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    It would be awesome if they had a mid bypass feature so we could have te best of both worlds.
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    Doesnt the sterling have a smaller body compared to a ray aswell. Although I find the sound a bit thinner, which can be solved with a quick pickup change to something with Alnico magnets. Or just jam in some musicman replacement electronics into the ibby.
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    [quote name='Musicman20' post='914702' date='Aug 4 2010, 10:57 AM']Ive always been a 3 band player, but I listened to a demo of a 2 band yesterday (normal Ray) and I loved it. Im thinking one 2 band Ray, one 3 band Ray, and one 5 String Ray. Two of them are coming anyway....just need to think if its Fender Jazz or 2EQ Ray....hmm. I can see your point on the Big Al, etc, but Ive found that im stubborn with tone. I love the whole Big Al style, but Im still not 100% sold on the tone UNTIL I test one....that might sway me. I asked about your Orange rig and atm hes also selling an amp so has no spare cash. But this might change. Cheers![/quote] There is a comparison thread somewhere, however I enjoy two band. Just have bass on full then treble as needs be, but only enough to bring articulation and cut to the higher register notes. I'm trying to get a hold of John East MMSR which apparently mimics the 70's rays, bass at 50hz and treble at 10khz. I do t know the parameters of the modern rays, but I'm thinking bass is around 40hz and treble at 4 or 3 kHz, I would hope that the classic rays would have the 70s repo pre-amp too. The big al and reflex just help broaden the range EbMM offer now. IMO there was just one sound they offered that varied slightly.
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    Indeed Pictures and specs thanks
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    I can +1 to the Orange, it's a true beast. But you should think about upgrading your Cab aswell, that ashdown cab doesn't go that loud, and as it's 300w at 8 ohm you'll reach it's usable limit pretty quick. I dunno about the specs of your trace, but 130w seems strange. Do you know what it's outputs are at the relevant ohmage? Edit: scratch that. If it's the head I think it is it does 260w at 4ohm. So I would either suggest you buy another 8ohm cab rated similar to the abm1x15 or sell you current cab and look for a much better one rated 4ohm.
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    [quote name='Musicman20' post='912036' date='Aug 1 2010, 05:19 PM']I am trapped in Precision/Jazz/Ray territory, but I dont mind whatsoever. They are the key tones Ive always liked.[/quote] They are the only tones.
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    I'm not that experienced, but have played with few and my SUB is 2-EQ. Personally I prefer 2-EQ. It feels to me much more meaty, around the lows and the treble seems a bit clearer. Also I like just turning the knobs till I get a sound I like instead of worrying about it being flat, which I believe the 3-EQs have centre idents. Surely it is more battery economic? Anyway if I had the kind of budget to buy a classic, I'd think about alternatives, big al4 SSS, try and get a really good condition Pre-EB ray Or a sabre? The thing about the big al and the sabre is the exclusivity, and a different querk on the "ray" tone. Although, you have 2 Ps and 2 rays, it may make sense to go ahead and grab a new American deluxe Jazz. But then again I find the ray sound can fit in a lot more mixes and be played with fingers or a pick and still sound great. (btw did you ask you guitarist about te orange?)
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    [quote name='mrtcat' post='912288' date='Aug 1 2010, 09:48 PM']Big bump on this one as I saw the cab yesterday when buying your barefaced compact (which performed admirably last night by the way) and it's a pure piece of rock n roll. If you're in any doubt this chap is very genuine and I would be very happy to buy from him again![/quote] Whoop whoop cheers for the bump Tom
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    Erm not that fast or good at slapping however, when ever I do it's for a "musical" sense not going nuts or showing off. I think I understand where you are coming from, I was playing calm like a bomb by rage against th machine, and just to be heard, I slapped the chorus, it suited the song as the chorus is very aggressive and hard hitting, so it just seemed a lot better than trying to finger pick the strings hard.
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    This will endup on the bay soon
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    [quote name='Doddy' post='911631' date='Aug 1 2010, 03:37 AM']It doesn't matter what the instrument is,it's how and what you play. It makes no difference if you have a P,J,Musicman,Ric or whatever. Find the bass that you like to play,and like the sound of and use that.[/quote] Alot of styles don't have "said" guitar for "said" sound. Majority of it s technique. Personally I use both a fender jaguar bass (jazz dressed up) and a EB SUB Bass (cheap stingray) they sound awesome for any style. If I was playing punk I'd either be ramming 16ths root notes with pick or fingers(depending how much more noise there is.) if I'm playing jazz I play slowish and soft walking lines closer to the neck. My personal style of funk is a lot of use of octaves, notes of the chords and scales, listening to beat, and I'd generally play fingers just a nudge closer to the bridge from the middle. You can't go wrong with a Jazz or a stingray, through or a big al SSS that is probably best of both worlds.
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    [quote name='Bassnut62' post='911138' date='Jul 31 2010, 12:28 PM']In terms of touched by the man, some of the Asats were actually signed by Leo under the varnish, including mine! Not bad for £500 from a dusty music shop in Notts run by a dodgy pirate.[/quote] This made me laugh, stupid pirates. What shop was it btw ? I know Leo Fender is quoted to be saying "best intruments I have ever made" but to me he never really made/anything different. I know they do telecaster shaped body basses (ASAT), and basically teles with split coil pickups now, but there isn't much to my eyes that's different.
