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They are very close. I like White Nylons. Good string, last a long time too. I had them on my Hyperbass for a while.

Line6 Sonic Port and AmpliTube free if you have an iPhone. Wont need the auxiliary in then, will read straight from iTunes library including slowing tracks down.

Booo - the rack isn't included in the price!

Have you emailed Sandberg? They might have some spares still.

I’ve got the 70 and a 75. Been great. Do scan every time you use it though.

I was hoping it was being bought by Behringer. Just to annoy the mainly USA based people who object to anything not made by hand by American virgins.

I had one. I found it sterile compared to my old LM2. I didn't keep it long.

This. its blumming marvellous.

I bought new ones. Could not be arsed with faffing of washing them.

Beautiful. You spelled "shitheads" wrong though....

If there's a UK stockist I'll try them! Anything to get the weight down.

Do let us know what GAK say when you tell them you know they were lying to you. No need to be polite - this was lying, and was lying in a manner likely to damage the reputation of Ibanez.

I like that. Never listened to them before.

@drTStingray @stingrayPete1977 Can you guys shed any light? Thanks

I can't imagine Ibanez being happy that a retailer is claiming that all of them failed quality control. And having owned many Ibanez instruments over 30 years I cannot imagine them releasing an entire batch that are faulty.

1.5mm is easily noticeable. Loads of 45mm 5 string basses out there, but the Stingray 5 is 44.5, and just that 0.5mm is easily noticeable when stretching over for the B string.

I really love the tone Kyle Eastwood gets on his Metropolitain album. I believe he uses a pair of the Suitcase combos.

Another great idea. Personally I'd take the Line6 HX Stomp over the fishman for traditional bass use, but there are loads of great preamps these days. Some powered cabs can be quite heavy though.

I just noticed the specs say that the nut width has increased from the previous Stringray by roughly 1.5mm The old one was 41.3mm and the Special is now 42.86 This is somewhat annoying as I like a jazz width neck of 38-40mm for most things and the SLO option isn't available anymore. My question is - has the neck thickness on the Specials been slimmed down a bit? The increased width might be ok if the neck isn't as chunky as it used to be. Just thinking about a forthcoming significant birthday...

Was that the Batsignal? I’m very happy with my Markbass Marcus Limited head with a Barefaced One10 (or a pair if we play outside). Im playing in a variety of ensembles but the main one is a 25 piece jazz big band with loads or horns and reeds. It’s plenty loud enough. I definitely recommend the Marcus Miller models over the regular ones. The EQ is much much better.

I don’t have any tweeters so should be ok for hiss!

Almost everyone on the bill at the first UK Ozzfest as better than Ozzy and Black Sabbath. But Pantera's performance was up into legendary status.

How loud are the amp fans? Would you hear it next to a single clarinet for example? ta

I often use the 900 with a single or pair of One10. Works very well.

I had a pair of CN112 for a while. Sold them for my BF One10 pair. The Bergs were lovely but too pushed in the mids for me. They didnt sound the same as the previous HD112 that I had.