Stingray5

Yeh, that's a nice early example. Easy to see why Fender soon changed the logo's around on later models!

I recently needed to replace the cable for my wireless unit battery pack. Thomann were the only ones who had it and I received the order within a week. Comms are very good too.

Lovely stuff, indeed! 'Specially that Sei fretless six-stringer...

I'd prefer the sp to have been designed to finish nearer the neck so they could have then separated the pups a little more. The front headstock pic looks a bit compressed/stretched(?). The neck looks pretty regular in the other shots.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='343414' date='Dec 2 2008, 07:51 PM']Your Kramer 450b makes me want to don a curly wig & do an Alan Lancaster impression! Cool bass [/quote] Whatever you want, OTPJ

Or maybe go for something multicoloured instead. Starburst maybe. Or Smarties - I hear they've brought back the blue ones too! Still, as has been mentioned, it's your bass. Go with your gut! (er...not on the bass though! )

[quote name='LWTAIT' post='343208' date='Dec 2 2008, 04:54 PM']that silver precision is very cool. as is that ned callan cody bass. oh, and those tokai breezysounds are excellent guitars, my guitar teacher has one in gold and it really is excellent.[/quote] Actually, the colour doesn't show too well in the pic but the Chandler P bass was in fact more of a blue finish; can't remember the name but sort of an 'ice-blue'? The Tokai is one of the instruments I do regret parting with. Hell, I'd like 'em all back really!

[quote name='spinynorman' post='343030' date='Dec 2 2008, 02:06 PM']This is the first political discussion I've seen on a bass site that didn't turn nasty before the end of page 1. Give yourselves a huge credit crunch bail-out bonus.[/quote] On [i]any[/i] site, come to that!

I was looking through a bunch of old photos and came across a few reminders of some previously-owned basses -- and a few guitars, sorry! -- which I thought I'd post here. These were owned from between the early 70's through to about the early 90's. Of those shown, the only one I still have is the Chappel classical guitar (bought 1980). Rickenbacker 4001 (bought brand new with case in 1974 for £325 from Music City in Shaftesbury Avenue, London). Sadly missed, I'd love to have this puppy back again!! Original Ned Callan 'Cody' bass (before Shaftesbury added their name to the headstock). Bought mid-70's then converted to fretless a few years later and added DiMarzio pup and coil-tap. Kramer 450B owned from early to mid-80's. l-r: Yamaha RBX 200F fretless bass; Casio DG-20; Columbus Tele copy (cheapie with high action used for slide); Chappel C-101 classical guitar; Ibanez Roadstar; Westone Thunder IIA bass (also greatly missed though I do still have her fretless sister!). l-r: Kramer 450B bass; Chappel C-101 classical guitar; Chandler P-J custom bass; Tokai 'Breezysound' (brilliant!) Telecaster copy. [b]"If I had all the money I'd spent on bass guitars - I'd spend it on bass guitars!"[/b]

[quote name='benzies123' post='338939' date='Nov 27 2008, 09:34 PM']My first rig [/quote] I see you have one of the Hudson 5-stringers. What's that like? They seem pretty decent, especially for the price. (I note in your sig, you say it's like a Curbow). Nice rig, by the way.

Nice! Could you do the same in green?

[quote name='The Burpster' post='338623' date='Nov 27 2008, 04:40 PM']You need to unplug a bit more........ [/quote] That's fer sure!

[quote name='budget bassist' post='338546' date='Nov 27 2008, 03:30 PM']There were something like 42 viewing the thread that led to the public apology EDIT: wow, that thread has 12,000+ vews![/quote] Phew, 42! Guess that puts my 27 in the shade a bit.

Following the 'Public Apology' thread, still very active as I write, I noticed at one point there were 27 viewers at one time looking in and I was just wondering if there are any stats as to what is/was the largest number of viewers looking at a thread at the same time? Has anyone else noticed this particular detail? (Or do I need to get out more? ) I don't know if this is something that can be tracked here anyway. I know we can see 'most users online' etc on the home page, but I was curious about individual discussions (as above). Mods? Cheers.

Lovely looking bass! For all the weird and wonderful, exotic basses out there, with however many strings we want to have - I see something like this and think, yeh, that's all you really need! Hope she plays as good as she looks!!

Ah, this just brought back the memory of seeing John Martyn on the 'Grace and Danger' tour back in 1981 at the Dominion Theatre, London. This was with another lovely fretless player - John Giblin. Plus Phil Collins on drums. Great gig!

Veeeery interesting! What's the weight of this bass? And how does it feel physically against your body when playing?

[quote name='bubinga5' post='331209' date='Nov 18 2008, 02:58 AM']how good are those Stingray 5s.. ive only played the 4 strings..are they similar.. I did love the Sterling..wicked slap tone..[/quote] I've not had a Sterling though like 'em and may go for one in the future. For me, the StingRay does it all. It's a bloomin' workhorse! And with the extra low B string on the 5, it just expands the scope that bit more. Obviously a wider neck but not too wide (at least for me). In 40-odd years of playing I've had a ton of basses (and guitars), some I would dearly love to have back again, but the 'Ray has been with me up and down the UK and across Europe over the last 12 years and has honestly never let me down.

Have to be my StingRay 5.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='329935' date='Nov 15 2008, 11:21 PM']indeed i have! i have the vesta ovd overdrive, brilliant pedal, and for the price i got it for, right chuffed hows the delay?[/quote] Yeh, build quality is good on these babies (i.e. - not plastic! ) The MDX controls (Delay Range [2 - 512 ms pre-sets], Depth, Feedback, Multi, Rate and Effect Mix) allow for a huge range of sounds including chorus, phase and flange as well as delay of course. A bit of experimentation is needed to find what you want but it's good fun and works well in most situations. Sorry about the naff pic. I just did a quick search online and it was the only one I could find. [attachment=16035:vestafire_mdx_001.jpg]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='329850' date='Nov 15 2008, 08:40 PM']here's my bit of trace beast and friends [attachment=16030:Current_rig.JPG] really is the dogs bollocks [/quote] Hey, bassmankev, I just spotted you also have an old VestaFire pedal and was curious as to what model it is? I've had their MDX (Digital Delay with Modulation) pedal since about the mid-80's. Aside from having to replace the switch a few years back, it's still going strong.

[quote name='littleal' post='329100' date='Nov 14 2008, 01:48 PM']Nice gear too, i've just gone back to using trace gear after trying loads of other stuff, you can't beat it.[/quote] Glad you've seen the (green) light! Welcome back to the club...

[quote name='~tl' post='328136' date='Nov 13 2008, 09:09 AM']Finally, if you or any of your band mates have been stupid enough to remove the earth wire from their amps (some people do it to reduce hum) give them a smack in the face for being an idiot and reconnect it.[/quote] In fact, why not give the guitarist a smack in the face anyway - just for the hell of it!! And 'cos he's a guitarist...

Pretty much the same for me. I always use a good alkaline jobbie (Duracell+ etc) but they last forever. I changed my SR5 battery for a new one earlier this year for the first time in ages though there was [i]still[/i] life in the old one!