Pre EB Stingray string mutes (Sorted)!

[stingrayPete1977]

After getting my pre EB earlier this year the missing string mute was bugging me a little bit.....
I decided to give the whole bass a strip down, Clean and removed the remaining mutes. (Note the original finish and earlier style pup route that does not follow the pup shape!)
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Then using these and a little patience with a new stanley knife blade and the old mutes to copy.....(strange name "kit tampons"? but only 59p)
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Has now become this.
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And not one penny to Big Poppa either which is the cherry on top!

This is still the cleanest pre EB I have seen on BC too, Happy and Bunny you might say.
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Edited February 21, 2011 by stingrayPete1977

[Ou7shined]

Cool and the gang.

Tampon is French for rubber stamp btw.

Did you not try the EB forum for some? There was a guy offering a '83 bridge in a crappy state but he had the unused mutes to go along with it a couple of months back. He was after something ridiculous like £100 for the bridge which was way too much but I bet he would have sold the mute separate for a couple of bob.

[stingrayPete1977]

I do not frequent the EB forum to be honest,Do you think I should get on or is it just a bunch of MM lovers slagging off anything else?I know some of the concerns about BP obviously

Tampons...........Ha.......makes a change from a mouse mat though.

[Ou7shined]

Not so much slagging everything off, as just not thinking about anything else.


You'd fit in nicely.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='945703' date='Sep 4 2010, 09:04 PM']Not so much slagging everything off, as just not thinking about anything else.


You'd fit in nicely. [/quote]

Haha ,I do have a lot of GAS for P-bass and an early G&L plus I use my Jazz at most gigs for at least a few songs or a whole set.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Johnston' post='945706' date='Sep 4 2010, 09:09 PM']Just tell Big Poppa your mates with tino and I'm sure he'll welcome you with open arms [/quote]
Im not sure if you would class me and Tino as mates although I have warmed to him but only whisper that as I have seen that he is back!

[stingrayPete1977]

Just bumping this for the latest string mute pad requiring members

[danny-79]

Nice work an very nice Ray !

[stingrayPete1977]

Ta

[stingrayPete1977]

Edit to say there have been some cleaner Rays than mine on BC since I posted this. Still cool as though

[Foxx]

I used jazz bass pickup mounting foam on my '77, it's about the right dimensions and has a self adhesive backing, so just cut it to length. Works a treat!

[stingrayPete1977]

The new ones on my Classic are moving around so I might have to try that, the ones on your 82 I presume are still the ones I made?

[Foxx]

They must be, in very good shape too.

[stingrayPete1977]

Such a nice Stingray that 82, and light too, almost certainly a body made by charvel as it was shaped really nicely IMO and the book matched grain on the back etc, stonking bass

[Foxx]

Its is! Noticably lighter than my '77 too.

[stingrayPete1977]

The 79 was handy for knocking in fence posts but it did sound great, I could and did play that 82 for hours on end at some function gigs, so comfy.