stingrayPete1977

Your welcome to come and have a blast mate, I'm a bit of a trek away near Stafford but its worth half a tank of fuel if your going to spend a grand or more imo.

Five strings, rock solid, under two grand, good b string, even response across all the strings (no weak g strings on fivers), looks great for rock or any other style.....erm.....erm....

10 strings are fine but the 11th is just a useless thumbrest imo.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1367693026' post='2068532'] The Stingray is hands down the best bass guitar. [/quote] Correct

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1367685395' post='2068422'] Start at the centre and build out. It can take a little while, as I find out - although, admittedly, I was with a Stingray. There shouldn't be anything the 55-01 can do that this cannot. [/quote] I agree, to be fair I probably boost the bass too much the cut it compared to where someone else might at the head.

Bass on max

What EQ does it have? If its the same as a regular Ray I like Bass almost maxed out, mid about flat and a tiny bit of treble boost. Im not sure if the pickup is wired in series or paralel on those either?

Yep thats where we play it too, OK you can drop tune but you dont get the tight response of a proper B string like the record. Locked out of heaven is also easier on a fiver IMO because its easier to grab the F on the B string, again probably is either a 5 string or a B strung bass on the record? Ignoring the extra notes anyway love it or hate it (as we all do) even the standard range notes have 'that' sound when played on the B string.

True, I did say it was my only gripe so it is a very minor one really, overall he is cool and hopefully inspiring a new generation to actually play/sing etc

I think I would probably put a picture of Kelly Brook behind the clear plate?

[quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1367672142' post='2068209'] If you dont need more than a P bass then why bother with a 5? [/quote] Thats not my point, If Bruno was not happy without the ERB in the studio why is happy without it live?

Bows are the cheap bit Douglas compared to strings at £100 each, OK thats less than a Bow to start with but not if you get the common DB string swapping obsession! I live near Timothy Toft and fancy a look in sometime once I feel more confident in my playing ability, I will probably have my Gedo setup there when I get to the stage it needs doing, probably end up buying a bass!

An example before anyone says I am talking sh*t again [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QryRWychTE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QryRWychTE[/url] Great performance and show but where has all that bottom end gone, fwiw the bass sounds ace and the low notes have plenty of beef but the main riff sounded better in the lower octave on the record to my ears? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o95FLUk7o9Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o95FLUk7o9Q[/url]

My only gripe with the Bruno Mars thing is that most of the basslines are on ERB unless played live when its always a guy with the boring old Fender 4 string again! Is it still that uncool to be seen with a 5 string? a P bass 5 in 3 tone burst would surely still have 'that look' yet have the extra notes to play it as the record. Other than that yeah He is cool

Oh and how long before Marcus decides he fancies a Rickenbacker instead? or a Modulus, GB, Status, Fender etc etc

Good work Marcus! It would be interesting to see which preamp that has as it could be one of the very earliest fitted with a green PCB rather than the old style ones? That colour combo is actually a sort of reissue of the very last pre EB Rays that got the clear guard and trans red finish to try and modernise them a bit as a final fling before Ernie ball got his hands on them in '84, most transition era (84-85) Rays are in that colour

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1367608074' post='2067610'] 24 is too many IMHO. It's a bass guitar, which you ideally want to use to make deep sounding notes. I can see one of these widdly jazz players (good for them) or one of these slappers and poppers might use frets 22 thru 24 ..... but not me. [/quote] I'm not sure two semi tones extra is going to turn anyone it Yanek Gwizdala overnight

I can understand why some folk wouldn't want an active bass but what's wrong with 24 frets?

Well you could say the bass cost x but forget to mention the bridge, strings or shipping

Now I started with Nymans which I cant get to work at all, my Gedo bass came with a free pot of pops and now I am Gary Karr! OK maybe not quite as good but at least I can actually get a sound from the strings now, I may of had a bad pot as some folk say the mail order stuff can be old and past its best?

I read somewhere that mine could be romanian? I don't suppose it matters

Make sure you try both the steam liner and the shuttle, the steam liner seams more fashionable on bass chat but its totally different to the shuttle so you might like one our the other? Also try a max head with the fet channel , epic :-)

My squier jazz has got Bartolini pickups, an ebs preamp, jack mounted in the body, Badass bridge, fender scratch plate, full size tuners and the fret ends/finger board rolled. Would that count as modded?

It even matched your hair a bit mate