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3 hours ago, Deedee said:

It’ll be a good while before I’m going to be able to get out gigging with it to get a true feel, but I’ll certainly be looking forward to it when that day comes.

If that's a two-10 you've got it sat on then I can confirm that you won't be disappointed.

On hold pending the usual. I'm a little bit gutted!

Feeler for my Maruszczyk Jake 5p in sunburst, tort & rosewood.

• Chambered body - weighs 3.5kg using the bathroom scales method. One of the lightest basses I've played, not just for a 5 string.  Feels ridiculously light and balanced.
• 18mm string spacing.
• Delano p/j pickups with passive VVT controls.
• Great colour with grain on the body, matched headstock.
• Rosewood board with blocks & cream binding.
• Hipshot hardware, pretty sure the tuners are ultralights.
• Lovely low action.

I've just specced this model up as closely as I can on the Maruszczyk configurator and it comes in at €2035.

Excellent condition, one small cymbal related chip in the headstock (just to the right of the 'J' in Jake on the pic of the logo)

New pushbike GAS means I'm looking at selling one of my two basses and the rest of the band prefer the tone of the active ray for 80s covers.

Price is firm, I won't be gutted at all if it doesn't sell.  Collection from Sale, South Manchester or I can meet within reasonable distance.

I've got an old gigbag if you insist on shipping (UK only) but that would be at your own risk and extra expense.  I'd MUCH prefer collection or meet up so you can try before you buy with no obligation.

Cheers!

On 19/02/2019 at 18:12, Jezyorkshire said:

What band were you playing with mate, I live just down the road in Todmorden, regards, Jez

Hi Jez,

Sorry, I missed this on Tuesday.  My band is called Jump The Shark. We're back in Tod on June 8th.

My mate Al does roller banners (Signs by Alyerpal on Facebook). He did ours and the kick drum skin.

21 hours ago, therealting said:

Damn. If you ever sell that...

If the GAS for a new bike increases then I'll be in touch!

Very much enjoy playing my Maruszczyk Jake 5p/j. Chambered body so it weighs less than a duck, lovely shallow neck and low action. Sounds great too. I've just got a new stingray and it's usually one in one out for me but I can't quite bring myself to list it.

5 minutes ago, peteb said:

The Landlord at that pub is a nice guy who is a real enthusiast.

He is. Talking to him last night they had two full range PA speakers waiting to be wired up so next time he just wants us to bring our desk which will save loads of room and make my life a lot easier.

A lot of the clutter had been tidied/organised to the rear of the stage, which was miles better than our previous gig there. Plug sockets all round the stage and built in lighting too.

Oh, and the crowd were great as always. I'm usually anxious about January gigs as I've ended up playing to two bored barmaids and a passing cat before, but they turned out in force and were up for a party. As Blue said, I'll overlook a lot for that.

Turns out Todmorden doesn't do dry January. Great crowd and really fun place to play. I had one of those nights and dropped a few more clangers than average but the feedback was that the sound was great, so the new pink stringed Stingray is doing the job very nicely.

9 hours ago, Kev said:

Sorry to bring this back up, but I too am considering adding a One10 to my setup.  @largo May I ask how you get/got on with your 3 One10 setup?

Me too, any updates?

1 hour ago, Les said:

One of our problems is the Troubadours are heavily booked so knocks a lot out of the diary for the Shelbys. 

Talent is a curse isn't it mate

Looks & sounds great Les.

How many Shelby bookings are you getting compared to the Troubadour-ing?

Bloody hell. Been checking for one of these all week and the moment I don't.......

13 hours ago, rushscored4 said:

I know the Bowling Green but never played there. What's your band called? I'll look out for you and pop down if I'm not gigging myself. I'm in a Manchester / Stockport covers band called the (mighty) Reform.

We're called Jump The Shark (a TV reference for a show that is past its prime and has to rely on desperate gimmicks to get attention - thought it suited us well!). Based in South Manchester too.

