stingrayPete1977

Just got in, its nice. Can be trickier than a 3 eq to settle in the band mix but once you do its got the proper sound a Stingray should have, really nasty or super funky. As soon as you play anything like chic on a 2 eq Ray they come alive, maybe its the sonic room given to the overall mix because the guitars are not grinding away? This bass in particular has less poke than a pre eb ray and generally more trebly overall, the action was very low before though so I might raise the pickup a bit yet and see how that sounds, playability is great and the neck is very well finished with vintage frets and a laquered fingerboard like a proper 70's bass. I was thinking that although they are expensive new for what they are (£2200?) Because of the fact they never made a pre eb 5 string there has been loads of work and machine tooling to create this range, Body-obviously never been a 5 string slab as far as I know so new cnc tooling. Neck-same profile as a Ray 5 but only 21 frets like an SR4 not 22 as a regular Ray 5 so new tooling there. Frets-vintage frets and no getting away with a quick gunstock oiling. Bridge-totally new tooling to create a 5 string pre eb bridge even for the spring plate as they are all connected behind the bridge. Pickup-cover is neither like the new or the old SR5 as far as I can tell? Scratchplate-bespoke to the classic5. Top grade wood for the neck (birdseye or flame) with extra finishing for the classic range and the body is one big slab with a nice grain which is getting more difficult to do, overall that's quite a bit of effort for a fairly niche model compared to the quantity of regular SR4 and 5 basses they must sell. It certainly is a pretty bass in the flesh and right on the verge of flashy for a Ray imo, makes me think of something someone might have made as a custom order by shuker or someone as a sort of super stingray 5.

I'm off to practice with it shortly, if its 75% as good as my pre eb but with a B string hopefully it won't be going anywhere

So we are all praising the standard fender jazz bass for it's simple Workman like qualities over a super jazz clone yet the bass in question is active and had none standard pickups?............

My squier jazz plays and sounds better than any fender I have tried but then it has lots of mods bringing it more in line with some kind of super jazz, like others have said the best jazzes I have tried were not fender not were the best p basses

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1372238708' post='2123134'] Calling BigRedX... [/quote]

Don't change it yet, I paid two donations in just before the new fees came in then paid my twenty quid last week, not got many fivers left!

I certainly fancy a Jabba 5 classic

Ha its madness I tell you! Anyway just having my first go on the Classic after raising the action, Nick had it super low due to his bad hand (nice to know it can go so low should anyone wish in future) so far so good but I wont be able to tell much until thursday practice, it looks really good though and must be the most discreet 5 string bass available in the mainstream?

Not the best picture is it? Might change it for a close up of the classic logo......

How weird is that, I'm on my phone again and it's the old one still?

I have actually changed it but for some reason it only comes up on my laptop, the phone still has the old pre EB one?

I know I never thought I would sell it, the [u][b]only[/b][/u] thing wrong with it was the lack of B string

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1372080687' post='2121299'] I'd go for the Octavia estate. The new version is out soon with a bigger boot. Have you thought of the Suberb estate? That thing is massive inside. If the 159 is anything like the 156 then the boot opening was quite small and an odd shape. The Octavia and the A4 are basically the same car (as is the Passat) and a BMW is a BMW (no indicators, difficulty staying in lanes...) [/quote] I'm pretty sure the Octavia is actually only on the golf/ A3 chassis rather than the A4 , it's not actually as big as it looks.

There is no choice, you are either a bassist in which case you buy a Focus our your not

I think there were enough bought from new with tags to rule that idea out early on? I'm not keen on the vomit to be honest and mcnach knows he will paint it anyway!

Sell it! As long as you are putting the money to another bass chosen by you I see no problem, don't let the money be spent on wall paper and crap like that and you can get a bass you will use more that still has a connection. No idea what they are worth though I'm afraid

It does look the nuts, its hard to spot that it is a five string really, looks like a normal ray but a very tasty one!

Its a great bass no doubt about it but I do have two very similar ones and hopefully as backup to the Classic from now on, back to the joy of 2 band stingray goodness:)

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1372012156' post='2120659'] As one of the guilty parties I can honestly say it was a pleasurable experience whatever word you use to describe it And what's more, no cameras were involved (well certainly none that I'm aware of!) [/quote] Bass dogging must go on all over the uk every weekend! Looking forward to practice on thursday

Maybe, the one thing that is certain is that there were a lot of them sent out in series unless we were amazingly lucky!

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1370889395' post='2107020'] Nick bought my Stingray 5 Classic. A charming fellow, a smooth-as-silk transaction, all round good guy - deal with confidence. Thanks! [/quote] And now its mine! Traded my awesome beloved pre EB Ray with Nick in a proper gathered around a car boot at the Holiday Inn transaction that we all know and love, cheers Nick

A push pull pot for series parallel would be nice

I give you the new addition to the EBMM collection! Pre EB gone to the top bloke that is Old Horse Murphy as he wanted a Classic4 because of his duff hand and I wanted a Classic5 because of my duff wrist, bit of a meeting in a carpark bit of ooohing and looking at basses some folding cash (rude to tell to who or how much) and there you have it, everyones a winner.....until I want my pre EB back obviously [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] Leaves the wall looking like this [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130623_171159_zpsda369c66.jpg.html"][/url] The blue SR5 might go if I fall in love with the Classic and I can then be a bit more adventurous, still like the look of them Jabba5 classics or maybe something totally different but 5 string for sure?