walshy Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Reggaebass said: I know nothing about them and I’ve only tried a stingray once ,and it was a bit bright sounding for what I play, but after seeing some of these I’m thinking, I need one 🙂 Put flats on, it’s 👌 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Well. Best get me drills out. looks like an Aggie/East mashup jazz bass stingray is coming 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 rough plan... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 2 hours ago, mcnach said: The Seymour Duncan one is not really a clone, and it is substantially different. Not bad, just different. I didn't love it when I had one on an OLP. I have no experience with the Aguilar one. John East also makes one based on his own '76 Stingray which is very nice and comes as a 2-band, or 3-band (not the Stingray 3-band, but the 2-band *plus* a semiparametric mids module), which are very nice. Apologies - I didn’t mean clone, I meant their version - been watching too much Star wars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Well that’s a “phew” moment. Our very own @Andyjr1515 is tackling the rout for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 39 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Well that’s a “phew” moment. Our very own @Andyjr1515 is tackling the rout for me. That's why I'm going to use a Ray scratchplate. A beaver held firmly by the tail will do for for my router as it'll be covered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Andy, my blue 'ray from the sterling thread had a Seymour Duncan pick up in it, Alnico version if I remember correctly, did a good stingray job in my opinion If you need close up of my sterling, you are more than welcome Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 On 07/04/2020 at 15:34, police squad said: It was made by Retrovibe, it's a Renegade. It was a prototype body and neck which I bought from them with this finish, I believe one more was made in this colour and is owned by 12 string bassist who is on BC. It has checkerboard binding too!! Retrovibes are fun for a bit of mucking about - I've got one (slightly different theme, though). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 1 hour ago, sshorepunk said: Andy, my blue 'ray from the sterling thread had a Seymour Duncan pick up in it, Alnico version if I remember correctly, did a good stingray job in my opinion If you need close up of my sterling, you are more than welcome Tony Cheers mate - ended up with an Aguilar and East setup from @bagsieblue think eventually it’ll be Ice blue metallic respray and a pearl pickguard... see how we go - will look like a bit of a patchwork for a bit. No more pennies in the pot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Cheers mate - ended up with an Aguilar and East setup from @bagsieblue think eventually it’ll be Ice blue metallic respray and a pearl pickguard... see how we go - will look like a bit of a patchwork for a bit. No more pennies in the pot. Well, that should sound alright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, prowla said: Well, that should sound alright! Yeah - Andy is doing the woodwork bit, so should look tidy enough once fully refinished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 55 minutes ago, prowla said: Retrovibes are fun for a bit of mucking about - I've got one (slightly different theme, though). Nice! Red baron? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, mcnach said: Nice! Red baron? Yup! I bought it with the TRC, swapped the pickups, and added the Maltese cross. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, prowla said: Yup! I bought it with the TRC, swapped the pickups, and added the Maltese cross. Ha! I hadn't noticed that! 😍 I *love* it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 3 hours ago, prowla said: Retrovibes are fun for a bit of mucking about - I've got one (slightly different theme, though). very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 I’ve sat playing bass for an hour. The Sadowsky J and P/J. Really like the P/J sound over everything. I don’t know if this entire MM thing is a folly of boredom. Will get the parts together and see how I feel. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloke_zero Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 On 12/04/2020 at 12:41, AndyTravis said: Now I’m hoping someone somewhere has the guts of a USA stingray going spare. There is a clone of the preamp board - he went into some detail for the research: https://www.musikding.de/Classic-Bass-Preamp-Preamp-kit Here is a google translate link to the orignal article: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fandyszeugs.wordpress.com%2Fmusicman-stingray-classic-preamp%2F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Pulled the Dunlop chrome flats off my SUB Ray 4 and put D’Addarios back on. that’s better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 My MM pickup arrived this morning but I had an email from work two days ago saying we won't be back to work before July so I've got nothing to paint it with. I might have to think up something crazy if I can't go for a standard paint finish. The body is already in primer so can't be left as it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I've got a question that's not specifically Stingray related but I'll ask it here as this thread got quite a bit of traffic. I started work on the Prejazzray today and need to order a control plate, everything will be budget with this build as I'm mainly using up parts. I've got a Warman pickup with the four wires and have decided to wire it with a volume, tone and a series/parallel switch, I can really see any point adding in the single coil option as it'll just be a weak jazz tone, if folks know better then I'm open to being educated. What I want to do is use a rotary switch for the series/parallel so it looks the same as the volume and tone knobs, but does such a thing exist (cheaply)? I know I could add a push/pull pot or a mini toggle, but I like the idea of just the three matching knobs. So what's out there folks? 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Well I've now got a neck with hardware, a body, bridge, control plate with electrics and a scratchplate. I'd better start a build thread. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 It's cut, drilled, filled and painted, although the lacquer needs doing again but shhh 😄, so this is just a mock up but a Precison body, lefty Jazz neck and Ray hardware works. I'll lacquer it again tomorrow and then rebuild time. 🙂 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Maude said: It's cut, drilled, filled and painted, although the lacquer needs doing again but shhh 😄, so this is just a mock up but a Precison body, lefty Jazz neck and Ray hardware works. I'll lacquer it again tomorrow and then rebuild time. 🙂 Looks nice - but point of order, not a real Ray bridge. Is that a real Ray pick up and 2 band EQ (I someone previously said it was) - if so what did the previous owner do with the rest of the instrument it came from? 🤔 They are normally almost unobtainium!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 30 minutes ago, drTStingray said: Looks nice - but point of order, not a real Ray bridge. Is that a real Ray pick up and 2 band EQ (I someone previously said it was) - if so what did the previous owner do with the rest of the instrument it came from? 🤔 They are normally almost unobtainium!! I meant Ray style hardware. Nothing is genuine. SX body, Harley Benton neck, Warman pickup, ebay bridge and control plate. The electrics will be passive with a tone, volume and rotary switch to select between bridge single coil/series/parallel/neck single coil. Obviously nothing like an actual Stingray but I used up a load of bits I had kicking about and spent about fifty quid on the bits I don't have. I now have a nice looking, and hopefully nice sounding bass for £50 and used up some bits that were in the way. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Maude said: I OOF!!! that colour is amazing!!! Edited May 5, 2020 by Oopsdabassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.