Facebook.com/jumpthesharkband

I've heard of you guys as well, is Tony your singer?

1 hour ago, Pirellithecat said:

Yep, the pink strings coupled with the facial expressions were brilliant!

Cheers buddy, I've been working hard on my bass face! Glad the ray sounded good out in the room too, never easy to tell when you're up close with earplugs in.

Another fun gig at the Bowling Green in Horwich. Got to fire up the new stingray for the first time too. Took me a while to adjust to the neck profile, weight etc but the second set was one of the best we've done.

Turns out that it doesn't matter how much you rehearse, spend time hunting for just the right gear/tone, get your parts down exactly as per the 'live from the Dog & Doris '77' album. If you want to get noticed then whack a set of pink strings on your bass. Job done.

Pub was so full of Xmas punters that I couldn't get past to get out for fresh air at half time!

Also excellent to catch up with fellow basschatter @Pirellithecat. Nice to see you again buddy, thanks for coming down.

Best - the Stingray 5 stealth I picked up a few weeks ago on here from Derek. Fitted with some pink DR Neons it looks the absolute business for my 80s band. It's superb to play and sounds great.

Worst - Behringer P2 IEM cabled up headphone amp. Thought I'd try to go cabled and cut out interference but the sound was so muffled and unclear compared to my ancient cheapo wireless unit that I used it for one rehearsal and never again. Fortunately it was only a £30 error.

Cheers fellas. 

I'd also like to publicly thank Derek for his patience during the sale. I paid by bank transfer (as I have before for other stuff and it's gone through in minutes). On this occasion it took almost 2 hours and a couple of nervy phone calls to the bank until the money landed.

Derek didn't bat an eye and let me hang around whilst the money cleared, he even put the Merseyside derby on pause and delayed knowing the score. Another excellent basschatter.

9 hours ago, GuyR said:

I can't believe you let your dog sit on the sofa.

V  cool looking bass. Good choice.

 

I bloody scrutinised that photo for any incriminating background features! It's actually my daughter's newest stuffed toy dog and I have no say whatsoever in what it's allowed to to do (pretty much like everything else in the house!)

I kept getting drawn back to drool over Derek's Stingray 5 stealth on the for sale boards so last weekend (after a couple of beers) I sent him a PM. Now it's mine!

It's heavier than my other fiver (a Maruszcyzk with a chambered body) and the neck is significantly chunkier but it's subjectively 'tighter' in all areas, to play, in tone and particularly on the low B.

Given that I'm in an 80s covers band I ordered a set of DR neons and, well, look at it! Happy boy. Not sure if the Maruszcyzk is going to go as it does a very different thing, but the ray instantly fit the band sound at rehearsal this week.

Oh yes! Buy with confidence folks, a top bloke.

I bought Derek's Stingray stealth from him tonight. He was fantastic with communication, made a great brew and was incredibly understanding whilst the world's longest bank transfer went through! Cheers!

Up until a couple of weeks ago I'd have said a mono 'betty'. Still the most comfy strap I've used. However, after the stitching came apart mid gig and I had to bodge repairs I'm back to a good old Levy's wide leather strap.

I bought some RHA over ears from Amazon a few years ago. They have a 3.5mm cable socket so I can swap from long to short cable depending on what I'm using them for. Didn't know OBBM did headphone cable but seeing that he does it's a no brainer!

Hi Tony,

I bought six individual LED PAR lights from Amazon for about £25 each. Not the super cheapest on there. Then got two O clamps that screw into the ceiling mount holes on our page tops. Two 1m speaker poles into the O clamps and I can hang two lights off each speaker. The other two lights go on the floor to uplight drums and pull up banners etc.

Just back from the brilliantly named Polished Knob in Todmorden. They've built a stage with a drum riser! Really good gig, including a song where we wore masks of the groom's face for a hen do that came in.