stingrayPete1977

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1372517173' post='2126704'] +1. I love that if you have a different opinion there's obviously something wrong with you. [/quote] Just me and you by the sounds of things, they will have to put us on a desert island where you can try and get me to start liking these Ricky basses

Looks like chambered is your best option then

The modded Squier Jazz I am selling is about 4.3kg, it is also awesome

I was assured by the folks on here that I could get 10 years out of my Spiros, as I have a set on my EUB and my DB I will wait for 20

Funnily enough I was just playing with the pickup height, I decided to wait until next weeks practice and fiddle about when I can compare it in the mix.

I know but I was using it as an example of how the bottom end thumps the track along, Rays do that better than any other bass live IMO, thats why old 8th note thumpers like me use them

Yes and no The black SR5 is really easy to get in the mix and if that fails you can switch into series or single coil mode and beleive me if you cant get it to cut through with the 3 band EQ and in series mode no other bass is going to anyway, the overall sound is not as big as my old pre EB either. On the other hand it looks ace and the neck is lovely and it has that early Stingray sound mucj more like a proper 2 EQ Ray of 70's and 80's era, a bit more trumpety I always think as a way to describe it, think Chic or early Rage Against The Machine. I will see how I get on with it and maybe put a John east pre into it to see if that boosts it up a bit, everyone else that has done that has been pretty happy with the results saying it has completed the pre EB makeover. It is the nicest EBMM bass I have ever seen though and the fit and finish is up there with the best of anything I have ever tried up to £4k.

3.12 is where its at....... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTusMLs9SJE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTusMLs9SJE[/url]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1372503702' post='2126502'] Can't understand what people can't hear as it is all THERE, IMO. [/quote] The bottom end and the clarity of the fills...... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KUL9-eNXzQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KUL9-eNXzQ[/url]

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1372499961' post='2126433'] What? You couldn't FEEL him? Loved his line on We Are Family...the timing of each note was impeccable... [/quote] I just watched the clip and it reminded me of why I dont like Flea on a Jazz live either, it always leaves me thinking how much bigger yet just as defined on the slap/treble notes it would be. Flea is my hero but I hate his live sound generally for the same reasons. The groove was quite Chilis in the clip too IMO, I know Nile did it first but I felt a bit of a full circle of funk right there band name maybe.....hhmm circle of funk....

[i][b][u]Can I just be clear a moment [/u][/b][/i]the guys playing was [b]awesome![/b] in no way am I slating his playing, I just wish he played a Ray so I could fecking hear him in the mix

I know I am biased but without the Ray it just felt empty, nothing thumps on the 'one' like a Stingray which is what holds the whole Chic show together, Le Freak sounded crap without the [i]'Bum Bum' [/i]behind the vocals IMO. The thing a Ray has like no other is the ability to cut through with the high end like last nights Jazz did but retain an fat meaty bottom end to keep the groove going the rest of the time, never heard another bass that can do both, To me there is almost one sound on the E&A strings then another on the D&G, work your lines around that like Bernard did and you have the lot

My beloved old pre EB has gone due to its lack of B string, the closest thing possible was this [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130623_172731_zps46dbb2fd.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/20130623_172731_zps46dbb2fd.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1370295305' post='2098892'] 2 eq rays are the way forward, classic 5 will be my next purchase! Funky [/quote] Note to self, Mission completed [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130623_172731_zps46dbb2fd.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/20130623_172731_zps46dbb2fd.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1370340739' post='2099245'] I still want a Classic 5 [/quote] You know you need one

Jeez thats close to the one I just traded to Old Horse Murphy! Mine had a white plate from new and the serial was something like B023030. As the starter of this thread but now not owning a pre EB I feel quite sad

I did the same as the op and actually gigged a 78 in fireglo, hated it and gave it back gas extinguished!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1372430384' post='2125699'] Exactly. Don't look at the numbers, play the bass. [/quote] Correct, I have nevre really been a numbers guy then I bought a double bass and all this talk of 17mm rather than 17.5mm string spacing, 42mm or 38mm nut widths became a bit of a none issue anyway

Not helped my Jabba gas but great thread, well done

I'm bored of seeing sunburst/tort fenders on every live/mimed show, I actually mentioned in the Bruno Mars thread that the image has taken over from the music to some albeit small extent as the recorded versions are mostly on erb yet live is always a guy with a p bass, I got slated and told who the guy was and that if its good enough for him blah blah, but it wasn't good enough for the studio was it? Anyway I'm rambling and we only have two pages left to get a few more what about Jaco, Geddy and Sting? Posts in