stingrayPete1977

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1342211094' post='1731932'] Likewise we all drive round in £ks worth of cars which could be banged, smashed or stolen. [/quote] You have not seen 'Vera' my mushy pea green £930 Morris 1000 then?

Your avatar gives me gas I'm right on the brink again of selling my pre EB to fund a classic 5!

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1342210230' post='1731908'] [u]The old pre-EBs I really like as well but I don't think they look that different -[/u] very variable weight (up to 15 lbs!!!!!), maybe a little mojo from age, and sometimes variable quality. I think the Classic Ray is an example of where a new bass is a good bet. [/quote] You know you're as sad as me and can spot the missing fret marker from 200 yards though! If you could garantee the pre EB being a good one then I would still take a pre EB if I were after a 4 string, they have a ceratin magical something.

Just read it again and he says he bought a better fretted neck. I would still keep that neck though, it could be put 99% right, It might turn out to be a right fook up in 10-20 years time!

Not sure where the rest of it is? A mint condition whole '76 would be £2500+ maybe he has decided its worth more in bits?

Man up Jose No idea how it compares with the John East version?

I dont know, if it were '77 it would be no more than £50-100 in that state IMO, '76 if it were mint who knows £500+, as it is???

I have a feeling this is the one that I bid on ages ago that needed a lot of work, but its turned out nice and is clearly a genuine seller, the one I was outbid on at about £900 needed a hole filling where the 3 band EQ had required a jack socket in the body like a new EBMM one, had the 2 band circuit missing and various other bits, but it was a genuine 76' so there is a good chance it was this one before the work was done. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MUSICMAN-MUSIC-MAN-STINGAY-BASS-1976-FIRST-YEAR-RADIO-KNOBS-WHITE-GUARD-L-FENDER-/290742974419?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43b1a1b7d3"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item43b1a1b7d3[/url] I wonder what an unmolested 76' with radio knobs would fetch?

What a shame, first year of production neck ruined! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musicman-Stingray-Bass-neck-VERY-EARLY-1-Nov-1976-pre-Ernie-Ball-marked-fretless-/330762155935?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d02f5f79f"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musicman-Stingray-Bass-neck-VERY-EARLY-1-Nov-1976-pre-Ernie-Ball-marked-fretless-/330762155935?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d02f5f79f[/url] Interested to see what it fetches......

Glad your a max'd out bass guy too Matt and +1 for a late 80's early 90's Ray for a good comprimise around the £900 mark.

I'd say the sound is the going to be the least different thing about them too, a different amp used on a pre EB, Classic or regular 2 band EBMM would make more difference over all, One looks really cool, one looks even cooler still and the other is the reason the other two exist and looks the coolest of all three

awesome

Ears first, fly sh*t if they are out there second or if it's worth getting it bang on.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1342188172' post='1731192'] so translated... this bass will give you.... 1) something that might increase the sustain 2) something to stop the sustain 3) softer versions of maple less suitable for a bass neck than non figured 4) a shiney thing 5) a different sticker on it 6) another shiny thing 7) pretty colours. and [b]8) possibly a 5th string[/b] [/quote] See they got me with number 8! This is what the Ray 5 should of been in '87 other than the slab body IMO, I love my 5's but they are Silouhette basses really aren't they? The classic has the best of everything, basically a pre EB with a fancy neck, 6 bolt neck plate and wheel of fortune but with the mute bridge with the string thru option and the 2 band EQ, if it had a contoured body it would be even better but not really a pre EB copy which is what it is rather than an 80's EBMM Ray copy as they were contoured from day one in '84.

Flea really has not done that much slapping for a long time, It does not help that he has a style that is quite funky even when playing fingered which sounds almost like he is slapping even when he is not, the Guy Dave in my sig at the bottom has a similar bass playing style but plays no slap at all. Like a lot of people we hear what is prominent from a band/artiste and presume thats all they do, some of Flea's best lines are very melodic and gently played in fact..... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcN12uVHeQ[/media] 4 mins on is the best bit of the best Chili's songs IMO If your looking for Richard Bona or Janek stuff sure its nothing like but you cant say there is no groove there, you just cant!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1342124028' post='1730130'] You turn the bass all they way up? I normally don't go beyond a quarter of its travel, or a bit more perhaps. [/quote] Oh yes it's FTW there's no thump down there Jose, come to the dark side

I must admit I'm getting the equally as bad Guitar saddles confused with the bass saddles concerning the thinness but stripped threads it was all the same.

It was a 70's P bass I think, Tele style one? Just knackered threads, probably first stripped when being adjusted under tension after the first one went the second would of been taking all the strain in reality. I have just text Neil, he will be surprsied that I know already

It was actually a string through I was playing when the bridge saddle collapsed, the trouble with the thin plate saddle is that it only has a few turns of the saddle height adjusting pin in contact with it to spread the pressure, this makes stripped threads more common than something like a billet cut chunk of steel that has dozens of screw thread turns in contact all the way through, if that makes sense? A new saddle or rethread the stripped one up to the next size pin is an easy fix, not so easy during a gig though is it?

Not his white Jazz with the blocks? Really nice bloke is Neil, I presume he told you about our secret little geek meets then? You have let the cat out of the bag now that not only do I have some (very few) real friends I also know some with very nice basses and my judgements are mostly made on playing the actual things rather than reading what other people have said about them!

Now I did not say that....

Haha, how come you met him!? (and what a lovely Sadowsky, thats how a Fender should be )

Needles!

Again who cares about the tone if the thing was previously falling apart as you played it? If yours are fine and you like them leave them alone, if yours like mine is not then either get another BBOT and see if that solves it or fit something, err..... better

If your after a 4 string a proper pre EB knocks spots off it and will retain if not increase in value on the other hand I really want a classic 5 as that obviously is not an option any other way, all the best bits of my pre EB with an extra string whats not to like?! They appear to be much zingier than a pre EB Ray which is odd as I have the same circuit but that said you can cut the treble, the necks are fabulous and they look super cool over all. The slab body takes a few gigs to get used to but after that its fine, the muted bridges are cool for some old skool tones too. Are you familiar with the 2 band Ray in general? If not and you take either for a test drive, bass on full then adjust the treble pot like you would a tone pot on a P bass, massive range of tones all on one pot