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Don't forget the old smoothie ... Arguably the best of the bunch , 😛 im not Bias at all gov This is the 40th Anniversary "Old Smoothie" StingRay, A reproduction of StingRay prototype #26, a custom 2 band and wider custom humbucker , string mutes and slab ( pole pieces span the Strings rather than directly under them , but uses the modern 42.5 neck rather than the vintage slightly more narrow one. Basically a less barky stingray that can get pretty close to a P bass thump when you need it to

It reminds me of when I had been a Hartke artist for about 15 odd years and all of a sudden Sheehan, Wootton, Bello and a whole host of other top players joined the roster too. 😁 I liked to think I have inspired someone, somewhere on the planet.. Your bass looks absolutely fantastic! I too have a MIJ precision that will get the treatment and, although I adore candy apple red, even the candy cola red, I have a slight obsession with chameleon flip paint and have a very special red in mind! Thank you for posting, definitely solidified my plan!

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Sometimes we look through the lyrics, if there's a phrase in there that sounds appropriate, sometimes it might not be for the song title but works well for an EP

Loving the use of the Casio watch to utilise all the space on the board! An F91w?

And don't forget the piezo equipped models.

You’ve already fitted right in. 👍

Anyone compared the Boss GX10 with the Boss GX-1B ?

I want recommendations for tube pres that breakup. I can name you three right now but sadly i've never tried any of them. Overdriving the preamp tubes is the most common way to create distortion in tube amps these days and usually sounds good. See paul_5's response above on the how the SVP Pro's distortion circuit works. Saying "It's impossible to get distortion with a preamp" a) is wrong, b) doesn't answer the question, and c) is annoying because it implies the questioner doesn't know what they're talking about. I'm just looking for a bit of crunch, not Steve Vai, but tube crunch > tranny crunch in my opinion and it means your crunch sound is consistent with your clean sound.

Ah, sadly I sold mine but mainly because it was noisy. They're pretty rare

@run 3 Welcome! Glad to have you here

You see, the effect of the title is already working: That piqued your interest.

Welcome! Great to see you joining the bass side as well. PolyTrack

Tried it again at volume and I think it sounds best Compressor Off Shape Off It then sounds full and punchy In isolation the Shape ON sounds wonderful but you get buried in the mix so OFF is better unless you play slap perhaps

I'd like to add there briefly was a Stingray neck-through, and there were some wonderful limited editions and anniversary models that are hard to come by. 20th anniversary: The 4-string got a mahogany body, quilted maple top, red tort pickguard and no control plate. Quite sexy! Stingray 5 20th anniversary (yes, specifically for the 5's birthday): this one really hit the ball out of the park in 2007 with a flamed or quilted maple top, natural maple faux-binding (just veneer-thin but enough to add a beautiful contrast). To me this is the sexiest Stingray ever built; 30th anniversary: like your regular Stingray 3EQ but with a mahogany body, and a gloss finished neck in matching colour (dark red); 35th anniversary: arguably the second-sexiest Stingray ever made, at least in my opinion! Based on the current Stingray Special, these have an ash body with a spalted maple top in sunburst, with a natural faux-binding, ebony fingerboard with "copper pearloid" block inlays and they look business; Stingray 5 30th anniversary: white, tort guard, roasted maple neck and fingerboard and white fingerboard bindings; The elusive 2001 NAMM 100th anniversary silver Stingray with Status Graphite neck, harking back to the pre-EB 1981 Cutlass 1 basses; Many, many very nice limited "colour of the year" limited editions, Premium Dealer Network exclusives and Vault-exclusive finishes that could only be ordered directly through EBMM's own webshop.