Lozz196

As I’m going soon to be out of a band for the first time in years I’m going to look at other styles and genres.

From what I’ve read the passive ones are quite highly thought of, no idea of value though.

I’ve found that the bridges such as Badass seem to slightly scoop the sound a bit, making the low end bigger & tighter and making the top end crisper. All this is very slight I should add, I’d never be able to tell in a band mix, and probably wouldn’t be able to tell on someone else’s bass either, only in my own that I’m very familiar with. But to me this takes away what a Precision is famed for, mids, however it emphasises what the Jazz is famed for, that scooped sound.

So looking to be GAS free for 2020, I decided to buy myself a new bass this week. Since I’m going to not be in a band soon, and for quite a while I think, I want to expand my range of playing and styles, and also not be solely a Precision player. So I’d been looking out for a Stingray in my favoured black/black/maple and fortunately our very own @tom1946 put one up, so did the deal, and it arrived today. Plays like a dream, am very happy with it though I can see already it’s going to make me play differently, which was the point really, less hamfisted hammering away, a bit more relaxed playing with more dynamics. Oh, the beauty in question, well as below.

Echoing the posts above, great transaction, great comms, item arrived very well packaged on the day stated - oh, it was an EBMM Stingray btw. Thanks Tom.

CD ordered last night, the one with Stuck Between Stations on it.

I know what you mean Dave, being happy with onstage tone makes a difference to me too, even though all my gigs go FOH via my Para Driver, so I know the audience are getting what I want them to hear. At the end of the day I want to enjoy gigs as much as possible and having the onstage sound spot on really helps in that.

Never heard of them before this thread but am gonna check them out a bit more as like that song. Agree with the Springsteen similarities comments.

Ah-ha, the unveiling. Congrats, that’s gonna make those Ashdowns sound great.

Remember that one well, Joe, great bass and played very nicely indeed.

I’ve used a Hiscox case every time we’ve flown for gigs and it’s been fine.

I would say a second Supercompact but given that it looks likely @Merton is putting up his first Supercompact for sale I have to admit to being very curious on this.

Well given that I’ve just bought a Stingray this week I’m hoping that my GAS is now subsiding and that I’ll be able to make 2020 without buying any gear aside from strings.

They do look great with a black scratch plate. Great bass btw.

Not playing anything other than 4 strings I couldn’t comment from personal experience but the mention of “I do use it - the low B - but reckon I could do without” makes me think that it has to be worth a go. And it’s a nice instrument to have to play at home even if not in a band setting. And you’ll always be able to move it on if you find you can’t get on with it.

Well that went well, bought myself a Stingray bass yesterday. Still, it’s not 2020 yet.......

A ridiculous one that had no point 😖

Once in a Lifetime, by Talking Heads, thinks it’s only two notes, repeated through the whole song.

Call the Ricktroopers

Given that I’m leaving my band I’ll be in the position of offloading a lot of gear. Am currently trying to justify to myself that having 3 Precisions when not in a band is acceptable. So if anything my GAS for 2020 is finding a reason to keep stuff I don’t need, rather than buying more stuff I don’t need.

Excellent, well done sir!

TIs take a while to get used to with their tension being a fair bit less than most other strings. It’s something I’m going to encounter again as am going to have flats on one of my Precisions. From recall I adjusted fairly easily, especially considering I used them for my current band and my playing style for that is quite hard hitting. Won’t affect it this time though as they’ll be on the bass I’m going to use for learning genres/songs other than punk.

Wowzers!

100 Club gigs are great, hope you had a blast Col.