've always been hunting for my old Peavey TNT-150 black widow combo and 2002 teal Stingray4 tone but with more volume, it's not happened yet.

I can't hear the bass rig in my front room when watching a band either mime on a chat show or have it going to the desk via DI and rarely a mic'd cab either The industry has changed imo so there are less industry standards, the studio with a P, Jazz and Stingray in thevstore room for artists to use for recording are long gone in the main aren't they? Laptop and interface or something churned out by Simon Cowell and Co doesn't need these things except for miming where the SVT and 3TSB and tortie Jazz is still king, it's probably the same one used by every band