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    Musicman / Stingray help please

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by cloudburst

    The MusicMan Sterling does not fit in this list.
    And to put it beneath the 'Sterling by MusicMan' entries makes no sense at all.
    The Sterling is a different instrument to the StingRay - smaller body, thinner neck, different electronics and actually more expensive than the StingRay, so I don't know what that does to your 'pecking order'.

    In any case - pecking order schmecking order - I was playing an Ibanez bass in a store this afternoon and for about £250 it played far better than many £1000+ instruments I've played - and on a par with my US MusicMan instruments!

    CB

    HOW GOOD ARE STINGRAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by cloudburst

    When choosing your 'real' SR, as you call it, I'd recommend trying the various neck finishes, just to see what era and series you like the feel of best. I'd also recommend, due to your affinity for Jazzes, that you try the SR SLO special.

    Ref some of the points made above:

    Had a SR back in the day and it was ok. But I much prefer my Bongo to the SR. Perhaps I just wasn't playing the sort of music that caused me to really get the best of the SR back then. However - I've recently surprised myself by starting to use my Steinberger XL-2 almost 100% of the time. MattM is right - the feel and playability of this little all-graphite bass is the best I've yet experienced - not to mention the tone and sustain. It kind of spoils you for other basses.

    Ref the Teal coloured MM basses - I have to agree. My fretless is a transparent Teal MM Sterling with matching headstock and it looks, sounds and feels great. Through the OC-2 - I think you'd love it for obvious reasons.

    Ref the green SR above - please let's not start a "Why can't you get green guitars?" thread - we all know what happened when someone made that comment on a certain manufacturer's forum a few years ago.

    CB

    Bongo Fever

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Most people have never played a Bongo. So be careful who you listen to. My Bongo is the only bass ever to produce an unsolicited compliment from a drummer (re the tone). It's got a great neck. And the preamp controls are very easy once you learn not to over-control. No point repeating what others have said, so the only other point I'll add is that it's also very quiet.

    CB

    HELP!!! RICKENBACKER 4003

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Strangely, one of the only Rickenbackers I've ever played had a very similar fault. It was a black one, secondhand and for sale at the time in CC Music, Glasgow. May be worth giving them a call. This would have been under a year ago, so they may remember the cause.

    CB

    Replacing the Foam Lining in a Flight Case

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1359071309' post='1949627']
    I got a cracking case made in Edinburgh by

    [url="http://www.warehousesound.co.uk/maps.php#glasgow"]http://www.warehouse...aps.php#glasgow[/url]

    years ago, They now have a place in Glasgow too, might be worth a punt.

    The foam lining is FBO.
    [/quote]

    Well I got a GREAT job done by The Warehouse in Edinburgh.
    Didn't even have to drive there as they collected and returned to their Glasgow branch.
    Alan is a really nice guy. At his request, I taped some paper together to make a life size representation of the case area. Then I did a very detailed pencil technical drawing of my Steinberger XL-2. This included varying depths, curved areas and 'finger' areas for extracting the bass. There were a LOT of down-to-the-millimetre measurements.
    Frankly, I was a bit worried about the complexity I had asked for.
    However, when the case was turned around in only a few days, I needn't have worried.

    It fits my XL-2 like a glove. Perfect job. Cost £60 plus VAT. Will post a photo if anyone wants to see.

    Many thanks to Alan at The Warehouse.

    CB

    London Bass Guitar Show 2013 - 2 and 3/03/2013

    in Events

    Posted

    The slap bass got very irritating. I noticed some bloke going round all the stands, plugging in his odd looking bass and then treating everyone to the slap fest he thought we wanted. It was okay until he was rude enough to play over the sublime Yolanda Charles during her performance.

    On the positive side, kudos to young Jake for taking to the stage from the audience with his bass to play with the great Nate Watts.

    CB

    How do you know if a bassist is 'good' or not?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by cloudburst

    [quote name='lojo' timestamp='1361021931' post='1979892']
    That's cool

    If you'd have been trying to explain what the transponder and collective was, would you have said they are just above the ashtray :)
    [/quote]

    Ha ha - you're making this much too complicated; the collective's just to the left of the buttock retention unit :-)

    CB

    A small portable bass/guitar combo?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1361023176' post='1979912']
    Please do, I'd be interested to hear the results.
    [/quote]
    No probs. Will do. I'm a crap guitarist, so let me know what's 'good' and what's 'bad' to you. Will be early next week before I'm back in Glasgow where the guitar and amp are.

    CB

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