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I love my Ray 5, I actually don't understand why all 5 strings don't have the narrower MM spacing. It's still wide enough to play slap, but manageable with normal sized hands. I agree that a Stingray 4 (or classic/USA Sub) are among the nicest looking basses ever, unfortunately the "normal" Ray 5 is not pretty, but it more than makes up for it in quality.

RIP. Chris was a true gent. I am lucky enough to have spent time riding motorbikes with him, and even luckier to have an acoustic bass he made me

Hello, not been around in ages, but trying to sell some gear (and probably buy some too). I thought as im here you might like to see my Chris McIntyre Jazz 5 in shell pink. I commissioned it specifically for my wedding band gig, it's 4 hour gigs 3 nights a week so I wanted something light and versatile, but also pretty simple. I also started playing 5 strings on a Stingray, so I went for a narrower bridge and nut than mist Jazz basses. I picked the lightest bit of ash Chris had, and went with a John East J-sound preamp. An active/passive that's very versatile, with lots of internal options such as interchangeable tone capacitors, but really simple on the front. I wanted Nordstrand pickups, but had to have them custom made for my string spacing, sound great though, and work really well with the preamp. I have to admit the colour was influenced by Flea's jazz bass, and it's a nitro finish so should wear in nicely. I've done 3 gigs with it now, had the nut lowered very slightly, but apart from that I couldn't be happier.

Sold a Soundblox Envelope Filter to Jake, very pleasant from start to finish. Even let me know the pedal had arrived safely.

Just bought a Barefaced cab from Simon, spent way too long talking about bass stuff too. Pleasure to deal with.

I always thought it added a little bit of warmth, which is why it worked well with EBS. I'm definitely not ready to part with it, just wondering if there's a better option.

I've got a Cali 76 CB and I've loved it for years with my EBS rig it compressed well and added a certain amount of warmth. I recently started using a GB Streamliner and it's so warm sounding that I don't think the Cali works that well with it, any recommendations on a compressor that works as well but is a little more transparent. I've been drawn to the Darkglass, but only because the B3K is so good, I haven't actually tried the Super Symmetry.

Bought a Gens Benz Streamliner from Graeme, couldn't have been easier. Looking forward to gigging it all weekend.

I had a Cort made Squier Strat for a while, and I shouldn't have sold it. It was an amazing guitar, I've only tried one, so it may have been an exception, but it was great.