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I know he is famously known for playing a P Bass with a J neck but seem to remember reading an interview years ago where he said the J neck was an accident and he actually wasnt that keen on it.

wow thats a bit bonkers,a fake youtube site, how odd. Cheers for embedding it though, how do you do that?

I found this on youtube, Beverley Knight doing Cuddly Toy soul style. What a stomper of a tune just played along about 8 times, put a massive smile on my face, what a voice, shame she has never got the credit she deserves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjgF-9WryAg

I will be really interested in trying one of these but I have to say that I am slightly dissapointed with the looks and power (unless this does produce some serious db from the wattage). It doesnt look that small either, bigger than a Markbass LM or a TC judging by the pictures. I am sure it will be superb and I am a massive EBS fanboy but just feel a little underwhelmed, 500w at 4ohm, a bit smaller and a bit of chrome like on the fafner and i would be queing for one.

I really feel for you, there are no excuses for that kind of finish at that price. Actually at any price point that is not acceptable, I have recently aquired a CV Precision and the execution of finish and neck pockets ect is flawless. Sadly I cannot say the same of various mass produced American made basses costing four times as much. My Stingray V is very good but I have seen some shockers. I hope you get it resolved, sounded like a belter of a bass too, lovely colour choice.

Just a quick note as I really believe when a business or company does a good job they should be praised. Last Wednesday I ordered a set of Elixirs from stringbusters who came out cheaper than strings direct, cheap postage and they ship them out straight away by first class, brilliant i will have them for the gig on Saturday. By Monday they still hadn't arrived which I though for first class was a bit odd. I emailed them Tuesday and got a reply straight away saying I should have had them by now, but royal mail do say in their terms and conditions to allow up to 16 days I believe. They asked if I would see if they arrived by Thursday and if not to email back and another set would be shipped out. Thursday came and no strings so I emailed and they had another set packaged up ready to go and they would be sent out. So its 10:30 on Friday and the strings just came through the door and I am so pleased. What a great service, the Post Office have obviously lost/destroyed/stolen them and Stringbusters without a second thought have made sure the customer is satisfied despite them not being at fault and at a cost to themselves. Well done Stringbusters.

Same song that has been posted but a video I have not seen before. Some nice shots of Pino and his Ashdown/Epifani rig. The man is a legend and I want a bass just like his. [url="http://youtu.be/YfLkO3uwBlQ"]http://youtu.be/YfLkO3uwBlQ[/url]

Well I finally got to give my Great Gramma a go on Saturday night. We played a wedding in a marquee with a shocking wooden box staging and I was dreading it so it was the perfect first test for the gramma. The only thing I could think was why on earth did I not buy one of these 10 years ago!!!! seriously good piece of kit in fact with my Gig Skinz bag I would say the best purchases I have ever made. There was occasionally one or two notes that had a very slight boomy-ness but considering what I was playing on I heard my bass sound almost perfectly all night long, tight, focussed and no real loss in bottom end. Go and get one now, it seriously is the best money you will ever spend if your playing crappy wooden stages. I got a wicked deal on mine but on reflection £50 for the normal gramma is a bargain!

[quote name='joe_bass' post='1359912' date='Sep 2 2011, 02:30 PM']I've got very small hands so isn't a problem. I've now just discovered the strings need replacing on mine! [/quote] I have also been playing with very dead Slinkys and have some Elixirs on the way, so at least my bad out of time slapping will have a better tone I guess.

I do have big hands and fat fingers unfortunately which certainly doesnt help, but I think your right, its just getting the angles right and adjusting. I find the stingray very narrow after very broad necked basses with 19mm spacing so I think I am going to have to adjust to the Ray. I am trying to learn Tell me baby by the Chillis which is slapped all the way through and to be fair I have only been at it for a few hours over the past four days. Its getting better and I am not getting sore fingers like I was on day one but compared to slapping on my Squier deluxe V its hard. As you say practice practice practice....

Does anyone else out there struggle slapping on a StingRay 5? I have never been a massive fan of, or very good at slapping but I know a bit and can do the odd phrase or riff and my technique is not terrible. Recently I have been required to do a bit more for the covers band and am struggling to slap the stingray. I have big hands and whenever I pluck I catch my cuticle on the string below to the point where It was bleeding the other night after 45 mins practicing a slap line. Is this really bad technique or just a product of fat fingers, big hands and narrow string spacing? Interesting to see how other Ray owners get on.