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    I agree there is something slightly romantic about the intruments while he was with said companies. But it will always be weather it's good or not, no matter if he was there or not. There is a fair share of horror stories about vintage fenders, and pre-EB musicman basses arnt totally problem free.
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    Hey I am actually just looking. I'd rather have a big al though
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    So I researched the crap out of fender parts diagrams for it's more wierd basses and the jaguar/jazzmaster type guitars. Well anyway, I know I can upgrade easily the volume and tone pots, the usual CTS pots orange drop capacitor. The issue is with the active pre-amp. The stock is pretty naff, the bass isn't articulate at all and just makes stuff muddy and the treble just makes the top sound brittle. So I kinda want something like the stingray pre-amp replacements like Seymour duncans. But I'm confused at how to achieve this. One thing is, is that I'm not sure if having abnormal passive tone would impact the active sound, and another is how to mount and wire the new pre in. The stock one, is 2 pots mounted side ways on a plate with roller knobs on, and on/off switch, the circuit is actually mounted in a separate cavity under the strings. The other thing is wiring inthe on off switch, so when it's off I get the typical passive jazz tone, and when its on, a difinate active sound. One thing I thought of is the fender no-load tone pot, so when it's all the way on, there is no load, pickup to volume to jack basically. The only reason for this is that it's the load on the tone knob I think that gonna destroy the active sound. As it is with stock the pre-amp is just a bass and treble boost, and it still has the typical passive jazz tone but with the naff sound as described above. Any help would be appreciated.
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    [quote name='Musicman20' post='909010' date='Jul 29 2010, 11:06 AM']I THINK you can only get the Classic Ray or Classic Sterling.[/quote] Aye you are right. The thing is it's only gonna drive prices up of pre-EBs. Also I'm more interested more in how it sounds compared to; modern stingray 2 and 3eq, a pre-EB ray and maybe one or 2 others. If it's not significant or "better" I don't see the point. I'd rather have a reflex or big al, for the same money. Holding out for a used big al 4 fingers crossed.
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    BE great ifyou couldupload your own pics as the ones in the link won't go full size for me.
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    Still available
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    [quote name='sshorepunk' post='908949' date='Jul 29 2010, 09:48 AM']Its cool if you are into the vintage stuff, pre EB etc, I like the sound of the newer basses as well, having owned a fair few in my time. So post EB takeover sound with 2 band eq is good for me. I like the look of these (my Jazz is sea foam green!) so I will probably buy one at some point cos I can Would be good if I could get a stingray body with a sterling neck! I know they do the SLO versions of the std stingray, but would they do that on the classic series? I like the sterling neck, but the body is just a bit small for me, hence the reason for the mix! Tony[/quote] I'm sure I sure they had the SLO neck option on the classics on the website, but can't remember. To be honest they should re-issue the Sabre bass.
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    I'm very interested mate, my brother plays with carbon fiber all time with his car, the real stuff looks the business. Always thought of doing it myself but I'd struggle with the pickup routes. You could do neck plates, pickup covers, pickup surrounds, truss rod covers, pickup casing, jack plates, erm? I think that just about covers it.
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    The classics have string mutes.- If everyone thought like that there would be no basses already run in - At the minute it's a buyers Market, I wouldn't buy a new bass right now unless it was amazing and I planned on keeping it a few years.- Fender are doing alright, EBMM are doing alright. No experience of G&L so can't comment.
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    [quote name='Prime_BASS' post='863931' date='Jun 11 2010, 01:10 AM']hands down, it's my dream guitar rig. It's not getting used so I'm selling and downsizing. 140 watts of clean headroom to full on distortion. The 4x12 is I think vintage cestion 30w loaded. It sounds amazing, it's warm and full, sings so much it makes me want to wet myself, I can hardly believe it's me playing it sometimes times. With 2 channels on seperate EQs it is like having 2 valve heads, I usually set it up as one channel clean the other as a crunch. It takes pedals so well so if you have a nice boutique pedals you'll get the most out of it with this amp. It is ridiciculously loud!!! I mean imagine standing next to a jet engine on a huge jumbo jet, and I'm sure this will go louder. It's surely built to play stadiums. I also have a SS half stack that's 150 watt and it doesn't sound nearly as loud as the orange does. It us in used condition, the head is in rativily good condition, it's probably just bit dirty. The cab however has suffered some harsh gigs, there is a few tears in the tolex and the weave cover is caved in two big areas but it doesn't stop it from sounding amazing. Price: Head £1000 + Official footswitch ( a bargain as the only other one I've seen sold for £2200) Cab £250 Complete £1150 (£100 saving) Unless you have pre-EB musicman stingray or a big al 4str SSS, I'm looking for a straight sale. Collection from nottingham, about 10 minutes from the city centre. If you want it couriered i can do my best to check but I'd rather you organised this yourselves. I want this gone pretty soon, I need the space and cash so I'm open to offers for bass gear and cash my way. Just offer me offer me what you have please. [attachment=54935:SDC15896.JPG][/quote]
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    It's supposed to be like that? They may return your money? The product is quiet clearly broken, and was so before you paid for it, so I'm pretty positive they have to give you the money back, or at the very least exchange it. Also if what you say is true I doubt that they will get it much better.
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    Bump
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    I don't think so. However it is very light indeed it doesn't feel like 14kg which I believe the older ones were.
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