stingrayPete1977

That's a great idea Chrismanbass! Pa for practice will be no problem Lozz, just one of those little Peavey fold out jobs will be enough for that, little cocktail drum kit, small guitar amp and me with a 1x12. We have between us enough bigger gear to do upto maybe a village hall/medium sized pub anything bigger will either need a hired one (£150 with a sound engineer if local) or we buy our own between us at a later date.

The pub will be fairly flexible on the gig dates I'm sure and a couple of gigs there will be handy to get us started anyway. I'm glad the pa thing is up front too, it's often the bug bear! They (guitarist and singer couple) have a decent vocal pa for small gigs and we can hire one for bigger ones at a reasonable price, I'm not keen on clogging up my garage with speakers.

We are just getting a fresh band together, pub set and wedding set yet to decide and learn but we have all been around the block so started by having a meeting without instruments first to discuss it all, pa situation undecided but at least out in the open right from the start, practice venue was discussed and we have got a function room above a pub right in the middle of us all every Thursday night for as long as we want as long as we do three free gigs a year for them? I think that's a fair deal, what do you lot think?

DJ and a band for £300 sounds more than fair to me, the 'paid practice' is a slippery slope into getting feck all for the rest of your playing days and just makes other bands reasonable prices look steep IMO.

I wanted to go and try it but we are booking a holiday in the next few days so I cant find a way of getting it past the other half looks real nice!

Awesome and jelous!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1346274268' post='1787466'] [size=6][sup]I've heard the NEOX range is good......even though I am not convinced about NEO..for some strange reason.[/sup][/size] [/quote] Maybe that's why then

Yes I have a GB Neox T 1x12 too, I need to try two of the front ported ones next to my Neox T 2x12 to be certain I guess.

I have not heard a pair of 1x12s sound as good as my Genz 2x12 which either mean that the Genz is the best or the pairs are slightly comprimised compared to a single box with two speakers inside, which even as a Genz fan boy will admit is more likely. Surely the missing piece of cab must make a huge difference as far as the tuning of them is concerned so how can they be tuned the same etc? I know we have been here many times before and my ears still outrule your science when it comes down to it from my own point of view, Im not saying your wrong but I can only go on what I hear not what I am told I should be hearing under some kind of scientific experiment.

For most situations I think 2 1x12s would be enough for most of us anyway and has its obvious advantages, I have a 1x12 and a 2x12 so the only problem I have is if I dont know the size of the venue beforehand I have to take pot luck or take the 2x12 to be on the safe side, that said if you have 2 1x12s and dont know you still have to take both anyway.

I am still not convinced 2 1x12s are the same as a single 2x12. A good 2x12 compares well to a good 4x10 IME/O

another like here

Neither of my shuttles have ever gone into protect mode even on really hot days doing 2+ hour sets, I stopped taking any notice of the lights years ago

OOhh I did not know that! On Marks site I just saw the 18-25 year olds bit, I should really just save up but where is the fun in that, surely the idea is that you fall out with your other half when you get home? There is nothing worse than having a new toy and not being able to use it because of some stupid meal out or night at the cinema

[quote name='chapsimon' timestamp='1346098892' post='1785326'] Reminded me of this [url="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvanas-novoselic-relives-failed-1992-vma-bass-toss-20081120"]http://www.rollingst...s-toss-20081120[/url] [url="http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvLZbbgVw7Jg&v=vLZbbgVw7Jg&gl=GB"]http://m.youtube.com...ZbbgVw7Jg&gl=GB[/url] [/quote] I thought that was going to be the opening clip in this thread, happy days

Such a versatile player

Ooops!

That scouse lad on x factor did a version didn't he?

I'd love a Gibson grabber or one of them Ibanez artists or whatever Kris Novoselic used but he managed to kill most of them!

Here you go [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Original-1979-Music-Man-Sting-Ray-Electric-Bass-Black-Pre-Ernie-Ball-/300768621635?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item460734f443"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Original-1979-Music-Man-Sting-Ray-Electric-Bass-Black-Pre-Ernie-Ball-/300768621635?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item460734f443[/url] I just put another SR5 in my watch list whilst trying to find it for you

I always think of Alder being quite light and Mahog being heavy, my black SR5 is heavy but as its a solid finish Im not sure what its made of? I think my pre EB is ash as was my old Teal SR4 which are both light in comparison.

Watching the Big Al review clips Ed says the 5 string version is mahogany which helps make it lighter?

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1346081962' post='1784998'] Shops are tight when it comes to Musicman [/quote] Yep

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1346079028' post='1784944'] I think he wanted $1300 for it - I had a look earlier and the posts been superceded by newer for sale items - you could PM him if you're a member. You mean the one with the extra string tree hole?? I must stop looking at Ebay - there's a couple or three great pre EBs on there at the moment - an early white SR5 with a birds eye maple neck - and a 20th Anniversary Stingray. I never much rated the 20th Anniversary Ray but I played at a mini festival a couple of weeks ago and a guy used one - talk about a thing of beauty - absolutely stunning. The one on Ebay has the original case and is a daft price currently. As for Big Als, have you tried phoning one of the big dealers like Andertons or Gak to see if you can get one to try out? [/quote] [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1346079028' post='1784944'] I think he wanted $1300 for it - I had a look earlier and the posts been superceded by newer for sale items - you could PM him if you're a member. You mean the one with the extra string tree hole?? I must stop looking at Ebay - there's a couple or three great pre EBs on there at the moment - an early white SR5 with a birds eye maple neck - and a 20th Anniversary Stingray. I never much rated the 20th Anniversary Ray but I played at a mini festival a couple of weeks ago and a guy used one - talk about a thing of beauty - absolutely stunning. The one on Ebay has the original case and is a daft price currently. As for Big Als, have you tried phoning one of the big dealers like Andertons or Gak to see if you can get one to try out? [/quote] No there is one that is listed as all original yet its got an ebony board and no fret marker dots? I have seen that white SR5 a few times, its nice!