StingRayBoy42

I love my Sterling by Ernie Ball Ray 35 - got it for £650 used from eBay. Active, 3 band EQ, sounds like a StingRay, looks the business... I love it. The SUB Rays are substantially cheaper (£250-300 ish s/h) and are pretty well regarded, not sure if they're active though. Harley Benton stuff is absurdly cheap and (by all accounts) really good quality. Their 5 string StingRay knockoff is less than £200 IIRC. More advice here

I bought Dave's Bad Monkey OD pedal, he was a pleasure to deal with all the way. Thanks iamtheelvy!

Great stuff, thanks. There's a couple on ebay for a very decent price, so I'll probably be buying one soon. I'll report back! Thanks for all the input, folks

Looks good - have you used one?

GR7G5TER took some CIOKs power leads off me - top man all the way.

If it's just for storage, any bog standard hard case will do. For transporting the precious things, it's got to be a Hiscox.

Harley Benton stuff all seems to be ridiculously cheap and really well regarded - presumably a combination of Thomann's purchasing power and Quality Control? For that sort of price, I'll be chucking a few sets into my next Thomann order. The Adagio flats can be had for about £17 and they're pretty good - they were my gateway drug to LaBella DTFs.

The Tech 21 Sansamps are great and tick all your boxes.

Bought Gavin's 3rd Dimension Chorus - pretty much a perfect transaction. Nice pedal, good comms, well packaged, even sent it Special Delivery. Top Marks!

Thanks for the input, folks. Turns out I don't want a 12V output (it was for the LEDs but they need too many mA) but keep the suggestions coming.

I bought Paul's Pedaltrain JR - good comms, quick transaction and a gent to boot! Cheers

Hi all I'm returning to the wonderful world of owning pedals, so I need a power supply. I'd like about eight 9V outputs, one 12V output, a kettle lead power input and something small enough to mount under my pedaltrain classic JR. I'm prepared to compromise on the 12V and kettle lead. Which one do you use? Which ones should I avoid? Are the Harley Benton ones any good? I used to use a really old Cioks, but they seem to be silly money now. Thanks in advance.

Hello, fellow Worcestershireonian!

I bought a Gator case from Douglas - he made it a super easy and pleasant transaction. Top man!

I went for this Ray35 from ebay. Not *just* because it's the same colour as my 'Ray and P, but... yes I'm shallow and looks are a factor. I paid 650, which is fair enough I think. First impressions are good; it feels nice and solid, really well put together. It's heavy! Haven't had it on a strap yet, so that's something to look forward to. It plays, feels and sounds fantastic. Lovely StingRay tone with the three band EQ (I like) and the three way pickup selector switch giving some lush sounds on tap. The neck is an absolute beauty, no rough edges and is a joy to play all the way up and down. Bad points: There is a quiet hum when you're not touching it, so probably not completely shielded (?)) and the notes are all in the wrong places 😃 I don't know if it's two and a half times better than a 250 quid S.U B. and/or three sevenths (?) as good as a full fat USA model, but it's undoubtedly a lovely Bass that I'm really happy with and can't wait to play in anger.