Rayman
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Great bass this one, great tone, a pleasure to play. -
I'll take some more pics in the morning. The controls are 3 band EQ, volume and pan, very straight forward.
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I know mate, it's beautiful instrument, I'll be sad to see it go.
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Yep, PMT Salford, if you want drums too. Sounds Great is in Heald Green, and is a great shop, but expensive and mainly guitar orientated, a few basses, and no drums. The drum centre is on the Eccles road, but no basses alas. PMT's your best bet.
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[quote name='charic' post='1344599' date='Aug 18 2011, 05:08 PM']Yikes that's beautiful. I'm guessing the trade wouldn't go for a pimped MIM P [/quote] I had a MIM P bass, and it was great, but I'm after something a bit more upmarket, thanks anyway mate. Dood will be disgusted that I'm letting this one go I'm sure.
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PMs replied to, and just to clarify, there's no case.
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One of Jons' early builds, when it went for a tart up recently even he wasn't sure when he's made it, but we're guessing early 2000s. Wenge body, maple top, rosewood fretboard, EMG pups & eq, a beautifully put together instrument. A few light marks but nothing major, it plays lovely with a pretty low action, and as I say, was back with Jon a few weeks back for a clean up and to have a couple of ebony ramps made, which I have taken off (they're only stuck on with double sided tape) as I decided they weren't for me. I use my Stingray pretty much all the time, so this beaut just isn't getting much use. I hope it's ok for me to use this picture as it's provided by a previous owner: and this one recently with the ramps fitted, taken with my, quite frankly, embarrassing phone camera: As I say, the ramps have been removed, but come with the bass if you want them. 35" scale, but very easy to play IMO, it's a lovely lovely thing, but having bought it for the band, it just doesn't fit in for what I need. I won't lie, it's pretty heavy, I don't know the weight because I don't have any scales, but it's not light. It sounds magic, and it plays like a dream, it really does, but I'm after either a Stingray, a Jazz or a Precision in a trade. I [i]can[/i] post, but I'd rather not, so I can drive within reason across most of the NW of England to meet you. So, there you are, unfortunate that it hasn't worked out for me, but I can't afford to keep it and not use it. [b]TRADED !!![/b]
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It never goes......[i]never[/i]. I'm thinking about unloading the Shuker because it's not getting played much, and I want either another Stingray or a Fender Jazz or Precision. Help me baby Jesus.
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Thought I'd stick my baby up here: Although I have a nasty habit of deciding to sell stuff I put up on here, let's hope not in this case .
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Jamie, having had one recently I can tell you, it needed no mods whatsoever. I read up on all the [i]blurb[/i] re upgrading the EQ [i]blah blah[/i], but it was nonsense IMO. All my GWB35 needed was some of the fretlines removing and re glueing as they had a tendency to pop out due to a lack of care when they were glued in in the first place. Once that was sorted the bass was perfect. Great tone from the stock electrics, MASSIVE low B too, it was a great bass, and IMO needed no upgrades at all.
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ahhh......photography..... I was a photo nut quite a few years ago now, I've still got all the books, and still got my old Nikon SLRs, but I've never made the jump to digital, although I was tempted again recently. Ped's well into his pictures too. I did a couple of masterclasses with a guy called Bob Carlos Clarke, who's sadly no longer with us, and I still have a large signed print of his, but it's a bit racey to have up on the wall. He was into his sex/art type stuff, but I preferred his still life and portraits. His printing was jaw dropping. Check out Jane Bown and Eve Arnold for the [i]best[/i] black and white portraits, and Charlie Waite and of course Ansel Adams for landscapes. I've got a signed Charlie Waite print on the wall behind me. Anyway..... Have a bump. -
Which is?
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I'd like to be playing dub reggae on a bog standard Fender Jazz.
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[b][size=3]FRALINS !![/size][/b]
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That's a bargain, someone snap it up!
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I'd go for a cream pearl plate rather than white. I had a P Deluxe with a cream pearl plate, and it gave it a really nice worn in look. To me, black wouldn't look right with a honey coloured body.
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I'd love to have seen them again, but couldn't justify the cost. The last time I saw them was in '81, with the original lineup, DiAnno, Burr, Harris, Stratton and Murray. They were the first band I'd ever seen live, and I was blown away. Great days.
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As with any budget bass they can be hit and miss. I had a Tony Levin, and out of the box is was ok, until you looked close up. The nut was shocking and had to be replaced straight away. The electrics were also pretty poor, and were also replaced. Once I'd thrown about 200 quid at it, it was a good bass, but still not on par with a Musicman, [i]for me[/i] in fact, not even close, but as a bass in it's own right, after the mods, it was a really nice player. The lesson I learnt, was that you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear, but you [i]can[/i] make a decent wallet. The review I did is here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11669&hl=olp+tony+levin"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...=olp+tony+levin[/url]
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Only a stingray sounds like a stingray
Rayman replied to ThomBassmonkey's topic in General Discussion
Clip 1 for me sounds more like my Stingray. It sounds tight and punchy, the tone I like. Clip 2 sounds mid scooped to me, with more top and bottom than the first clip. To be honest, I can get a similar tone to [i]both[/i] clips on my Stingray, but I prefer tone 1 whatever. But what do I know? I'm an SR5 player. -
EB Musicman Stingray 5 black with matching head stock.
Rayman replied to Jimelliottbassist's topic in Basses For Sale
Identical to mine. Fabulous bass. Have a bump. -
What's your favourite live song/performance?
Rayman replied to Ben Jamin's topic in General Discussion
New Day Rising - Husker Du, 1980 something, Hacienda, Manchester. -
Yamaha RBX all the way. I got one for an 11 year old lad a few months ago and he loves it. It plays great, it's light, and it sounds fantastic. Original thread here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85195&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85195&hl=[/url]
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[quote name='KERMITNT' post='1303498' date='Jul 14 2011, 01:14 PM']what a player what a bass my god [/quote] +1
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Easy [i]for me[/i] this one. If you want to be [i]technically[/i] great on bass (or any instrument) get a teacher, but that's not what I voted for. If you want to absorb, and enjoy, and learn, and have fun playing, then listening to as much music as you can, and playing along to it, [i]in my opinion[/i], is the [i]only[/i] way, and that's what I voted for.
