stingrayPete1977

The shop you bought it from

My usa jazz is fairly light too but I'd expect poplar to be fairly light but that is purely based on my previous experiences with poplar, as long as it sounds good I dont think it matters. 2 eq ftw too

133 series have poplar bodies

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1416815698' post='2613740'] I'll always try and find a UK based place that will price match. If I can't, then I use Thomann. [/quote] So do I, never happened yet though, the bdi21 I bought was £17 from thomann, cheapest here was an ebay seller £41 inc postage, I had a pair of small spot lights, some plectrums, paid the postage to thomann and had the lot within 4 days for £37!

Ah but look at it, you know you want it!

What I cant understand is why it is still so high, you can see how far the neck block thing is protruding yet that action is still quite high imo, with most basses if you did the same if anything you would be running out of saddle adjustment the opposite way yet that still looks like it could go down another few mm so what was it like from new without the block?! Filing the saddle slots right out or removing a load of metal off the underside would be my choice looking at them. My only word of caution regarding doing anything yourself would be that the neck screws might be too long with the block removed, we dont want a "oh no my fingerboard has cracked" thread!!!! Im not suggesting you are stupid, any of us could do it in haste screwing the neck back on.

Pre EB Stingrays are still my favourite basses, no doubt about it, you stay as you are brucew you chose well 33 years ago

Ebs freak sent a dep my way last week, all smiles and I know the guy and he is sound, I declined the offer, didn't even get a text back

If he had kept the blowtorch on it any longer it would definitely have been nothing but ash!

[quote name='88reaper88' timestamp='1416761322' post='2613275'] Depends how fat you are [/quote] I'm about 16 ohms then!

I guess its not so easy with the wall mounted transformers though is it?

I bought two small gu10 par can lights, £6 each and they included a euro to uk adaptor with each one. Everything I have ever bought has come with the screw on adaptors in fact.

Can we see the bridge from the side please? That shim is huge imo, if the saddles are that far off giving a low action without a shim the choice of bridge/depth of neck pocket route was wrong from the factory, its hardly the classic slither of cardboard required is it? I agree with Whitecloud about sinking the bridge in or option B would be to have an engineering shop mill a few mm off the back of the bridge if there is material to spare.

My Behringer BDi21 was £17, madness!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1416697225' post='2612803'] At last, you've got it [/quote] Well when you look at it again, all mine are 5s that dont have the weak G string and my ClassicRay has a lacquered vintage tint finish, and its all in the fingers anyway so I will be back on the Rays soon My ears are tuned to a juicy humbucker tone and an active preamp after all these years I'd say.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1416690599' post='2612735'] I agree, I'll swap you a Squire Jazz for one of your MM's. I don't actually have a Jazz at the moment but I'll nip out and buy one [/quote] I think normal stingray use will resume for at least some of the set from the next gig, I'm starting to miss the kick the Rays give!

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[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1416680190' post='2612622'] Just to cover all your bas(s)e's why not JazzRayPete1977 lol 😉 [/quote] I like that

Yep, Stingrays are unplayable junk, weak G strings, dirty raw unfinished maple necks, one trick pony and even then only a good trick if you are Bernard Edwards in the first place,

Little pub gig tonight, minimum kit required so eub instead of DB, 1x12 cab, only one mackie pa cab as a monitor, one led par light and no stands for anything. As I'm not taking a spare elec bass and my Jazz is still the new toy it will be 3 in a row, I took a Ray to the last two gigs as they were function band gigs with no upright bass but I didnt use them! New username time, JazzPete1977? lol

Vandross

Needs a tort plate IMO?

[quote name='Byo' timestamp='1416573828' post='2611590'] To be honest, the Skylines look better than the US models... [/quote] Those are the "14" models though remember, they are the same as normal USA models but in a limited range of colours and no options to keep the prices down, saves about five hundred quid on the 55 14 against the 55 94 which is the USA version of the 55 02, confused yet?!

I will be gigging mine tomorrow night as the venue is too small for the proper double bass, cracking for the money and great for gigging or practice.

Mine has a HMV bridge and is strung through the body, which suits my hamfisted playing