stingrayPete1977

Vintage and Rare

I agree with Chris, a second hand Ray 5 will possibly keep you happy for years and you can sell it for what you paid if you hunt wisely (or lose lots of money if you buy new like I did although I am not selling so its no biggie).

Obviously the temperature of the venue and the type of underpants you wear will alter the figures but I am having a room built to test this at the moment

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1355478566' post='1898814'] Who do you think you are Pete? Some sort of expert? [/quote] I will put up some graphs later

Loved my old TNT! Sounded great with a Stingray everytime, only sold because the guitarist at the time bought the enevitable Marshall stack

[quote name='JohnFitzgerald' timestamp='1355477388' post='1898790'] If I'm looking on ebay and it's BIN with offers, I'll ALWAYS offer half the asking price. [/quote] Its you is it!

I also like this [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Clover_Apeiron_H.5.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Clover_Apeiron_H.5.html[/url] As the 5 feels totally different to a 4 you soon adapt to the neck profile and width, find one that feels like you could get the hang of and your brain will adapt to it. The thing many people find with the Fender 5s and the reason they are no where near as popular as their share percentage wise in the main stream as their 4s is that B string that feels like it is part of another bass, they dont flow over all 5 strings somehow, almost like the spacing for the B is further away than the rest of the strings are to each other, strangely this affects the more expensive ones more IME, I played a nice Sqier P5 a while ago active with a J pickup too, Nice

You are never going to lose on that little baby, looks good too. Could be a collectable rig one day, you know how these things are with nostalgia and many of us either having similar when new or sometimes more importantly wishing they could of then but can afford as a toy later in life. Look after it I say

OTOH I like the Oly white Fender

Tried one when I bought my first Ray5, hated it! I am sure there are good ones out there and maybe with a pack of proper strings and some tools I could of made it much better but I am not the only person to say they are like a 4 string with a B string rather than a 5 string. If you like that I would be having a serious look at a Mayones Jabba Classic 5 Hand made, gorgeous, bang on the same budget and different to everyone else [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Jabba_5_Black.html"]http://www.bassdirec...ba_5_Black.html[/url]

I know of a guy who picked up[b] two[/b] '59 Gibson Les Pauls for £3500, did not know what they were and felt that a fair price to give the owners widdow as he knew they were old, had them both evaluated and one had at some point received a neck repair (done well) sold at auction for £80'000 the other was the same as one sold at auction a few weeks earlier for £250'000! The new owner contacted the widdow and they gave the £80'000 to the RNLI as the previous owner was a lifeguard down south, AFAIK this guy still has the other

[quote name='JohnFitzgerald' timestamp='1355473071' post='1898714'] You'll find what you need in the for sale sections in here. Far better value than S/H in the shops or ebay for that matter. You just need to get into the habit of checking all the time. My budget these days is not at all dissimilar to yours. Would you believe that the stack you see here cost just a little bit more than that ? £80 for the 1153, £80 for the 2102 and £80 for the AH150-7. £240 for a mini stack of doom which I can break down into bite sized chunks. Way better than whatever you can buy new. This is definitely NOT for sale, but just pointing out what can be available if you're resourceful. Incidentally there's a matching pair of these cabs for sale on here right now for very similar money. If I could find another amp head, I'd be tempted. [/quote] Thats some rig for the money! Nice work

What trousers have the best pockets for rock?

I'm a sparky and this is normally caused by what we call a floating earth, the most obvious causes would be either a lack of earth at the socket at the venue or a faulty ext lead/4 way adaptor etc. Obviously you can't check the venues sockets now so double check the leads and fwiw a proper pat test could reveal a fault that the multimeter can't as a proper pat tester or a insulation resistance tester 'megger' puts a high voltage through as it tests where a multimeter does not. The reason for the shock is because all the gear we use especially stuff with windings or moisture has a very small leakage to earth hence why we can't have rcd's set at 0mA (usually 30mA instead), if the venues socket was taking the leakage as it should everything works fine but if that earth is missing in the chain then that little bit of voltage goes down the mic's earth as everything is connected obviously, you are then the easiest path to earth. Now imagine if the lead entering your pa had a loose wire that suddenly came free of its terminal and landed on the metal casing inside straight to earth, the only earth is the next poor bugger who grabs a mic to see why the pa has gone quiet who gets the whole 230v until they either drop the mic or the fuse blows! Plug in testers that show 3 lights for live neutral and earth can be bought for a few quid at maplins, b&q or even ebay, a local sparky should be able to pat test your leads for a couple a quid per lead and a mug of coffee Did that make any sense?

Looks like there is some inca gas building up right here!

What about the inca?

I have sent an email to the guy I know and told him where to look! Black one is just like mine

Ebs freak posted two in a row! Null and void Or Bilbo wins?

You make it sound so simple TimR! Like many of us here I have done allsorts of stuff, spent years doing pubs and clubs with a blues rock band at the same time in an indie rock band doing weddings, functions and a few pubs etc, after 5 years of functions doing covers its been quite nice to play in an originals band again even to small (very small sometimes!) Audiences that appreciate our skills. That said I have done that for a couple of years along with some function dep gigs to keep my hand in and have just started a new function/pub covers band and will be back at it earning a few quid next year once my broken arm is fixed! As for bribing people with cds etc if you give 20 away that £20 per gig at cost plus a few t-shirts its going to get expensive every week, sure we could do it now at our age but we are too old for fame and fortune in this fickle world and thinking back to my teens it would of been too expensive to do. Audience reaction after your first song should be enough to tell where its going imo/e usually downhill for me

Inca silver

That's not really my point at all but hey what the heck who cares

I might know someone interested in the black one

Should be a nice little bundle of strings and plectrums etc on its way other than that I'd keep it.