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  1. Delberthot
    I'm just outside Falkirk, between Edinburgh & Glasgow so a wee bit far away from you but I have loads of packaging material to post it
  2. Delberthot
    Thanks. I had forgotten how good these basses were until I bought this one. That is why I need to get myself a Sterling 4 string, I don't think anything else will do now.
  3. Delberthot
    Another one of mine to add to the thread, unfortunately for sale but hope to return with a Sterling 4 [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04269_zpsip68jp0h.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DSC04269_zpsip68jp0h.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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    Close to 30 years of hard rocking have taken their toll and now I'm one of the big jessies now looking for a lightweight bass. It might also be because I've lost weight and the cushioning of my shoulder fat is no longer there so it's feeling a bit heavy now. The third reason is that I've taken a strop at having to play a 5 string when I really want to play 4 so I'm in the middle of finding ways to make a 4 work in my current band. 4th reason is that with the hard rocking has come the onset of carpal tunnel and the pains associated with it so I'm going to take it easy. Anyway, now to the bass: This is a 2002 Stingray 5 meaning that it has the ceramic pickup like the Sterling. I've never ever got a good sound out of a Stingray (believe me, I've tried and have had about a dozen of them) but the ceramic pickups in these are fantastic. 2 things about this bass are that firstly if you want the ceramic pickup now, you have to buy a Sterling 5 which I don't think looks as good as this. Secondly, this is one of about a squillion colours that EBMM have discontinued The bass is incredibly comfortable to play. The neck feels great and the 17.5mm string spacing is fantastic. Overall condition I would describe as 9/10 for an almost 14 year old bass I didn't realise how difficult a colour this was to photograph until I looked at the pictures I took tonight and they all made the body look like it was finished in blue metal flake so right at the end are a couple I have taken from the web which show it better than I have been able to capture. It is a bit sparkly under lights but the flash in my camera has brought it right out. Everything is fully working, including the truss rod and the bass will be supplied in a nearly new Hiscox case complete with keys still inside. I think this is one of the nicest basses I've ever owned and will be sad to see it go I am looking for £850 for a straight sale plus postage or would be interested in a light weight US made Sterling 4 string Now for some pics [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04261_zpsdhdtbyh7.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04260_zpsxoca0l5l.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04262_zpslphbfzb8.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04264_zpsu2xk4wm2.jpg.html"][/url] This one is closest to the actual colour [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04269_zpsip68jp0h.jpg.html"][/url] A pic of the case [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC04270_zpshkvzgcpx.jpg.html"][/url] Here are the two pics I stole off the web to better show off the colour - if either of these are yours then let me know if you want me to remove them [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/post-2191-1207919505_zpse4ubwyt4.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/67ead7554972d65b33ddf4649e0025ae_zpsrf6vzhuv.jpg.html"][/url]
  5. Delberthot
    Bump If I sell the Stingray and the BB1025 then I might keep this as a backup so get it now while it's still available
  6. Delberthot
    I've just weighed this at work and it's coming in at just over 4kgs or 9lb in old money. It's the first bass I've ever weighed so don't know if this is classed as light, heavy or average. Certainly comfortable for long function / wedding gigs which is what I have been using it for. It balances slightly north of horizontal as is but with a set of ultralites it will sit at around 45 degrees and will be lighter as well
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    This was a cracker I briefly owned [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Various%20Basses%20on%20the%20Couch/DSC04631Large.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Various%20Basses%20on%20the%20Couch/DSC04631Large.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
  8. Delberthot
    I will figure out a way to get you a weight later on today and will post it on here once it's done
  9. Delberthot
    It's so difficult to try to properly capture the colour of this bass so I've decided to find a stock picture and add it here [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/BB425%20-%20BB1025/GBB1025CMB-p_zpszhzks7by.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/BB425%20-%20BB1025/GBB1025CMB-p_zpszhzks7by.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Looking online, most places are out of stock of these so it looks like they might be discontinued after all.
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    Bump
  11. Delberthot
    I think that the reason most of us have gone for the combo is that it's a lightweight, loud, one box solution and possibly because it only costs £75 more to have the combo over the head. If you want flexibility, which is what the OP has gone for, then this is the way to do it. All of the controls and inputs/outputs are the same. The cab has indentations to take the feet of the head on the top of the cab to hold it in place so they're redundant now as they are effectively on the side of the cab the way the OP has sat it on top of the 4x10".
  12. Delberthot
    I have no idea how I remember songs. In fact during a song that is new to me or I haven't done in a while I sometimes have no idea what comes next then suddenly my fingers are in the right place. I can't remember the last time I read a piece of music, tab looks wrong to me and I have no idea what scales are.
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    Bump
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    Bump
  15. Delberthot
    Bumpola
  16. Delberthot
    Unfortunately the Proclaimers aren't one hit wonders. There's a whole raft of novelty songs out there that they did including Sunshine on Leith, Let's Get Married and too many more to mention Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Boston - More Than A Feeling Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6bQ4EAduBg
  17. Delberthot
    The first word of the title of the auction needs a 'd' at the end of it
  18. Delberthot
    As I mentioned before, this took the place of my Fender FSR which was at one time "the one" before I sold that and bought the BB1025 just because I had the money and wanted to find out how much better it was to this. Truth is that they're both great basses and I'd happily gig either one of them. IMO there's nothing in this price bracket to equal the quality of these.
  19. Delberthot
    Price reduced to £210 posted within mainland UK as of now
  20. Delberthot
    [quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1457554219' post='2999666'] I used to have an Ibanez SR3005E (2 pup Bartolini custom) that I got through BC and that had an awesome live sound but I had to make sure I had the EQ set the way I wanted it. With the Bongo I can just plug in and play and it tanks through. Playing finger style with the EQ turned up can turn it into a percussion instrument if I'm not careful. [/quote] I think that the difference is that it's really difficult to get a bad sound with the MM preamp. I used to struggle with my Ibanez SR1016 and eventually sold it because I was constantly fiddling with it to try to get it to sound right to my ears
  21. Delberthot
    I think that we'd be lucky if there are a handful of forum members who actually have found the one and will still have it in a year or maybe even less. There have been threads in the past that many members including yours truly have posted in stating that we've found "the one". If you can find the threads I can almost guarantee that most of them are sold. For me it's just a tool, plus I like shiny, I want to like certain basses so may have had 10 of them over the past 28 years just to be sure, I've bought some because my favourite player at the time has used one, it looks nice, and so on. I've had 9 4-string Stingrays and am on SR5 number 5 for example. I will never find the one and the closer I think I get, the more I don't actually know what I want and what I have is good enough for what I want it to be able to do.
  22. Delberthot
    Is it the EQ or the pickup configuration that you you think contributes most to the sound you like? I don't like vast EQs either as the tendency is to keep fiddling and never being happy but there are loads of basses with this pickup configuration including Stingrays - G&L, $$ Warwicks etc are the first two that spring to mind that I have owned
  23. Delberthot
    Think I overpriced this a tad so I've dropped the price to £30 posted
  24. Delberthot
    Bump
  25. Delberthot
    That is absolutely incredible. I love the colour
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