stingrayPete1977

I might come up 1mm once my strenth has built up more but it looks like I am in the ball park now

OK I have been having a mess with it, I was happy with my bridge position and it sounded quite nice overall so I made a jig to work from [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130615_143938_zps5c78a585.jpg.html"][/url] You can see it is on its bottom limit with the action about 8mm upto 10mm G-E, Took the bridge off and made marks showing the bass and treble foot and its direction, then marked a few mm off the foot, you can see the treble foot does not sit very flat on the wheel too. [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130615_144132_zps1002d49f.jpg.html"][/url] The brass posts were too long because on their lowest setting without the wheels fitted they only had 1mm more gap than the wheel thickness anyway, I took a bit off the post and bevelled the ends again, after refitting the treble side was still to long so I took about 6mm off the thread on that one to give me plenty of adjustment back, they are both well planted though probably 15mm of thread still in each foot. Refitted it all, messed for ages decided to move the bridge lower to get the bridge to sit nearer the f hole notches while upright and with a 105cm scale length, ended up having to pull the bridge a couple of mm to the bass side to get the strings to run parallel and to get the heights I wanted! made a new jig from tape but ended up with a lot more thread on show than wood I removed, probably because of moving it away from the neck a bit? [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130615_160205_zps1732f27f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/20130615_160205_zps1732f27f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Anyway it plays well now with the action about 6.5mm on the G up to about 8mm on the E, no nasty buzzes or rattles, I may of lost some volume but for now playability comes before sound. I have some lessons lined up hopefully, if it needs more work in a few months I will bite the bullet and let Timothy Toft's sort it out

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1371311903' post='2112481'] I'd like to know more about the Jabba Classic 5 basses [/quote] We have ridiculously similar tastes in our gear dont we

Awesome!

Just get the Genz anyway you will love it, the 900 watt heads into most brands of 2x12 cabs is the way forward! You have missed something anyway though, the 900watt head will only give you that (if they even do) at 4 ohm so really you want a shuttle 9.2 and a matching cab to the one you have now! Oooooshhh as that ginger fella says

Not a fan of rosewood really.....

So I have been keeping on top of my Mayones gas for a good while now then Yolanda joins the forum (Mayones endorsee) and now this, you are killing me Plenty of pics please mainly Jabba 5 classic for me, ta muchly

If I needed more than my 4ohm 2x12 and 900watt head because of the drummer I'd be off, don't care which famous musicians he has deafened in the past

You need to think about the cables resistivity per metre, 500mm of cable in the cab compared to a 10 metre speaker cable feeding won't matter will it.

If it's technical advice only then I know many players who are much more technical than many famous players, some of them members here, some of them pro anyway but not famous. Some of the best bass players I know are not even bass players as their first instrument.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1371075655' post='2109651'] They normally go for around £700 on eBay. My mate got his for £680. They are good functional studio basses but they look way too '80s for gigging. [/quote] Yes that's why no one plays fenders as they look too 50's or 60's for gigging, no one plays normal stingrays as they look to 70's......oh hang on they make up most of the gigging basses don't they?

Just looked at the poll results and I'm going to aim for right in the middle of the two most common results 6mm G 8mm E, who is Joe Zinkan?

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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1371059813' post='2109347'] I owned a SR5 a while back and it was hands down in the top 3 best basses ive ever owned. nice slim neck, the best build quality you could wish for and THE best B string ive ever played. its one of the classic basses of all of time. imo [/quote] I think they play better than they look you know, I wish the SR5 had started out like the new Classic 5 but they are becoming the classic fiver now I think, still see lots of pro players in mega high profile gigs playing them by choice.

Oooh that unlined baby is hot!

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1371031561' post='2108771'] The first time I ever did a gig with a sound guy we were gob smacked & didn't know what to say to him (we were used to our own disorganised volume wars) So I sat with him & explained we need his advice & he set us up so well we sounded better than the main band.....After the gig I was having a beer with him & he let me know that the main act were stompy rock star types.....he made us sound better because we asked him for his help & advice. I've always gone out of my way ever since to be nice to the sound guys. I've never met a bad one yet [/quote] I find this works with most walks of life, building inspectors love it if you leave an area unfinished because you're waiting for his/her advice on a lintel or something, I guess we all enjoy our jobs more if we feel appreciated including sound crew, door staff, bar staff etc

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1371053454' post='2109217'] I would contend that you are actually far more likely to have your amp fail on you than most basses , but very few non - pros have a back -up amp . [/quote] I have actually gone from taking a spare bass (another Stingray naturally) to taking a spare head unless it was a wedding gig then I still take a spare bass, Shuttle 3.0 as spare to Shuttle 6.0, Shuttle 6.0 as spare to Shuttlemax9.2

I'm only thinking about knocking the edge off it, as it stands having an adjustable bridge is pointless too as its minimum height is at the highest you would ever want the strings already, If the front of the bass swells by a few mm at some point then I would have to do it anyway.

[quote name='sticker' timestamp='1371049890' post='2109135'] Got the Tort guard that came with it too , best of both worlds ! [/quote]

I have already done the nut and its not too bad up that end, quite a lot of tension at the plucking end though.

Well I'm only looking for about two mm and I can raise it back up on the wheels if it buzzes too much, I will have a play on Saturday, thanks guys

Teal and maple is the best combination, I don't really play my other 4 string basses though so I have no idea why I want it back!

What string height should I aim for do you think? Watching bill haley clips and those strings really do move around!

I was hoping to take a few mm off the area next to adjusting wheels rather than from the profile of the bridge and having to re cut string slots?

He knows we all love him