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5 String bass? Purchase has been made!


stingrayPete1977
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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1062717' date='Dec 18 2010, 06:10 PM']Russ prefered the Lakland in the second shop but he could see I had left the one I loved in the first shop so we just went back and got it! The cheapest Lakland with the soap bars actually sounded real nice and we were both taken with it but it wasnt a tone I would want all the time instead of my Rays. The 55-02's were defo the next best thing for me and I actually preferred the cheaper one without the maple cap but for a few hundred less than the Ray5 we agreed I would only end up moving it on for a Ray! Fender USA Jazz 5 wasnt great IMO (sorry if you like them but just not my bag). We never got to bassdirect because of the snow but I had decided it would be the Ray by then anyway so it was just a matter of getting the right deal.

I just need your 30th and fretless and I have a full house! :)[/quote]

This man has a serious Ray addiction.

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Just got in from the gig and all was good!
Sound and playability are spot on for me. :)
I quite like the middle switch position and I even used the muddy front position for some deep purple sort of tunes we do. Not too many problems switching to 5 strings, Obviously there was more bum notes than normal but some of those would happen even if it were a bass you had only purchased hours before with 4 strings IMO. Defo the right way to go to just throw yourself into the lions den at a gig for learning to switch. I have a mates wedding on the 30th with the indie covers band Im not sure which way to go for that one as its more important to do a good job than a pub gig, I have a practice on monday night with them so I will see how I get on. Right now the 4 just feels wrong :lol:
I will get some better pics up in the musicman porn thread tomorrow too, Thanks everyone for your advice over the last week its all been useful. :)

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