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The classic [url="http://youtu.be/ItZyaOlrb7E"]http://youtu.be/ItZyaOlrb7E[/url] The one and only [url="http://youtu.be/Pd2pSLFjOas"]http://youtu.be/Pd2pSLFjOas[/url] One that has been linked about 6 times on our site this year in various places [url="http://youtu.be/iyTTX6Wlf1Y"]http://youtu.be/iyTTX6Wlf1Y[/url] Seams like ages since I saw one dropped in a thread, Feel free to add any I have missed?

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What colour mains cable is best for a crisp top end? Did it have the EQ button engaged and where was the contour knob? Would a music stand alter the tone of the mains cable if they were on a stage together? Should I walk out of a gig if the bassist does not use the correct mains cable? and if so how would I go about looking down the back of the amp without getting on the stage?

True but due to a massive career he has still used one for what would otherwise be a lifetimes work for some bands. Everyone goes on about the stripped P basses yet to my mind I always think of him with the red 80s looking one with the covered pole pieces?

What sort of money are those czech-ease basses? they look really good!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1419416222' post='2639680'] Get a fan! [/quote] [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1419427517' post='2639851'] lot lighter than an 810! I suppose one could hook up a fan to a spectrum analyzer than blows more or less air according to the output of the amplifier [/quote] Build it into a pair of jeans and I think you could be onto a winner Ampeg self flapping flares? (Ashdown have copywrited the amp with a built in flare system though)

[sub][size=3][size=5]This is my old Affinity Jazz, [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Rolled fingerboard and fret dressed, [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]New full size tuners,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Bartolini pickups, [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]EBS active preamp,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]BadassII bridge,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Fender USA pickguard,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Battery in the cavity and the jack socket mounted in the body.[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Other than that it was a stock Squier other than the fake logo off ebay [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130228_184909_zps94d558d6.jpg.html"][/url][/sub] [size=5][sub]Fantastic bass that someone here has now?[/sub][/size]

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1419191012' post='2637450'] Not had the J but had a couple of Affinity P basses over the last few years. Forty quid is a good price. Stock hardware and pups are a bit meh but plenty good enough for casual use and forms a decent base for upgrade (I put a wizard thumper and some wilkinson hardware in mine). I also ended up changing the neck on my last one but that was only for fun.....here's the before and after. [/quote] Ah my old P bass, dont tell mcnach or the others, everyone thinks I am a Stingray only fanboi and I like it that way

Mini Clubman, 3/4 DB, Mackie PA, 1x12 Bass Combo, Electric bass in a hiscox case plus various bits and bobs including a hercules DB stand! [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/20140608_122029_zpsciljwqgf.jpg.html"][/url] Not much room for a passenger but there would be if I did not need to take both of the Mackie PA speakers. [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/20140608_122016_zpsj2hgp4id.jpg.html"][/url] I think it would be fair to say its more fun and better looking than a Berlingo too, Lol [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/20140621_115045_zpsbuqqsguz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-06/20140621_115045_zpsbuqqsguz.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1419362528' post='2639196'] I'm surprised the Stingray seems to be thought of as his iconic instrument, he didn't use it that much. [/quote] This is apparently 1976 (confirming his Ray to be worth a few quid regardless of who owned it) [url="http://youtu.be/dQ9J8zgFMhU"]http://youtu.be/dQ9J8zgFMhU[/url] Here he is in 1981 Great version and Freddie's shorts well what can you say, Lol [url="http://youtu.be/9E-WasNzVpI"]http://youtu.be/9E-WasNzVpI[/url] 1985 [url="http://youtu.be/sXRsjTuBxMM"]http://youtu.be/sXRsjTuBxMM[/url] He used it both live and in the studio for various things between those dates at least so that is 9 + years and 5 or 6 Albums depending if he used it on Hot Space? including two number 1 albums and all Gold or Platinum/ double Platinum. No hardly used it did he

More than some bands would in a whole career though, they just happened to have a good long career! Plus he used it on all their best tunes.

Jack socket connections dirty or not springing down hard onto the instrument cable plug, bad earth connection, loose connection on the PCB, dodgy pot (we've all had some!) Or a good old fashioned batt flattery!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1419303562' post='2638594'] if I didn't have to carry it... I'd use 8x10s every time! [/quote] I'd say most bands in that situation are using in ears for the full band, nothing but stage dressing, that said so would I

Im not sure I'd call a 2x12 a mini rig? Looking at the absolute max outputs possible is pointless imo, I never need to run mine at full tilt so as long as there is spare head room and a tone you like I wouldn't get hung up on cone sizes unless its got a flake and raspberry sauce on top.

Oh and celebrity chef endorsed rolling pins have been purchased for many years!

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1419345271' post='2638962'] I wonder if the same people would buy Gordon Ramseys old rolling pin ? That pie must have been so good because he had a magic rolling pin / It's an instrument, the talent i yer. If buying expensive basses made you good I would be the best there is,,, [/quote] Stingray collectors would want it for being potentially a first year production run stingray, 1976 rays don't come up very often throw in a worldwide hit written and recorded with it and in fairness surely it's THE stingray to own? People lap up anything Adam Clayton puts his squiggle on regardless of how little he uses a similar model for so to own the actual bass makes more sense to me, as for playing and the tone of it it's unlikely any of these basses get played ever again

Calling mcnach! http://elblogdequeen.com/2012/12/las-cuatro-cuerdas-de-deacon.html

Yes but you are comparing good 4x10s (pairs of 2x10s) to my good 2x12, something that is ok but at the cheaper end of the 2x10 market wont match a top end 2x12.

Holty?

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1419067301' post='2636130'] Just the one blue bass.....everything else is black in my camp. [/quote] I really like that but lets not tell everyone, I have a reputation to keep up

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1419269778' post='2638198'] It's not just cone surface, it's how much air they can displace. There are 2x12 cabs that move more air than the majority of current 410s. [/quote] My 2x12 can see off many 4x10s especially older designs, a good 2x12 or pair of 12s should be a match for most 4x10s ime.

I wonder if he had more than one Ray? There are clips with him using one with a white plate and a black plate but both tobacco burst so could be the same one. He was one of the first high profile players to use one, I've seen clips from January 77 with him using one.

Very sad although I stupidly thought he was already dead! Always sad so close to christmas for the deceased's friends and family too for famous people or regular folk alike.

I do what I can, it comes fairly easy to me, a gift you could say?

I still think it would be the Ray that the collectors would want, people who pay silly money for stuff want to impress people that don't much so regarding JD I think the ultimate would be "that's the bass that was used to write and record 'Another One Bites The Dust' on". That would be the song American collectors would most associate John Deacon with, it was used on big US tours and other hits too.