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  1. Hellzero
    If you think about it, that's what all the so called big stars are doing, a complete playback/mime show as they don't want to disappoint their audience, ... according to themselves or more surely the producer. It's been discussed here before and some agree, some don't. To me, a live show means taking risks and including mistakes in it and that's, again, to me, what people really want to hear during a live performance and not exactly the same thing perfectly in place without any of these tiny errors that make the show so alive. And as The Human League used to sing: I'm only human Of flesh and blood, I'm made Human Born to make mistakes
  2. Hellzero
    You would be amazed if you recall these unplayable cheapo instruments we started playing on in the early 80's...
  3. Hellzero
    Sold and paid. 😊
  4. Hellzero
    And also knowing the electronical signal path, which makes it close to impossible for the Z7 to reach that Stingray tone as it is highly linked to the pickup and preamp configuration. And for your information, I'm a Jazz Bass guy. 😉
  5. Hellzero
    Nope, the answer of someone who took the time to compare both with the real McCoy trying to nail the sound they were supposed to reach. 😉
  6. Hellzero
    You got a rhetorical answer.
  7. Hellzero
    Which is quite typical for Boss/Roland and a real shame.
  8. Hellzero
    Yes, to nail that Stingray tone, when it's close to impossible with a Z7, it all depends on the tone you're after.
  9. Hellzero
    I'm really tempted to buy one just on a whim...
  10. Hellzero
    Wot, you ruined my day too, Chris, a fretless version of the sixer F10! 😍
  11. Hellzero
    Or the brand new Thomann/Music Area gig bag: https://www.thomann.co.uk/thomann_safecase_80_e_bass_bag.htm
  12. Hellzero
    Did you try @Jabba_the_gut, Chris?
  13. Hellzero
    This head looks very cleverly thought, seems way more interesting than the Boss Katana messy thing that I owned, thanks a lot @terocious ! 😊
  14. Hellzero
    As new Sterling by Music Man Ray 4 Vintage Sunburst Satin with official gig bag and extra stuff. NO TRADES! NON NEGOTIABLE PRICE! Asking price including fully insured shipping with tracking number, to your home, in these European countries (ask for other countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding DOM -TOM), Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom: €375 EUR (£315 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros)!!! Shipping to the UK is of course possible and included in my asking price, but with additional customs charges (VAT + other taxes + courier costs), as the UK is now outside the EU. Here are the specifications : Body: basswood Neck: hard maple Fingerboard: jatoba (9.5" radius) Positions: 21 medium frets absolutely unmarked Headstock: 3+1 Tuners: Sterling by Music Man opened gear Pickup: ceramic Sterling by Music Man Stingray humbucker wired in parallel for a truer sound Preamp: Sterling by Music Man Stingray 2EQ (same as the original, but SMC type) Controls : volume, treble and bass Bridge: Sterling by Music Man fixed bridge Strings spacing at bridge: 20 mm Nut: plastic Strings spacing at nut: 10 mm (width 38 mm aka SLO neck) Scale: 34 inches Hardware colour: chrome Truss rod: one, single action, 100% functional Finish: Vintage Sunburst Satin Country of origin: Indonesia Serial number: B193881 Year: n.a. Weight: 3.995 kilos Action : from 1.5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the E string at 12th position (can even go way lower, but was perfect for me) Will be delivered in a brand new Sterling By Music Man gig bag with the factory tag, the Allen key for the saddles and the tool for the truss rod. Non-smoking environment as usual. The bass has been fully set up and shielded (dead silent) professionally and will come with some new Dunlop Dual Design Straplok fitted on the bass (the original ones will be delivered). It has a new battery and has received a new set of stainless steel flatwound Fender 9050L strings (45-60-80-100), which really serve this bass (a lightly used set of Rotosound RS 66LD will be delivered too). The pickguard is a brand new Music Man Classic 4 Aged White (the black original will be delivered). What you see is what you get! Look carefully at the photos taken from different angles and lights to see the real condition, which is as new. Here is the link to 20 photos in high definition and 5 soundclips: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SB-sEqT8dnY1iz584-WHZgpT-cHwGBSw?usp=sharing Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus left and right shoulders injury (it's really painful to reach the tuners), I'm selling all the basses I'm not using like this one as well as some stuff I don't use. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. Don't hesitate to ask for more, but, please, before asking read my ad first as the answer is certainly already in it!
  15. Hellzero
    Indeed, I forgot the TC Electronic with the tone print. Thanks. 👌 The Roland Cubes are a (very) old design.
