stingrayPete1977

The Tony Levin olp 5 is well worth seeking out, I have two EBMM sr5s but can get quite close and happy to play the olp.......but.....the string spacing is tighter than the proper version which some people find too close already, that could be an advantage to some people but worth pointing out. The necks a bit more of a c profile rather than the flatter backed D shape on the EBMM. Hope that helps?

It's all in the fingers, pick, play nearer the bridge, pluck with a flat palm near the neck for a mock double bass kind of thing, plectrum right near the bridge, thumbed, slapped etc etc etc

Hasn't helped my Jabba 5 Classic gas any but I will keep 'em peeled for you, bastards!

I swing both ways

Yep what risingson said The Alnico has a darker moodier edge to my ears, if I am doing something upbeat and poppy I'd go for the ceramic, the ceramic is easier to settle into the mix too ime. I like both and could finish my gigging days with either

I have an Alnico equipped 2010 and a last of the Ceramic pickup 2007, love em both in their own ways! They really can do everything or at least everything I have ever needed Enjoy

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1352321912' post='1861746'] Brilliant Pete, well done. Nice playing, good track. Where's the emoticon for jealous . Congrats. [/quote] Ta mate I cant take any credit for writing it just the bass playing which has probably been through the iMac about ten times! I have just looked at the soundcloud site and seen there is all sorts of demo stuff on there, I also play the slapped chorus on Inconsolable if you want to hear how bad my slapping is

Cheers, Dave is a bit of a fan of over producing stuff, his vocals are usually better before he starts messing! One day I will force him to let me do the production just to prove that simple can be good Its probably not one of his best tracks either so I dont know why he put that one forward? At least it has my playing on it though

[quote name='andyjingram' timestamp='1352320046' post='1861698'] A free set of strings might be quite persuasive, under the circumstances! [/quote] Just checked the website "Xmas bumper deal is on now complete with Gorilla 30 watt amp but the LaBella strings are 'out of stock', shipped with Rotosounds until further notice"

Track 10 - David Barron Band 'A Place in Your Memory' My ham fisted playing will be heard by hopefully all the 28'000 purchasers of Prog Mag If they like it is another matter You can hear it here for free if you want [url="http://soundcloud.com/davebarronband"]http://soundcloud.com/davebarronband[/url] Massive over produced Ray5 bass sound IMO which could be good or bad I dont know? I dont play the studio versions on all the tracks but do all the live shows.

Does it come with a practice amp, lead, strap, gig bag and plectrum?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1352303950' post='1861337'] Personally when I'm playing, I'm playing at have no time to fiddle with the controls no matter where they are placed. When I'm not playing my amp controls are right there for me to fiddle with. What I have discovered over the last few years of playing through my amp and using backline supplied by venues or other bands is that when I use my rig no matter what the venue is I always sound right and hardly ever have to make any adjustments at all. With other rigs all bets are off, but having adjustments available on my bass are rarely of any use. What I do find useful on a well designed pre-amp is that the volume and pickup balance controls tend to work more smoothly than most passive basses, but even that doesn't hold 100% true. And now we've gone way off topic... [/quote] Sorry as its OT I know but I go the opposite way altogether! Nice flat amp almost any make and model (as flat as you can tell by ear I know nlah blah) and rely on knowing I have put the sound Im after into the amp from the bass controls (always active) which meens the desk DI has that good bass sound not good bass amp sound to work with. Just shows how we all do thing our own way neither right nor wrong really

I dont like a gloss neck anymore even my '79 pre EB has had the 1200 grit paper run over it A sh*t gloss neck is still a sh*t neck, the varnish wont solve that. The MM wheel of fortune takes me less than a minute to adjust and has only needed doing twice a year on all my Rays, not a massive issue TBF

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1352130945' post='1859109'] Sometimes I wonder if companies in the music business actually know *anything* about their customers. For £3k, if I wanted a vintage Precision bass, I could get a real vintage Fender or even get a Fender custom shop and probably have some change. WTF is the point in this? [/quote] Alleva, Sadowsky and overwater etc etc all have full order books

Yep my first bass was a Peavey Foundation with that headstock shape. Boring boring boring but plenty of people buy these boring basses, many of them play and sound great but they are still boring.

Looks like a 20th anniversary edition special! Bargainous

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1352139023' post='1859260'] I know some people have this experience but I've never been able to tell any difference. [/quote] Funnily enough I have just bought another pre EB Ray, it's string through only and does feel much tighter than my '82 pre EB that is top load only so I can concur with the theory, EB strings on identicle basses both set up from scratch by me only difference is the bridge. I can see why some basses were offered with string through or top load bridges.

When he was trying to sell them I do fancy a G&L actually i wanted a L2500K instead of my black SR5 but that came in a trade and I like it so it has stayed soon though.....