stingrayPete1977

There aren't many double basses under a grand you could gig regularly, you could buy one for less but a full setup is often needed, shipping costs, a set of strings decent strings at least £100 or £150 for a set of spiros, then its far more fragile once at the gig too. Since taking a DB out I worry a lot less about my Stingrays tbh

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1421584261' post='2662869'] Er, so... you break a few strings, then? [/quote] Just one about ten years ago

I get almost all of a 1.0mm Dunlop pick right through the string gaps when playing town called mallice

I suppose you cant argue for £250 can you? You might bag a total bargain on ebay though if you hold out, a good used Peavey and tidy Peavey cabs would last forever if looked after.

I've put more little marks and small dents on my basses at home to be honest, my wife knocked the upright hoover over onto my upright bass when it was a few weeks old

By the rules of Basschat someone will be along to tell you they use their Ritter for digging the garden or shovelling snow off the paths once a year as their Squier is far superior Cost is all relative anyway and it depends if a few dings bother you , I would own and use one as I dont care about resale values, I have never bought a bass with selling it in mind and never made any money on one, my jazz has more marks since I bought it in November than EBS Freak has on all his gear including cabs he has owned for years!

Excellent as ever Geoff, I loved the walking in thumb position around 14.30, brilliant! OK I am off to practice, I promise

What speakers are you going to use? If I was starting again now I would keep my Mackie proFX12 desk but I would get a pair of powered cabs instead of the passive Mackies and power amp I have, I like that the desk gets put safe in its gig bag under the bed, pair of covers for the cabs and they can be left in the garage, 3 items and a pair of stands and hey presto, a really loud pa

The old council house fridge door finish.....

I wish I had grabbed a powder blue 5 at the time but I like my Tobacco which is quite rare I presume, how long did it last? and as we worked out mine is one of the very first 5s in the UK by the looks of it ( I forget march or may 2010 I think?), I could do with getting the original preamp checked as I pulled it for a John East as it felt a bit naff to me, any idea who could inspect it and let me know if it is normal or needs repairing DrT?

The sub looks pretty good now anyway!

I like that A LOT!

Even as a Fender user and liker I cant defend their business model, how much is their debt now? I really think only USA models should carry the Fender logo, clamp down on the QC even more although the new stuff appears fairly good, Squier for all the lower models and maybe Affinity by Squier or something for the entry level stuff?

Best tweet him again dieseldalziel as our official contact and ask what bass he used!

Doh! I didn't know I promise

The natural and the black are still in the lineup, probably the only ones that have been available from the start. Ive just noticed they have dropped the wording single piece from the body wood specs and the natural one in the photo does have a join up the middle, which my pre EB did to be fair but it looks like single piece bodies are getting rare?

Just had a look to see what colours they are doing now, vintage burst is the closest to mine now, the red is nice like you say and comes with black pickup and pick guards now or do you mean the old coral red? I liked the pastel range but they have all finished by the looks of it?

I'm not so keen on the sledge finish, mine is tobacco which they only did for a while I think? Is it called retroburst or something now but more sunburst-esque?

[quote name='deaky' timestamp='1421443232' post='2661437'] I'm curious as to why they are "clueless" [/quote] Have you looked at the links?

Also you might have something where you are playing causing the hum, stereo amplifier or a fluorescent light fitting, anything with copper windings really?

Seymour duncans, bare knuckle, maybe some used Fender USA ones off ebay or even in the for sale here?

The bad earth on many basses is often from the wire either being pushed into the wood or what looks like sinking into the finish as if it was bolted together before the paint was dry! Slacken the strings and unscrew the bridge, pick the earth wire out from the body, clean it up and the rear of the bridge plate then move it to a new place and screw the bridge back on. Check the other end at the jack socket and the general condition of the soldering etc, if its all good welcome to the hissy single coil pickup club, putting both pickups on full normally stops it, or buy a Stingray with a humbucker I like bartolini pickups but they work best with active basses ime, I cant help with the wilkinsons, sorry.

Looks like a Sandberg to me?

I'm a big fan of black stingrays but I think it would be a shame to cover up that lovely single piece of ash slab body when many high end basses are made of 2 or 3 lumps? That said I like the powder blue!

When I sold my knacker Ashdown rig and bought my first Genz Benz rig, a 2x12T and a Shuttle 6.0 head I could not understand what I was wrong with it, then it dawned, it was me! Playing with that much clarity made any slightly bad timing stick out like a sore thumb! I am still a sh*t player but at least I found out what it was