stingrayPete1977

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1343424608' post='1750765'] Really??? I had a couple of Warwicks (Corvette $$ being the closest with the pair of MM type pickups) before I considered anything remotely close to MusicMan, and... you know the process, it's well documented [/quote] Went to collect my Jazzman with £1250 in my pocket, it's preamp was shot from the factory, came home with my first Ray that was over ten years ago now.

He should of kept the Genz

I got into them after massive Warwick disappointment so there is your opposite view

Opinion is divided on this amp according to google, some people say running at 4ohms with an 8 ohm cab will be fine using the rule of thumb of a 100% so upto 8 and down to 2 in the 4 ohm position, flick it to 2 ohms though for smoke and flames!

See I'm not familiar with that amp so if it is then you need to check it out properly

That's just saved you a few quid then! It should say somewhere what it puts out at 8 ohms , probably just over half what it's rated at when running at 4 ohms so your cab should be fine

I dont understand the question, you can still use the 8 ohm cab with the amp in the 4 or 2 ohm position, thats minimum ohms or am I missing the point?

Never noticed much damage from them as they have usually been put in the bin for dead strings before that happens, they are not for me

The most obvious example I can think of is how great it can sound when the bass is thundering away fast and heavy but the drummer drops into half time or even starts with some awkwardly timed cymbal hits/rolls etc, so no not [u]always[/u]

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1343411533' post='1750448'] The ground lift only isolates the DI socket from the common earth. The mains earth is still present and connected to the rest of the amp. [/quote] Thats a nicer way of saying nonsense

Does it not only lift it from the DI socket anyway? The chassis of the amp is earthed in a fixed manner near the cable entry so Im 99.99% certain andydye's very good and informative post is mostly nonsense When everything is connected including your DI out you can create an earth loop between everything in the room I guess this creates a basic magnetic pickup?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1343335603' post='1749278'] Loads of my favourites play with a pick, DD Verni, Duff etc. I can't be dealing with a pick. [/quote] Id say most of my favourite players are pick users too, I do use one but I'm 80% finger style.

But what about the ones perhaps you can connect with yet did not pay as much attention to?

Im not really on about the people who watch the same youtube clip a 1000 times to nail every little nuance just the general what you had on your walkman (gramaphone, Discman, iPod, minidisc, 8 track etc) most of the time, I have turned out nothing like any of them, Newstead, Novoselic, Duff etc were all my heros yet Im not sure I can hear any of them in there?

I love Larry Graham, one of the best shows I have seen

I think a lot of it is rose tinted specs though and more about the value of them than how much you liked them? The other problem is the people who think those basses are still there at those prices! I have often seen people comment on pre EB threads about the price and remarks about how little they cost in the USA, they think the same basses are $750 in the States the same as they were when they went on holiday in 1992

Over the last few years I have realised that most of the players I have loved when growing up and learning to play have not really influenced my own playing, influenced me [i]to[/i] play maybe but not actually added to my own way of playing. These are my main favourites, I love John Deacon always have yet I play nothing like him (slight bit of Ray influence from there maybe), I love Flea but never really went down that route as such (Ray influence for sure though), Duff from Guns n Roses I love his style and his sound yet again never really played in that fashion either and only really had a fling with a P bass (martthebass now owns it) never mind an aerodyne or special. On the flipside I enjoy the odd bit of Jamiroquai but not a massive fan or anything yet I can nail a Stuart Zender line quite quickly by ear no problem, Its not that I am a great player as I'm really not nor do I have any super slap skills either but his slap or funky style is more like my own and it just slots in. His sound is totally removed from my own too in fact Im not sure where that comes from So question is who do you love and have always listened to but sound nothing like and visa versa who do you quickly relate too when working out any covers or riffs etc particularly a band or artist you never really admired as such?

I find the ceramic maybe a bit more 'bitey' but if I was recording a happy pop record I would use the ceramic over the Alnico. I have the mint 4 bolt neck light weight pre EB now

I went round the houses to get an Alnico one by buying new then traded my old SR4 on here for another 5 as a backup which is one of the very last of the ceramic and now I prefer that one! Typical. The Alnico is much darker sounding in comparison. I have just been looking at a Classic 5 in retro burst but the funds are a bit low, like about £1950 too low

I more or less sound the same on my '07 Ray5 (ceramic) in series mode as I do on my '10 Ray5 (Alnico) when its in parallel

Is this just a windup to get us to pay top whack for his Bongo as he is gassing for something else?

Stop talking him out of it I have my eye on that Bongo 5 HH

I have been playing for 25 years and know a fraction of what's out there! Which reminds me where's Doddy? I'm due a top up

Most of my proper bought books have both.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1343153626' post='1746255'] Listened to the tracks on YouTube. Won't bother again, little uninspiring and a bit lacking tbh. [/quote] TBF its not really an anything its just a collection of rubbish put together for charity rather than him trying to create an actual pop record, the tunes do grow on you and you hear something new each time but other than that I dont think its his greatest work