stingrayPete1977

Nothing elegant but it works a treat, easily the best mod on mine. I need to redo the spike as it's rattling again.

I agree with you, I lasted six months before ordering a DB after getting my Stagg! I think the clumsy Stagg neck is a good introduction to the awkward real thing if you go that way later.

Oopps later I promise,lol.

A Stagg sounds perfect to me for what you want, I still think the Stagg is good if you want to move onto an acoustic upright later as the neck is fairly deep and the finger board arched, a fretless bass on it's end it ain't!

Who'd have thought the first Barefaced cab I'd see without the obligatory amp overhang either side would be the smallest cab they make!

Just needs some pickups now then, lol.

NS and Ibanez.

Aria and Stagg

I wouldn't say so, the Aria is more like the Stagg (well the other way round), the new ibby has no string afterlength like an NS design.

I just can't see any strings being able to do a good job of EADG and BEAD at the flick of four D tuners. I'll stick with the Stingray 5s.

If you're going to put specific strings on that only suit the lower tuning then there's no point putting the d tuners on is there?

Try detuning all your normal strings down to BEAD and see how it plays, like crap I'll wager.

Looks like a decent alternative to the NS uprights, depends how it sounds and plays I guess.

Having a 130 string tuned to B is one thing, dropping a 100 to D is ok but dropping a 100 to low B will be useless.

I'm glad I moved exclusively to fives, much less effort than swapping basses, swapping tunings, fitting D tuners and relearning to play around the new positions.

I imagine they were wearing in ears too? Possible net effect the Aguilar added, nil.

My Reply would be "Pay the full asking price and collect it and you can use it as often you like."

You've nailed the part most people miss, in an acoustic setting you could probably ditch all the amps if you set the speakers up slightly further back than you would a vocal only pa. That's tight stage area space saved and no need to upgrade for larger gigs where you can use on stage amps along with the 735s running harder. Buy cheap, buy twice.

The 735 would nail it, a pair without subs will do a full rock band including bass and kick drum in a typical pub or function room.

Just for balance, I wouldn't buy a 4 string again unless it was an upright, I'd never use it.

Rickenbacker

I don't think it should be compulsory but those that don't add it need to be aware that they may get less interest in an item, every Modulus 5 that comes up has been somewhere outside of the uk and I've passed them by, I'm gas free but if one popped up near me I might be tempted for example.

I don't think I bought anything other than strings last year and I've not got much planned for this one, I might even reduce some kit down!

Only on the one hand.

Sounds interesting, got a link?