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Although I seem to recall they had a big f**k-off PA to put it all through, and no monitors they had to waste any power amps on.

It bugs me but I usually just send a PM asking what price they're after- if they can't give one I'll usually be on my way.

Just checked the E on my double bass and its at about 13mm at the octave, which I thought was quite high. Not compared to that, though!

What are you man, a gorilla?

Why is it called a Ray 35 then? Weird.

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[quote name='JPJ' post='592589' date='Sep 8 2009, 12:30 AM']Good point. But there's two things in favour of the 35, firstly, you can beat the feeling of walking out of a music shop with a new bass, and secondly, the 35 will be available on credit whereas a second hand Stingray will be cash all the way. Plus it was a mighty fine bass to look at, if only I could get away with the SR5 scratchplate [/quote] I assume the Ray 35 has a 35" scale, while a standard Stingray 5 is 34" is it not? If that's the case that's something of a "unique selling point".

Somewhat late to the party- just found my ruler! Now I'm wondering if I've screwed up my measurements- I always had my basses down as being medium/low action, as they always look to me like they could go lower, but I guess most people would class these as low. Maybe I can stop now with the compulsive setup tweaking. I'll need to see if I can't get a set of feeler gauges to get it a bit more accurate. All measurements made on the E string. Peavey Milestone III- EADG with light Elixirs 3rd: around 1mm 12th: about 1.5mm 17th: just under 2mm Peavey DynaBass 5 fretted- BEADG with light Elixirs 3rd: 1mm 12th: 2mm 17th: 2mm Peavey DynaBass 5 fretless- BEADG with light Elixirs 3rd: just over 1mm 12th: just under 2mm 17th: 2mm Conklin Groove Tools 7 string- BEADGBE with light Elixirs: 3rd: 1mm 12th: 1.5mm 17th: 2mm

Not tried the basses, but my old teacher claims they make the best Strat copies ever.

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Keytar= instant win.

You could see if flats for guitar will fit- I just fitted a guitar string on my 7 string with no problems.

Cool. It takes a bit of getting used to but is well worth it IMO.

I play with "free strokes" (as opposed to "rest strokes", which you're describing above) using a floating thumb technique. I prefer it as it minimises string noise and lets you play faster IMO. If you want to stop hitting the string below you really need to look at how the whole finger is moving and modify the whole technique- keeping the same hand position and just trying to reduce follow through will not work IME.

Or, if you like the occasional bottle of Grolsch, take a few of of the red rubber rings that they use on the flip-top bottles and stick those over the strap buttons. Probably cheaper than a proper set and you get beer as well.

I always thought it was more of a pinky rest for pick players.

I don't bother. I just set the strings to my preferred height and try and use my ears. I did start on DB originally so perhaps my attitude is coloured by that.

[quote name='Eight' post='588954' date='Sep 3 2009, 06:33 PM']My amp head has separate inputs for active/passes basses, and I also usually run through a fuzz and a limiter; are we saying I'd get nothing from adding a pre-amp? I'm just not really sure what they're for.[/quote] You would have a lot of redundant features- the preamp would do the same sort of thing as the EQ/preamp section on your amp.

Floating thumb normally has less anchorage, so when you play the A string your thumb floats over the E string, it doesn't rest on it to the same extent.

If I was paying him a million dollars just to join my band I'd bloody well want him to be spot on every time.

Sarcasm detector broken again?

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Well I got the full set of strings set up, tuned BEADGBE with a super light Elixirs set for the lower six and a single .024 guitar string for the high E. Seems to work perfectly- only problem was the ball end was a bit too small so I had to cannabalise one from an old set of strings and run the string through it. Bit of a bodge but seems to be holding, and it sounds great