Ander87 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) So... some of you fine folk may remember how some 2 months ago I went on a rampage to sell my stingrays - simply too much money on gear when I had to recover from windows we replaced at home, and a bathroom renovation...! ... Resolved to sell the 'rays with pain in my heart, replaced by American Original series Fenders, P and J - how great are these basses? I was thoroughly impressed and managed to cash in a grand to ease things on the bank account. Being back in this forum (9 months hiatus to stop selling and buying!) I let my hair off and replaced my rig without much investment... Ashdown ABM 600 head and a mighty Barefaced Six10 - from an Eich T900 and a Big Baby 2. Fast forward the bathroom is done, the windows are paid and I had sold a couple watches so I had more than I needed and then I saw this Ray Special... In the Cruz Teal that only came out on the first series and that I so dearly love...! Out of what I wanted to spend, but received an offer on eBay and then I started to consider... I messaged the owner and he was happy to let it go at the last offer minus fees, pretty much the same price as you see on the regular MM Stingrays these days so I had to pull the trigger. Some crazy 6-7 hours to remind me why I hate driving to Manchester and 320 miles later I got home, set him up, waxed the neck, hydrated the board... et voila... Very, very ambivalent collection right here, Jesus even if it's only been a couple months I missed the stingray tone! Don't get me wrong, the passive Fenders are just brilliant and plan to keep using it... but there you go, a story that started sour selling my most beloved basses managed to come back even better than it started - to happy endings! Ander. Edited December 10, 2022 by Ander87 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I’ve never owned a Ray but it looks like you got the perfect trio there, congrats Ander ☝️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Great looking trio there Ander 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ander87 Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 Ah, thanks gents! David, it may be a slippery slope if you look into the stingrays haha! Specially the last Special iteration, slimmer neck but P bass width...! And cheers Lozz, knowing what I play I don't think I can beat it as is...! Ander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Holy Trinity all in one bass... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Love those SimS pickups 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Very nice, I think a P/J/MM is the right trio and it’s really nice to have one of each 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 3 hours ago, TheGreek said: Holy Trinity all in one bass... Now that's one hell of a bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Sure is...and my thanks to @Andyjr1515 again for the work he did on it. I really should play it more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graybass99 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) Great holy trinity there mate 👏 enjoy and thank you! 😊 Edited December 11, 2022 by Graybass99 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Looks heavenly to me! Well played. Agree that's the best colour too. 👌 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ander87 Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 Thanks gents! Very happy with the three of them... I'm now debating whether I shall switch up some of the tunings, it wouldn't be crazy to put the P on BEAD or something, or a Drop C along the way... Oh well! Ander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Just now, Ander87 said: Thanks gents! Very happy with the three of them... I'm now debating whether I shall switch up some of the tunings, it wouldn't be crazy to put the P on BEAD or something, or a Drop C along the way... Oh well! Ander. I think it's the law 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ander87 Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 1 minute ago, miles'tone said: I think it's the law Haha! I like to have more than one bass in standard so that I can take them to studio for my band... setting and resetting again every time I go to the studio could be well annoying...! One bass for each band and another as backup.... the P could do BEAD for my neosoul bits, the standard for the punk rock thing and stingray drop C could work for some metal or something... we shall see! Ander. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 52 minutes ago, Ander87 said: Haha! I like to have more than one bass in standard so that I can take them to studio for my band... setting and resetting again every time I go to the studio could be well annoying...! One bass for each band and another as backup.... the P could do BEAD for my neosoul bits, the standard for the punk rock thing and stingray drop C could work for some metal or something... we shall see! Ander. I used to have a '62P reissue tuned BEAD... Sounded bad. Bad as in goooood! Miss it actually... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyellowcar Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 The finish on that Stingray! Amazing! Congrats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Tuning BEAD?? Now there's an excuse to use with 'er indoors for three new basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Tis a lovely example of the lesson sometimes you have to let go of something and trust something better will come your way as a result of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ander87 Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Ah thank you @Ralf1e! I thought I’d never rejoin again with a Cruz Teal… and we’ll my rig is admittedly more varied than with an SR Special 4 & 5…! Entertaining tunings now haha could keep the jazz on standard, standard with detuner to drop D on the p bass, D standard with detuner to Drop C for the Stingray… that’d cover both my project with two basses each and leave me room to pretend to play metal if need be 🤣, or have ‘almost a 5er’ when doing Drop C… … so much room for activities! 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I have 5'ers and dont really use the G string very much. I do tend to wander up above the 7th fret quite a bit though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 I must admit, that's a mighty fine trio. I'm a P bass man (albeit Mustang mainly these days) but if you need to cover everything, a Jazz and a Stingray alongside a P does it in spades. I've never actually had all 3 at the same time but I have considered adding a stingray p/up and associated electronics to my F/less P bass (and maybe a fretted neck too) Perhaps it's time for a bitsa Jazz (although I do hanker for a Betsy Bass) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidl e Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 A rickenbacker would be right at home in this collection 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ander87 Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Ah @Ralf1e, yes, I will be doing Hipshot detuner on the P bass to do Drop D if necessary (there's always the odd tune) and the Stingray on D Standard along with a detuner to get to Drop C - that should make me not want a 5er, at least for longer (was also considering BEAD, we'll see, there's this band I'm listening to a lot that does Drop C and may well want to stay there). @police squad yes, same! 80% of the basses in the last 2 years have been either stingrays or precisions, so this jazz is a nice great addition - somehow never managed to have a P and a Ray at the same time either, guess I've been too black or white, all P's or all Rays...! @lidl e have never tried a Rickenbacker and they're popping up more often than ever, but the missus and I agreed that I should stick to 'just' 3 hangers on the wall considering all the other bits I've got at the moment (including a potential baby and a motorcycle, ha!)... Ah, a nice jetglo would look grand on stage though aye? Not so sure about the neck width and tales I've heard about playability though...! Always have interpreted the Ric as a power jazz... but then again I'd define the Ray as a power jazz with the P thickness so I'll just say (or want to believe) I'm covered! Best, Ander. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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