stingrayPete1977

I find playing with a pick gives me more trouble than fingers.

I still dont think they sound as good as a real pre eb, if Leo had made a handful of prototype 5 string versions id have to own one! This is as close as it gets and im a total convert to fives now although I switch to db for a quarter of my gigs so after struggling with 4 and fives I can switch my db brain on when playing a 4 string, I use a Warwick thumb bo at practice sometimes, that said I grab a Ray5 as soon as there is a key change or drop tuning (sometimes both!) The classics are very nice basses in 4 or 5 string, top quality fit and finish.

That is criminal!

Yes and no, I actually played a jazz bass just as much as my stingrays for many years, when I went to five strings nothing with the F logo played nicely IMO, I would have been happy with a lakland I tried in guitar guitar but home is where the heart is

As you know thebassman I have the same amp, we could literally use it in the spare room as a headphone amp one night and as the main rig at Glastonbury the one after!

Five string goodness... [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/20140709_182953_zpszlaakcd8.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/20140709_182953_zpszlaakcd8.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Thats awesome, basically my Classic5 was as close to that as I could get but with a B string! [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/20140709_182953_zpszlaakcd8.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/20140709_182953_zpszlaakcd8.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

It's funny how a stingray five compares to a P bass five when their construction is so similar, I'm not knocking fender but I've yet to try a good fender five.

The stingray 5 has been classed as the industry standard mass produced fiver for years, well worth trying one as there are a few bargains about at the moment

I see its sorted now so that's good but it had that ring of "its not a payer but you will get lots of gigs off it, oh yes can we use your pa for the tombola prize draw announcements, can you be here at 11am to set up and stay until 3am because we are not allowed vehicle movement until the punters have gone"

Major festival, no pa, no band booked yet? Did anyone read my "have a laugh at my expense thread"

I'd get a class D head and a really good used cab either a 2x10 or a 1x12, the class D heads can be used as a head phone amp and you can always add another matching cab to give you a rig similar to what most of us will be using. Ie 4x10 or 2x12, without wasting any money along the way

Nice mojo!

I like! all with the correct number of strings too!

If we are talking standard p bases then I agree a grand tops then but as other bases are mentioned I stand by it that some players require a better bass. what's the saying " fender Mexico, made in Mexico by Mexicans, fender USA made by Mexicans in the USA"

Lol

[quote name='kerley' timestamp='1404725952' post='2494998'] If using a simple passive bass then the number of parts involved is pretty low and it is very easy to get a very nice sounding and great to play bass for very little money. They don't normally arrive like that but the fact that a few tweaks and low cost changes can make a £150 bass great to play proves the point. After that what are you paying for that is really required? More expensive woods - debatable whether that makes it any better Better level of finish - looks nicer but doesn't play or sound better Made in a country with higher labour rates - makes no difference at all Electronics - £10 of pots and wire in whatever bass you pick Pickup - just put the pickup from the £1000 bass into the £150 bass So unless there is actually something technically wrong with the lower cost bass, i.e. the frets are not positioned correctly, then no you do not need to spend anywhere near £1000 for any purpose besides looks. [/quote] This is Bollards mate Ok so your average over price fender copy might fall into that camp but the electronics in the back of a GB rumour will be hundreds of pounds, graphite twin truss rods of a custom bass to enable super low action takes time and skill to create, graphite or carbon fibre necks enable a bass to be used in unstable climates without truss rod trouble ( flea went to modulus to get a graphite neck stingray because they would not make one), the people who design and build their own or custom designs need to make a decent living compared to some one throwing mighty mite bits together with a fender logo to finish it off

That cunjurs up an image of someone wearing a piece of carpet attached to the bottom of their slippers instead of carpeting their house

Pre eb stingrays are brilliant, you can't go wrong, I miss both of mine.

As for the action you need to watch Geoffs lessons, probably the right hand technique ones to start with

Cool! Yes just file it a touch deeper.

No it isn't I agree but that's not what the OP asked is it, leaving it in a bag or taking it to the Sahara desert won't move the string height or the intonation screws so why suggest to the person asking to start messing when they obviously are not a bass tech and all the bass needs is a truss tweak?

I disagree 100%, ok if you are searching for perfection and messing with string types as I said before but the op was very happy with this bass as it was, suggesting playing with the saddle heights wont help as the op has confirmed by 1/8 of a truss rod turn

Cool, when it starts to feel like a bow and arrow just reverse it

I had a year off basschat, hopefully he has done the same, hopefully he will be back soon