stingrayPete1977

The standard 3/4 strings were not long enough, the silks were on the fingerboard by about an inch. I took the string block thing off and drilled the holes deeper so the ball ends are now nearer the bridge but the remaining wood left is not very thick, others have done the same with no long term problems but I might get a custom block made to fit with that inch added so standard strings will fit without the worry of it splitting, I will look for my old thread......

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1364577177' post='2028442'] Live shoes ? [/quote] Has anyone else got samsung swype? rubbish!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1364578301' post='2028466'] i must be getting old then.. i remember my dad saying to me when i was 18ish. i was listening to alot of house music.. he said whats that repetitive rubbish.. this was in the days of chicago house when all the recordings were played live with live instruments.. i never wanted to get to a point where someone says im old because im not hip with the new stuff.. imo the greatest new stuff is not in the charts... its somewhere where you need to dig a little to find it... [/quote] I think superstar and chart success go together so I'd stick with what you like and not worry about it too much

I had to countersink the ball ends to get 3/4 spirocores to fit because of that, I might get my mate to make me a mahogany block that sits further forward with a recess for the body shape.

I think anyone that thinks this way is just getting old, I thought Jessie J and Katy Perry were both known for being song writers that had sucess writing for other people at a young age then decided to take a bit of the limelight for themselves? Lady Gaga is a great vocalist, pianist, songwriter and to top it off can dance too. The latest Justin trousersnake song is quite catchy if I remember and he can dance too. I'm not really into that sort of music but people just toss these names into these discussions because their own record collection ended when they left college in 1984, people have said it since the birth of popular music, rubbish, can't tell what they are singing, hair like girls blah blah.

Take your amp and bass to bassdirect, dont forget your wallet!

[quote name='thebassman' timestamp='1364547083' post='2027893'] Oh, that's a nightmare about your wrist. I'm using mine with a Boogie 2x12T and my Stingray 5, it sounds insane. [/quote] A fine set up there Sir Ray5, loads of power a pair of 12's and a tweeter whats not to like? FWIW I have never heard a bad Berg cab either.

Yeah the foam under the strings behind the bridge is the most important mod anyway if you ask me, cool.

Why dont Mayones do a nice P5? Im sure they would get a mention here if it were a jazz topic. I still want a Jabba Classic5

All these threads do is give me gas for stuff I didn't have gas for, I want a Clover now!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1364558182' post='2028110'] I like that nice wool underlay with mine. [/quote] Ashdown then?

I wouldn't have a Status over a GB no way, then again I would rather be a pub rocker than a bedroom slapper playing with myself [size=2](backing tracks) [/size]

Again not sure if its the sound of the clip rather than the bass/mic/playing/studio recording etc etc but I can get a better sound than that from my Stagg!

[quote name='thebassman' timestamp='1364520047' post='2027762'] Yep, me too. I get to use it in anger tomorrow night for the first time :-) [/quote] I purchased mine least year then broke my wrist, the same day! I only used mine for it's first proper gig with the 2x12T last weekend although we have had lots of full scale practices. It was very useful having one channel set up for the electric up right and the other for the stingrays

Barbra Streisand still commands a massive premium for live shoes! Beyonce?

Welcome to the stagg club

My Genz Shuttlemax 9.2 is awesome, both channels are ace and I can't decide which I prefer but I don't have to as its just a click of the footswitch to change channels

Best album ever still both musically and production wise IMO

There is a famous quote that goes something like "of the 2000 lotus cortinas built only 3000 are still around" almost every part for the cooper s dr t mentioned are available even whole body shells. I get your point but once they get to collectable status people look after them more rather than do things like resprays or putting extra pickup routes in etc as far a basses would be concerned, with things like limited editions the companies are trying to create something that starts off as special, the results vary.

[quote name='ebenezer' timestamp='1364296205' post='2024397'] i had genz streamliner 900 lovely build quality but sound too smooth for me maybe shuttle 9 would have been a better bet! [/quote] Shuttles are even cleaner

Before anyone jumps on me the same would apply if guitars had been invented the other way round, I would then be what we now call a lefty

If no lefty instruments had been made and acoustic guitars had not been symetrical more leftys would of learnt the right handed way wouldn't they? Not many lefty orchestral players is there?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1364320411' post='2024863'] OK, so that's not actually a stretch from F to A. [/quote] Jeez! 1st finger playing F with a stretch to A with the pinky ending on a slide (down), I also play some tunes in a simliar vein on the B string where I am using the tone of the fretted E rather than an open E string but in the tune I am thinking of the stretch is only from the C#, still a reasonable distance on a 5er

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1364319082' post='2024841'] Why would you want to stretch that far? At that position on the fretboard the furthest I would extend my fingers is 2 frets. Any more is definitely a movement of the hand. [/quote] The riff had a slide down from A, you can't do that with an open A