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This one B5! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119504&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119504&hl=[/url] Like me you were a prat to sell the first one ....... But we all have our reasons.

This one B5! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119504&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119504&hl=[/url] Like me you were a prat to sell the first one ....... But we all have our reasons.

As MM20 said tho I don't think the sound is as aggressive as a Sterling personally for the ceramic. FWIW I prefer ceramic in my fretless SR5 to alnico

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='1107988' date='Jan 30 2011, 11:59 AM']I had a saddle allen key in the lead bag.[/quote] Alas not mine.................probably in the south China sea or Indian ocean?

I think like some others mine arrived with a pretty high action (probably not help by it being tuned up by over a full tone) It's had half a turn so far and has held the change up to this point. On my estimation it will need some more but at least its playable - I'll be checking it with a tuner to see if it's lost at all before going at it again. Would have been nice if they'd supplied a key for the saddles - none of mine seem to fit!

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='1105166' date='Jan 27 2011, 03:36 PM']Gotta trust Tom on this one - I've ordered a sonic blue one, may get the first red one too...maybe white??[/quote] Maybe there's mileage in forming the sonic blue Sue Ryder bass owners forum?

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1104997' date='Jan 27 2011, 01:10 PM']I think Rob's design was at it's peak in the 80's, when the graphite necks were a "paddle" design with wooden wings attached. They sounded incredible, and after he shortened the neck design it was never as good.[/quote] They make Status basses with wood in them? Well what's the world coming to

Sonic blue P on the way in.......could be a craze starting. Even made a donation......hope everyone else did!

I think we all have our Achilles heal.....for me it's old motown stuff especially 'it's the same old song' No matter how many times I try that I trip over!

These things are always going to be be subjective. Unless you have plenty of room and cash you're probably going to fall into the MM or G&L camp. I'm on the MM side though I did dip my toe in the water a couple of years back with a US L2500 - which I subsequently px'd against a Ray5. Why - personal preference on the basis of: - Slimmer neck profile on the Ray - Weight, amazingly the Ray5 was a good pound lighter! - I found the controls on the L2500 too complicated in a gigging situation - The L2500 developed a crack in the neck pocket stored overnight in it's case (probably the paint) and I found G&L hopeless in terms of tech support (unlike EBMM and Strings and Things) Sorry I sound biassed, maybe I was unlucky in my experience and maybe my expectations were too high of the G&L. Also, while I'm sure there were some good sounds in the G&L it took an effort to extract them wheras on the Ray5 (for me) it was flat/flat/flat and flick the switch to suit.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1082259' date='Jan 8 2011, 04:19 PM']This is one of the reasons you need to know your models when comparing used prices or new old stock , there have been a lot of comments about used sr5 values (chris2112 was one the other day) but the new sr5 have what many including me class as the proper pup and pre amp making them less common used and more desirable to many and worth either buying new if the deal is good or paying a premium over an earlier (2008?) Sr5 IMO.[/quote] Too right Pete. I for one prefer the sound of the ceramic pup on the fretless SR5 (it seems to suit the fretless sound somehow) to the alnico buts thats just me. I guess there is such a thing as a Ray sound but there's lots of differences variations on the theme across the different models.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1081627' date='Jan 7 2011, 11:00 PM']I had a SR5.. but it didnt sound like this..i dont know why but a stingray is just appealing to me now.. sounds like a Jazz with more punch.. i played one once in a pub through an TE, and it sounded great, but the jazz at the time sounded better.. dont know why i havent noticed it before but the fatness of the SR4 is very cool... 1oopus posted this vid and the bass sounds so so good.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo...feature=related[/url] i could be sold to an SR4...[/quote] Agreed, do like the sound of the Ray in that vid. Sounds a bit like boosted treb on the 2 band and maybe a dose of compression? I couldn't get that sound on the SR5 - guess it was down to the different pre and ceramic pup, I tended to find it a bit smoother and less 'in your face' than the Ray4 2eq.