stingrayPete1977

You lot are having some fun with that aren't you?

+1 for the Yita, I have not seen a good viable wooden one for similar cash, waste pipe tube is also good or a snooker cue case if you find one long enough. I would not rush out and buy anything else yet until you know what the bass you get comes with, I dont have a trolley or a wheel etc and my gig bag (body bag!) came free with the Gedo bass, its cheap but functional for now, it even came with a German wooden bow but its no Yita, and a pot of Pops Rosin. Rufus Reid's Evolving Bassist is the bible around here and maybe a metronome of some sort if you want to buy some goodies though, I have an Alesis drum machine and all that set up in my little room but I bought a little Korg metronome MA-1 so I can take it anywhere. Good choice anyway, it is great fun

Often people get an arse on when anyone suggests this, you are doing the right thing any advice and there is loads of folk here who know how it all works so just shout out, we all have our own little ways but the end result is usually a playable bass

Lol £425, might look good if you play in a full gimp suit? Id want to wipe it down with a cloth soaked in bleach before playing it, you just know its got jizz stains on it! Eww

Lol

Well most of bass chat for a start, lol, and anyone Scottish if they have been reading that thread

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1410522392' post='2550310'] Well I haven't felt the need to change anything and it plays lovely, so either I'm easily pleased or you got it spot on Pete!! [/quote] Ah well I'm quite chuffed with that then, maybe I should start offering pro set ups

Well obviously, the one that sounds best would be the maple one

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1410510547' post='2550121'] Look up a series of videos on YouTube by John Carruthers, I think they're on Elixir strings channel, he takes you through the basics. After some persuasion from the good folks here on BC I had my first go at it, with the JC video playing on my iPad while I did it, it's very satisfying! Last one I had done professionally was awful, took it to the same guy I've used many times, not sure if he was having an off day because he's usually very good. I didn't have time to check it when I picked it up and as he'd done plenty of stuff for me before, I didn't think there was any need, but when I got it home and played it, it was a buzzing mess. That sort of convinced me I had to learn how to do it and give it a go. [/quote] I like my own set up and did one for a bass ern500evo had off Ebay but I bet it wasn't exactly how you like it was it Lee?

I like to throw in a Billy Sheehan ring finger now and again too, never noticed much difference between all three options.

One mans pro setup is another mans unplayable junk

Samsung ftw

Do you mean you use the schaller alone? If so then thats why I added it, its the piezo ones that cause feedback, the schaller can go as loud as you like on its own as it turns it into a big electric bass, its not as bad as I was expecting though much more DB than I expected from other peoples comments id read elsewhere, once I get the blend right it will be killer for live shows

I have made a nice set of black f hole covers which I might use to allow more blend of the K&K live but it sounded great on its own at the jam session so just a bit of the real DB sound mixed in should be enough for me, I am not sure about sitting down for the gig

These things really only matter between us bass players, my wife could not tell you who Nate is, Matt Freeman, Gary Willis, Geddy Lee, Marcus Miller etc even though she probably has some of there recordings in one way or another, I dont know who most of them are without googling! Most of my musician friends would struggle with most of them too, Adam Clayton and Geddy would probably be the best known and I dont think many people know who Marcus is never mind the obscure Ibanez and Yammy sigs.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1410426435' post='2549250'] Or was it 80s, either way, it was a preEB 2 band. [/quote] The black one was 70's with tantulam caps and the natural was 82 with the same 2 band circuit still used today but in defo sounded better than a modern one to my ears, it was not strung through either so I think the pickups must be better or just aged nicely in the old ones?

I dont think the body wood makes much difference, it has been said that you can screw a MM pickup and a 3 EQ to a piece of floor board and as long as the pickup is in the right place for the bridge and scale length it will sound like a stingray, I think there is some truth in it. I was going to make a Rickenbacker joke about the sharp splintering edges but I shall resist

Ha don't go there! Lol

My 3 eq ones with a side jack dont fit on a stand without hitting the bass knob, for that reason alone the 2 eq wins

Cant beat a nice Lakland

Strung through body, epoxy preamp with tantalum caps rather than electrolytic, slab body, larger pickup magnets and a dollop of 70s magic

I have bit the bullet and screwed the schaller to the fingerboard, first screw snapped off on one side, pilot drill broke off in the opposite one, lol. Nothing a bit of countersink drill and ebony filler and sanding wont fix if it ever comes off but I cant see that anytime soon. Sounds pretty good on its own but better when blended with the piezo via the fishman, my bass is very feedback prone im certain of it now.

I still dont know how to rosin the bow properly!

No problem

People who had trouble with the early pre amps had a good service from stagg with most of them sent out a whole electronic unit with questions asked so hopefully they will look after you, at least you know what it is now, that's half the battle won