Painy Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I've anyways thought of the Holy Trinity of bass as being Fender Precision, Fender Jazz and Musicman Stingray (Honorable mention to Saint Gibson of Thunderbird). Today's new arrival has completed what I'm now thinking of as my UNholy Trinity. Unholy? Well firstly - as you might notice - they're all five strings. Secondly because the Precision is a (much modified) Squier rather than an actual Fender, the Jazz is a real (albeit Chinese made) Fender but has coil tappable Humbuckers rather than the traditional single coils and now the newest addition is a Sterling by Musicman Ray CA25. Anyway, not had much time with it yet other than to give it a good set-up with a nice low action and to temporarily stick a bit of black adhesive vinyl over the (in my opinion) cheap looking white scratchplate but so far it's looking good. Sounds like a Stingray. Plays nicely. Looks pretty good to me. Now looking forward to giving it a run out at Saturday night's gig. Also, any help choosing between these three scratchplate materials I've narrowed it down to to permanently replace the white plate with would be appreciated. 🙂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I'd stick a plain black/white/black scratchie on it rather than the pearl ones..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I agree with Mudpup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I'd stick with the white one! Like John Deacon's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: I'd stick with the white one! Like John Deacon's. As much as I'm a fan of John Deacon (and Queen in general) there's something about a plain white scratchplate that always makes me think a guitar looks kinda cheap - like it's just been cut out of an old ice-cream tub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I agree, I always get rid of white plates too. i’d go with the cream, it will suit that burst really well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 None of those strange finishes, black is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 White Black white looks much nicer than just white. With a black plate it will look just like my classic 5 but with a rose wood board and a bit cheaper than the £2400 you'd pay for one now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Those Modern Player Jazzes are great aren’t they? I had one with a J Retro Deluxe that I only sold to upgrade to a Dingwall Super J as it was too heavy for me. I had a tort guard on it, was a beautiful thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 7 hours ago, stingrayPete1977 said: White Black white looks much nicer than just white. With a black plate it will look just like my classic 5 but with a rose wood board and a bit cheaper than the £2400 you'd pay for one now! Bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 7 hours ago, therealting said: Those Modern Player Jazzes are great aren’t they? I had one with a J Retro Deluxe that I only sold to upgrade to a Dingwall Super J as it was too heavy for me. I had a tort guard on it, was a beautiful thing. Yeah it's nice to play and plenty of tones available from the coil-taps. I did have to shim the neck on mine though to get the action down as even with the g string saddle bottomed out it still wasn't low enough for me (although I do use an extremely low action). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingsta Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Here's a few of my 4HH in different dress to help you in your way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 P: SB body + black plate J: dark fretboard + black plate MM: SB body + dark fretboard + black plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 11 hours ago, itu said: P: SB body + black plate J: dark fretboard + black plate MM: SB body + dark fretboard + black plate The plate on the P is actually a dark brown tort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I had my own trinity some years ago... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Sunburst with white guard is always totally unacceptable. Sunburst with black is always badass. Sunburst with tort is great, IF it's good tort and not that stuff that looks like a picture from a medical encyclopaedia... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I'd go for no guard, assuming everything looks ok underneath; otherwise, a black guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Jono Bolton said: I'd go for no guard, assuming everything looks ok underneath; otherwise, a black guard. Unfortunately the pickup routing isn't great under there. Also, the fact that I actually really like oval guard is one of the main reasons I went for the Ray25CA rather than the normal Ray25 or 35 with the teardrop guard. Edited November 6, 2018 by Painy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Painy said: Unfortunately the pickup routing isn't great under there. Also, the fact that I actually really like oval guard is one of the main reasons I went for the Ray25CA rather than the normal Ray25 or 35 with the teardrop guard. I had no idea that there were different shaped guards. Stingrays - and most MMs - aren't really my cup of tea. Disappointing about the routing though, it's always nice to have the option to take the guard off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) New pickguard now installed and I'm really happy with it! Edited November 17, 2018 by Painy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedVee Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Nice but you are still short of the trinity as a Sterling doesn't count! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 3 hours ago, RedVee said: Nice but you are still short of the trinity as a Sterling doesn't count! If you read my first post it's my UNholy trinity precisely because of this. The P bass is also a Squier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedVee Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Painy said: If you read my first post it's my UNholy trinity precisely because of this. The P bass is also a Squier! My fault Buddy, I have never seen a Squire with a Fender decal before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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