mep Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Welcome to the club. My EBMM 2 band eq Ray is still my go to bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 i played one a while ago and hated it. however about 2 months ago I played a Sterling Ray 34 in the guitar shop. less than a week later I bought the thing. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I didn't like them when I was younger, tried again ten years later and never looked back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 [quote name='ead' timestamp='1365577809' post='2041188'] I understand that it's to do with melting the adhesive so the fret wire can be extracted. [/quote] Ah! Thanks, mate! best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 As I've said before cant wait to get a 'real' one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) My '82 is awesome, I always thought I would want a 70's one over an 80's one given the choice, I had both and sold the earlier one to fund my upright bass rather than buying a cheapo upright. In an ideal world I would of kept both and bought more Edited April 10, 2013 by stingrayPete1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hehe we'll hopefully someone will want my p sooner than later and I can get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I am just listening to some Jamiroquai, Have you tried any Zender licks on it yet? The classic Zender Warwick tone was acheived quite often on a pink SR5, early one so Alnico pickup like a proper Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I haven't actually mate, but know how to play a load of them so when I get home ill have to , been really busy playing the brothers Johnson, chic, Paul young etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 They are awesome. I've had mine for near a decade now (after a Wayne's World style "oh yes, it will be mine" moment). It's not my go-to, but that's probably because I've got it set up with uber-high action so when I'm playing in noisy rock bands I can beat the bejesus out of it. For me it sits next to the P as the Telecaster of the bass world - you can play pretty much anything on it, its a proper workhorse. Unlike some basses, you can really lay into them without being too precious about it and they'll take it all day long. That's why I love my 'ray and my Tele - Leo had it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 So good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 The p is sold pending so on the lookout now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 The best wooden bass I've ever played, loved my first play on one back in 85 and love 'em now. The wooden qualifier is down to my newly arrived 'Berger XL2, which is sexual graphite sustain in a sofa playable format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Fell in love with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I don't have the experience to tell between alnico and whatever the other material is but I do know that the Pre-EB 'rays have fantastically thin necks, very comfortable for me, and they all have an almost perfect, full punchy sound. Perhaps they are a little more 'Marmite' than Precisions and so my thought that they will eventually replace Precisions as the standard bass will not occur, but frankly, I can't understand why, for general use, people play anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyJay Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I've had three all told, off loaded one to a BCer and still have the other two. Love em. I pay this thread a visit quite often. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/25449-musicman-porn-thread/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/25449-musicman-porn-thread/[/url] Lots to drool over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 What is it with that Godawful scratchplate on the SR 4, did Musicman suddenly run out of imagination? Really like my SR 5 though, which just about gets away with it... just a shame it's got one too many strings on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 If there good enough for Louis Johnson, flea, Bernard Edwards, mark king, pino Palladio they are good enough for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 John Deacon, Nate Watts...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Tim Commerford.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'll have to get me another one at some point, after letting the last one go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Can't wait to get a real one. Now I have a buyer for my precision I'm searching for one, 4 string 2 eq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'd hunt for a nice late 80s or early 90s one, six bolt neck but two eq, nice figured neck etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 That would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prunesquallor Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1365793894' post='2044735'] I'd hunt for a nice late 80s or early 90s one, six bolt neck but two eq, nice figured neck etc [/quote] Did they do fivers then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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