stingrayPete1977

He sounds sh*t live mostly (and I'm a fan)

Is final payment over a month in advance acceptable in any transaction?

Would you pay a builder in full before the job was done or hold the final payment until it was finished to your satisfaction?

Anyway what was this thread about?

That's the top and bottom, why is only for flea to know but he always makes stuff sound like a ray and mainly plays ray derived basses live.I have seen them play manchester last year and Knebworth last year, didnt touch a jazz at either so it looks like he is back loving his modulus basses, essentially a new mm cutlass

No problem with a deposit or staged payments, none at all but final payment on delivery is a must imo.

Picture from last nights gig! [url=http://kcphotos.co.uk/p969084616/e64c71340][/url]

Why would anyone pay the final payment more than a month in advance though, I get that with custom gear that a deposit or part payments paid on proof of progress is expected but I wouldn't pay the last bit until the office rang me to say "your cab is ready, where do you want it posting to as I'm typing the postal address on the carton as we speak?".

The silver cloth does look much better than the tandy style ones.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1376744456' post='2178587'] Well, you chose to not ask a mod beforehand, and the question is really quite lame and unnecessary, so ... [/quote] Grumpy?

Car boot sale?

More good work mate! We had some pics taken last night so I'm hoping to put one on here of mine in action last night.

[quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1376735285' post='2178492'] I know.I meant 'new' as compared to an old Fender. My view is that Flea fanboys were never aware that he played a Modulus, as there is has always been an assumption that Flea plays a Stingray. Stingrays are more prevalent in the market, so Flea fans bought Stingrays (I've seen plenty over the years!) [/quote] I agree but a lot of crap is spoken about him not using them as much as other basses but even when recording with other basses he always made them sound like stingrays anyway, his most iconic era was filmed with him playing them and that's what counts to most fans of anything. I have seen people suggest that he never played rays until the blood sugar sex magik era, I normally point them to the album cover of the first album from 1984! Which to bring us back to the topic of graphite is actually a cutlass with a modulus neck so he had the modulus connection from day one I like flea and am presumed a fanboy because of my rays but I got into them because of John Deacon actually. Ironically I hear flea records mostly with an SR5 on the last few albums but I have never seen him with one live?

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1376664736' post='2177679'] I would say that , in my experience of comparing them side by side , what you get by buying a good ( emphasis on [i]good [/i]) high quality , high -end bass over something like an EBMM , which I would class as a [u]very [/u]good quality factory- produced bass , is that a boutique bass will play with far less relief in the neck( if you want it that way ) , the action can be lower(if you want it that way ), and a quartersawn and reinforced neck will feel more solid and need less frequent adjustment . In terms of the overall quality of the sound , however , at what they do , I think EBMM basses can match many or even most bespoke basses . [/quote] Yep I would agree, my 2 SR5s are pretty good in fact the black one is my favourite bass but the blue one would need a fret dress to get a super low action (and super low is not 3mm off the board is it, some people on here have no concept of super low), both the necks are stable though just needed a 1/4 turn after 3 years with this recent weather, now the Classic on the other hand can go super low, like proper low! Old Horse Murphy had it before who has a hand injury (and loads of others from that egg chasing game!, Hi Nick) likes a very low action so I had to raise it up a lot for my 2.5mm off the12th fret nearly no releif neck setting that I have. Someone that has a fancy bass with super low action would need to go down the fancy bass route to be sure but you could get it from lesser basses but its a lucky dip IME. Still never played a Fender with a good B string that wasn't a guitar!

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1376671132' post='2177827'] I like the way you slipped that in there :-) [/quote] Just watchout for Tolex, paint or carpet burns on your knees!

Brilliant film too!

What about the van from dumb and dumber?

Certainly built better than the shower of sh*t AC in this thread even before the play wear, my Olp guitar has a better head stock finish

Lol , none were worse either though.

Very odd?

My car is actually painted in synthetic even though it is over fifty years old! It might be part of the reason it is still here, shame it's not a Ferrari though!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1376657493' post='2177479'] Cars used to be painted with nitrocellulose. Situation would be comparable if most cars still were. [/quote] Are most new basses shot with nitro?

Owwwww

Mark at bass direct is you're guy but he must have so many more unique brands after him he might not want yet another due to store space and more direct competition to the other peoples gear he already has stocked, worth a try though.