stingrayPete1977

Ah read it again 2x15, it's early!

A 1000 watts into a single Laney 1x15 then?

Sounds fret-ist to me

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1345152305' post='1774439'] Was it the left hooker stingray? [/quote] Only in two of the adverts the other was identicle but right handed

Ta Lozz, I would never say never, if I was recording and had a sound in my head then I'm happy to thump a P through an Ampeg or a Ricky through an emulator or whatever does the job but a Ray through a solid state amp is where I am happiest just like I was 10 years ago with my SR4 and TNT

I f***ing love Teal! My first Ray was a Teal SR4 with a maple board 10 years ago, as I only really play my fives these days it got swapped on here for the black SR5 which is a great bass and my go to for everything. I'd love an early Teal SR5

Looked on there twice, found the same stingray advertised about 3 times with different details, never been back

I can't tell the difference between fuzz,grit, warmth call it what you will, I have played through almost every make of amp over the years but the ones I have liked the most have been solid state pre and power amp equipped. I'm not saying they are better and I'm sure the quest for an Ampeg in a shoe box will continue without me but for me personally I'm not a fan of valves.

On here?

I always liked that Peavey amp, I only changed it to keep up with a guitarists 4x12 Marshall JCM rig, I had an Ashdown for years and never really loved it. Turns out that Peavey was the sound I liked all along. Stingrays have quite a bit of inbuilt grit and sizzle too so maybe I don't need any more especially from the preamp dept?

Yes, and it was awful

What difference did the extra frets make?

So I have owned a Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 for years now, I later aquired a Shuttle 3.0 for home practice (has no fan) and as a backup for wedding gigs and stuff. Its got plenty of poke through my NEOX 2x12T as it puts out the full 300 watts, that said I would never use it as my main head for bigger gigs, why would you when you have the 600 watt version? Well it became clearer that fuzzy old valves are not for me and the Genz 6.0 is already one of the cleanest valve pre amp heads anyway, too clean for many but the all FET Genz 3.0 sounds great to my ears, really tight and punchy just how I remember my good old Peavey TNT combo back in the day. After declaring similar in another thread some time ago regarding the ShuttleMax heads as they have both channels but with 600/900 watts Musicman20 made a suggestion of putting the 3.0 through the 6.0 via the FX loop and I kept forgetting to try it....until now! Fecking 'ell Its either going to be my new default rig and I will have to get a ratchet strap to hold it all together or its given me enormous gas for a Shuttle Max 9.2 head!!!! So as for valves and TC's with this and that knobs, Orange OBT heads, Ampeg PF's and Sansamps etc I'm out as they say, I am not a valve man where bass amps are concerned.

Can't argue with that

Keep it a secret, if they rocket in value they will cost more than a MIM P bass

Even with a a shuttle 3.0 head I can dial in an excessive amount of bottom end with my Neox, the rubber wheels and cast one piece rattle free handles make it extra awesome anyway. What amp are you using it with?

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1345069819' post='1773313'] Besides, a little bird over at ernieball.com tells me you've ordered not one, but [b]two bongo's!![/b] [/quote] Awesome!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1344962436' post='1771706'] So why did you get rid of it? There must have been a good reason at the time? [/quote] If you have managed to stick to that reasoning you need to put it as a sticky for all the rest of us! Now where is my Peavey bass or my SGC Nanyo SB320?...........

It's really nice that Fat Rich! My pre EB has slightly raised A and D poles,probably about right for the fretboard radius, but I have seen some with really raised ones on EBMM basses in all sorts of odd combinations too. I cant remember what my teal 2002 was like now, never had any trouble though.

I keep considering getting something else but only look at more Rays in the end, I would never be without at least one, probably the black bitsa on the left as its a gem!

I have never had to push the pole pieces in or out, some people push them out to try and make that string stronger others appear to push them in so the whole pickup can be raised up more. What are they like at the moment?

Banging a set of 45s on or thicker if you already use them is often the advice given but it doesn't help unless you take the E down as you will be putting a 105 there which just gives the same problem, 45's are better but only if the pup is set right after. See I have still waffled on

Seriously I have took all of mine from balanced to weak G all the way back to a weak E. Last time I did one in isolation the G was actually over powering once I tried it with a full band at rehearsal, keep the screwdriver handy for the final tweak

I'm getting better at summing the fix up, raise the G side of the pup up as close as possible for you playing style then lower the E side until it gives a nice balance overall, that preamp has more than enough to replace anything you lose in lows rather than trying to get more high end. Job done, money saved and no resale issues