  16. Hellzero
    And of course, I'm talking about bass heads or combos. 😉
  17. Hellzero
    Except for some old Peavey's and Acoustic Image's, the Laney Nexus or the new Boss Katana, what's out there with an integrated reverb? Please don't start proposing the usual pedals or multi effects, it's absolutely not the question asked. Thanks.
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    @Silky999, I've bought 3 Sterling by Music Man Stingray's, none of them had a single issue, everything is perfectly made and assembled. I still own 2 of them: a sunburst Ray4 with a jatoba (similar to rosewood tone wise) fingerboard and a Joe Dart. I've played a lot of Sire's, most of them were poorly made and assembled, remember those Japanese horrors of the 70's, it's almost the same. And the tone wasn't that fantastic either. The Z3 looks different in the flesh than on photos, it's again a not fantastic instrument, chunky and not sounding like a Stingray. First of all, you have to remember that the typical tone of the Stingray comes from the combination of the parallel wired pickup with a total resistance around 2 kOhms coupled to the strangely designed 2 bands EQ were the volume is at the end of chain: this is the only way to get THAT distinctive Stingray tone and if you put the volume the classic way before the preamp, the preamp will absolutely not react "correctly". So forget the Z3 were it's a 3 bands EQ wired the usual way. Go for a Ray4 that retails new for £400 to £450 depending on the finish. Then wire the pickup in parallel (I can yell you how to do that) and don't waste your time swapping pickups unless you have a real Ernie Ball or Music Man Stingray pickup, I've done it with the acclaimed Nordstrand MM4.2 and the Indonesian sounded truer (in parallel). Same for the preamps, the Indonesian stock one is the SMC version with an SMC TL061 instead of the hard to find LM4250CN (that as far as I know doesn't exist as an SMC version), which is another part of the Stingray tone. That said the TL061 is very close tone wise. I've also put a real Ernie Ball Stingray pickup and a real Ernie Ball 2 bands EQ with an LM4250CN opamp that I've in my drawer, the sounds was EXACTLY the same as my 1979 Music Man Stingray, only the feel of the neck was really different (38 mm nut width compared to the 43 mm of the original and a Jazz Bass type neck on the Ray4 with a satin finish). It was also exactly the same sound as 5 other pre Ernie Ball Stingray's compared with it, so you have a real world answer now.
  19. Hellzero
    One of my favourite Fender design, but you'll have to wait another year as this Performer Bass with its TBX was supposed to have been officially released in 1986 and 1987 by FujiGen Gakki in Japan, 1985 being the year of its conception and presentation of the Katana Bass, not the Performer Bass, by John Page (THE Custom Shop guy of the early years, but not back then as it took place way later) at the Frankfurt Musik Messe, in February 1985. Too bad the American version called Elite with 3 pickups and an ebony fingerboard was only released as a prototype and never put into production... Price wise yours looks pristine and could sell between £2500 and £3500, which is quite extraordinary for a Japanese model. Congratulations @Stub Mandrel, it's a superbly rare bass made in around 100 copies and if yours is really from 1985 then you own some kind of a prototype. Here's almost the only written trace of it from The Fender Bass by Klaus Blasquiz. Here are the two American prototypes, note the different headstocks, the ebony fingerboard for the fourer and the 3 pickups configuration for the fiver.
  20. Hellzero
    I bought one a long time ago and they are available by batches, so check from time to time if you really want to buy one. That said, all the rest available is pure dire indeed if you want to keep the massive one, otherwise Guyker is making a very decent modern short one: https://www.guyker.com/products/bass-bridge-mmb4-4-string-bass-bridge-iron-material-chrome-black?_pos=61&_fid=9add13922&_ss=c&variant=44599616012466 You can find it on Amazon at even a lower price.
  21. Hellzero
    Check this: https://northwestguitars.co.uk/products/telecaster-compatible-pickup-ring-surround-single-coil-pickup-screws?srsltid=AfmBOorRJAhemGzCBOONk640a94dxbz-y3VwGzVnAJcWFhvaPKWx2vxi In black (nickel, chrome or gold available too):
  22. Hellzero
    American: Indonesian:
  23. Hellzero
    These are all the Ray4 excellent replacement bridges offered by Albridge: https://www.ampshopbassexchange.com/?s=Ray4
  24. Hellzero
    Go on. 😉
  25. Hellzero
    It's indeed the SBMM model @ezbass. Easy to spot as the bridge is the "massive" one, not the new official Ernie Ball short version. That said, Joe Dart also plays the all Jazz à Vienne (in France) concert with the SBMM and the tone is exactly the same as with his American signature...
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