Duarte

Not FUNK, but fantastic groove, incredible bass work going on. I love Paul Simon.

[quote name='metaltime' post='684186' date='Dec 14 2009, 05:04 PM']That sounds like a great and rewarding job. Good Work [/quote] It really is. Just to see the look on his face when I turn up is amazing. I'm very lucky

I like the ashtrays, over the pickup at least. It really aided me in getting a good right hand position for slap and I sorely missed it when I sold the P bass and got a Stingray.

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='683680' date='Dec 14 2009, 08:49 AM']I am intrigued, do you manage a creche or work in a kennels?[/quote] Haha, no, I work with a boy with severe learning disabilities. I go to his house 5 days a week and do stuff with him. For example, I am encouraged to bring musical instruments and play music, letting him join in. His idea of playing a guitar is putting the headstock in his mouth and plucking every string in order over and over again. This results in bite marks on the headstock...his guitars, and the banjo I gave him are so worn down and chewed up at the head it's unblievable. I've tried to tell him and show him how to actually do it but to no avail. We also go for walks, do jigsaw puzzles (I say DO jigsaw puzzles...as a loose term) dance around the playroom, or pretty much do whatever he wants (he points at a picture of something he wants to play with) But I've actually just got hold of an encore P bass which I will be taking in future. [quote name='cd_david' post='683765' date='Dec 14 2009, 10:41 AM']I know this is all personal taste but i hate to play a dirty bass, first of all for the feel, clammy under your hands eeeuuuuwww , and second of all the maintenance issue, fingerboards drying out, hardware rusting and seizing up etc. issues with the finish, clean off your acidic sweat and it will last longer.[/quote] Yeah I might start doing clean ups, that gunk is not pretty nor does it feel good. Although as a general rule, I clean the fretboard when I change strings.

I would like to keep my basses in pristine vondition, but when it comes down to it I can never be bothered to care what they look like. My Bongo is in pretty much perfect condition still, but the ray has many bumps and dents. This is a result of taking it to gigs without a case (we have a small car!) taking it to work where it gets scraped around the floor, chewed on and sucked. I play it a lot, and there is gunk on the pickup and on the fretboard. Yeah, I would prefer it if it was clean, but in the end it really doesn't matter. It's a great bass. It sounds and plays great which is all that really matters. I would never buy a reliced bass, I don't see the point. But I also don't really see the point in keeping it perfect, when it will never stay that way forever.

Wow, I had never heard of Lettuce before, GREAT stuff!

One of my all time favorite funk vids. I saw them at the Jazz Cafe in May, and MAN were they good. Got to meet the entire band afterwards...they just hung around!

You mean like this one? i really, really want that.

If you like the Stingray 5, consider a Bongo! Seriously, seriously consider one.

I doubt it's down to the pickups...most Barts I've played sounded like crap. Or my definition of crap could be your definition of AWESOME. Does it have a preamp?

[quote name='TheButler' post='675197' date='Dec 5 2009, 07:19 PM']I'm saying i'd say no:[/quote] Woah! I think I may have changed my mind. Shiiiiit.

[quote name='TheButler' post='675075' date='Dec 5 2009, 04:48 PM']Ewww.. dude, her make-up is always 3'' thick, and a tree trunk of a neck.. she might be a nice bird though I shall cease superficial judgement. Really though... all of Golchen's girls are superior. Anyway, i jest.[/quote] You're saying you would say no? This is what I would like: Yes, please.

True, he did say it would never happen. But hey, it did, and I'm a happy man. He also said ebony on stealth models wouldn't happen, but again, it did. I'm happy about this too. Because let's face it...stealth with a rosewood board looks like crap.

And the cheapest stuff can have green and black ugly lines through it. It's not attractive, but again, for athe purpose of an instrument, there is nothing really wrong with it.

Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes. Made for the job

I've had a precision made of basswood (many japanese fenders are basswood) and yeah my bongo is basswood. There's nothing wrong with it, like so many people will tell you there is. My P sounded sublime and my Bongo...well sounds like a Bongo, freakin awesome. It's just not an attractive wood, you won't see it on any natural finished basses, possibly on cheaper trans finish basses. Some manufacturers (including EBMM) use basswood as the main wood on guitars, but use mahogany 'tone blocks' or other woods to alter the tone.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='673821' date='Dec 4 2009, 12:42 AM']yeah, i'm not really feeling that either, they seem to have stolen that from fender, and most of the colours too....[/quote] I don't think matching headstocks are an idea that only fender have used in the past 50 years... for example, my Bongo has a matching headstock... An so did a Dean I had a few years ago...

Those are just prototypes too - the real ones come with a chrome battery cover and figured birdseye necks (at extra cost I believe) Edit, Ah yes, those are shown in the 2nd link. Beautiful basses.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='671718' date='Dec 1 2009, 11:29 PM']I haven't noticed that problem on either of my Stingrays, either. When did they stop having the varied height raised pole pieces, btw? My 2000 piezo Ray has these and it seems to have a much broader spectrum of sound from the single humbucker than the flush pole pieces ones I've played.[/quote] They changed to this when they introduced the dual pickup models. There shouldn't be any difference in tone - only less cuts on your fingers and less annoying pops when the strings touch the excessively long pole pieces. A StingRay will not have this problem if it is set up to EB factory specs. Another problem is that people tend to cut mids - and that will not help. There's plenty of threads about this on the EB forum, and they all get pissed off as it is an easliy solved problem that crops up very often. Due to the nature of the build and electronics of the stingray, you must abide by a simple set of guidlines...it's not a problem on mine so I don't know exactly what those uidlines are though....

Diamonds on the soles of her shoes - Paul Simon Love it

Just eleborating on my previous point... The owners of the first few MusicMan Classic Collection StingRays claim that they nail the tone of the old basses. They have the exact same electronics and materials as the other models. It's definitely a case of 'Older is better' and 'reissue models are better, as they replicate the old'

[quote name='Linus27' post='657174' date='Nov 17 2009, 04:36 PM']Dave, my MM is a 3EQ from 2005 and sounds like a Musicman.[/quote] Of course it does. I don't understand when people say the older ones sound better? The only things they have changed are the truss rod wheel (because it's made of win), taken the mutes off (because they sucked), put on a plastic battery compartment (because otherwise you'll need a screwdriver), and adjusted the nut in tiny measurements to improve intonation. Otherwise, they're the same. Electronics are the same. Construction is the same. They sound...the same.

just do it. You know you want to. DO IT!