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I suppose, Marcus, if to pour some cold water on your enthusiasm to buy a Stingray, the difference between that and a US SUB is the finish and so I wondered whether your Precision might give you more options for sound etc. Also great to see you have a Jaydee Roadie! I do too, mines a Roadie 1A. It's got a super fast action and Jazz sound better than a Jazz! Trouble is, never really get to use it nowadays.

[quote name='yann' timestamp='1366132485' post='2048796'] I know what's it gonna be,i'm just saying that there are easy ways to find out if woods matter in electric sound. [/quote] That wasn't an easy way. Anyway, why limit yourself to wood? The concrete Telecaster sounded like, well, a Telecaster.

I'm convinced of that myself, would love the opportunity to verify it.

I can't answer for him, of course, but perhaps, like most of us, 'netreadism has given way to pragmatism. (So many people appear to have strong views about 'tonewoods' from what they have read on the 'net as opposed to conclusions drawn from tones from instruments they have used over the years.) I know this is the path I have trod.

[quote name='Huw Foster' timestamp='1366021224' post='2047285'] Thanks! I recorded this the same day as well. A favourite of mine: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFbEnfSODMA[/media] [/quote] This is a regular in my gospel band set, played it literally hundreds of times, let me say that Huw is making this look easy! Great tone, excellent paying, thanks Huw, inspiring.

Good solid playing for only 10.5months or otherwise! If I may comment on technique, left hand looks like you've been taking lessons for 10 months and have been taught well, or you are very observant of the best bass players, it's spot on! Right hand technique can be much bolder to reflect this and get a punchy sound. I would recommend lifting the hand away from the bass and forming a bridge, anchored by your thumb with fingers a dancing (have a look at jamesbass116 excellent Jamaroquai rendition just above yours for example - his wrist looks a sharp angle but I suspect if he was standing his elbow would come forward easing that angle).

[quote name='rodney72a' timestamp='1365987066' post='2047024'] 1998 Sherwood Green. Why not? [url="http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/72arodney/media/98SherwoodGreen_zps0dc488ce.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Hmm, that's an unusual colour combination, I wonder why?

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365980314' post='2046982'] Got to wait until the weekend of the 25th [/quote] Haha, that's light years away! (have yet to even organise a date for mine!)

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1365676790' post='2042640'] Vic Wooten, Marcus Miller, Mark King... sparkly sterile scooped slap sounds suck. IMO. Their fingerstyle tones are a bit better, but generally too polite sounding for my taste. [/quote] Yep. Miller in particular. Highly compressed too.

Was it more to do with the 'deluxe' nature of the guitars so fitted, the Precision not being in this category? It was soon dropped but reappeared in the early Musicman basses. Works fine, means no need for slivers of plastic milk carton in the neck pocket.

Congrats! (No pics, no 'Ray btw!)

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365901915' post='2045873'] It would be cool if they did a roadworn series [/quote] Noooooo! That's about as relevant to a Stingray as this: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175341-mm-ray-with-gold-hardwear Buy one, use it incessantly, see what happens. Stingray players are real bass players.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1365798349' post='2044803'] Yes '87 onwards, thats where the 6 bolt neck, truss rod adjusting wheel and 3 band EQ came from. Early ones are Alnico pickup equipped too for full Ray goodness [/quote] What does the alnico pup do?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1365770756' post='2044225'] IME, more speakers running at half chat will always sound better than fewer running flat out. Also more speakers will give you a better tone at louder volume levels. [/quote] Sorry, too generalising to be true. More speakers does not mean more able to handle input power, excursion is more important. Regarding tone at higher spls, it absolutely depends on the drivers and cab design.

Can you afford to go Barefaced? Fraction of the size/weight, one will be loud enough for absolutely anything but probably twice the cost of a BC212. It's unlikely you'll want for anything else. Ever.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1365776491' post='2044370'] Quite. As a creature of habit I turn the gain to 0 or hit the mute button before plugging in or unplugging anything. Seems another over-engineered solution to a problem that didn't exist. [/quote] Apparently under-engineered for problem people, like me.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1365780236' post='2044474'] I wish that all sound engineers had your attitude... [/quote] Absolutely, but it works both ways too.

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1365775840' post='2044361'] There's very good reasons for both approaches to exist. When I'm mixing multi-band gigs where I don't know the bassist and the backline, I'll default to using a DI box and take the signal before the amp unless the player requests otherwise. For me as an engineer, that means I know that even if the amp is crap, unreliable, gets its settings fiddled with by less educated people sharing rigs or whatever, I've got a consistent and reliable signal coming to FOH anyway. If (for example) somebody like BRX rolled up who obviously knew his rig and his tones and had a setup that lent itself to me taking a post processing signal I'd be more than obliging - it only takes seconds to pull an XLR out of a DI box and throw it into somebody's rack/pedalboard/whatever. I think you'll find that most FOH guys would love to work with a band to create the perfect FOH mix but the realities of gigging rarely allow for that luxury. The quality of their work is their calling card just as your performance is for you and they'll be looking for the best mix they can achieve given the time and resources available to them. Sometimes that means compromises have to be made somewhere, but with a bit of communication everybody can have their input and end up (reasonably) happy! [/quote] Win.

[quote name='onemanband' timestamp='1365772417' post='2044277'] Well, thanks for the interesting and varied responses, so many differing opinions; there certainly seems to be an issue with the r/a jacks. I bought the silent plugs as a sort of "belt & braces" type of remedy for the occasional time I do forget to mute or unplug at the amp end first, (mind on other things, like the blonde at the back or who's round it is ); I just never expected an issue with anything that says "Neutrik" on it. Meanwhile, I'm going to see how it goes, having put some very light shaver oil on the sliding sleeve, if that doesn't work, then it's back to fixed jacks. [/quote] Check that it's straight

[quote name='onemanband' timestamp='1365773606' post='2044311'] Years ago, I played golf (not anymore). I had a great set of "branded" clubs, flash bag, trolley etc. as did my mates, but it didn't matter how much we spent on "better" sticks, our game never seemed to improve. One day we had a game with a young lad of about fourteen who obviously didn't have much cash, and played with four or five old battered clubs that he carried under his arm, not being able to afford a bag. He hit the ball absolutely superbly, straight as a die, much further than we did, went round in under par and wiped the floor with us. The moral of this true story............brand snobbery is bollocks, it's how you sound and what you play (or don't play in some cases) that counts!! (just my opinion) [/quote] Basses, golf sticks, all from the toys for boys shop. Many a million has been made. You can pay £200 for a carefully designed walking stick with springy this and carbon fibre that if you want.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1365770800' post='2044228'] I think a badge snob is someone who would buy an inferior instrument because of the brand. I have some nice label-snob basses but I bought them because their resale value is generally better than those without the brand. My main bass is still only worth £600. [/quote] ONLY!

[quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1365756939' post='2043873'] Also, is just me or are the Fender and Squier logos sh*t? That's what would put me off a Squier, not the name, but that awful, gaudy decal on the headstock. [/quote] Seems like you're more influenced by the badge than most others!