Machines

I bought an Ibanez Musician MC900 a month or 2 back. This guy messaged me on myspace to offer a trade for a Stingay - I thought he was blagging it at first. The case was that he had a Musician in the 80's but sold it. He's been looking for one for a while to get back that old school sound. Met him today - thoroughly nice chap and more than happy with the condition of the Ibanez. I snapped his hand off, metaphorically speaking. Anyone who's seen a Stingray before will notice there's something not quite normal about it. You will notice the pickup has moved towards the neck - this is reversible with a new scratchplate (i'll see how it goes first). First impressions are good - the sound is very rich and snappy, the setup is perfect and it just wants a good slapping. It's a 1996 model with the transition bridge - I'll try and find a mute kit for it.

Hahaha..

I wouldn't go as far as to say one wood is sonically better than the other - they're more just different. I think you're better off with an active bass as you have much more control over the sound.

Better certainly.. but you won't make a Squier sound like a Fodera no matter how much you spend on it.

I think postponing it is a good idea for a few reasons. Firstly not everyone has made it over here yet - it almost needs to be republicised. Secondly I can't make next Saturday .

Personally I think it's too many when you have 2 basses that sound the same.

This week: Ibanez / Fender / Yamaha. Next week who knows ? ^_^

Location here - £3 on the door if anyone bothers to come www.thenuts.info

White perloid for me - anything else wouldn't go with that lovely bright red.

Copied straight from basstalk..

[quote name='slaphappygarry' post='454' date='May 17 2007, 03:40 PM']Just wanna put a big shout out to Phatmonkey, Crazykiwi and Ped. Ben (phatmonkey) is currently doing exams, CK is busy with work and Ped is busy being a bum and STILL they have managed to get this place up and running. Its these three guys and their round the clock work that have got us here. Basschat belongs to its users now, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. Thanks guys. Your hard work has not gone unnoticed. Garry[/quote] +2. The effort will pay off in the longrun.

Doomed, i'm doomed.

Get out woman !

Finally came accross this thread ! I think the outlook is superb - all we have to do is make sure everyone gets accross before basstalk gets terminated. The future is bright, etc... EDIT: Edited typo !