stingrayPete1977

Yep 2 eq is the way forward, I love my pre eb so really what I actually want is a five string pre EB! I'm a bit far away to try it (midlands) but thanks for the offer

I have 3 Rays and a heavily modded Jazz but have come to the conclusion that I am a 5 string player full time really so the Jazz can go, the pre EB is awesome but is life too short to be either sentimental or waiting for it to be worth millions? My black SR5 has the wrong neck and was just gained via a trade for my old SR4 as a backup to my blue SR5, it weighs about the same as a range rover yet its my go to bass! Worst case I still know I have my go to black frankenray which I would happily gig forever. So here is the idea, sell the blue SR5, Jazz and pre EB Ray which should raise around £3000 or just under then buy one bass, but what? Lakland usa 55-94 not sure on the current prices or where from? Modulus funk 5 again no idea where from or how much? Plan b, keep the pre EB or my blue SR5 then buy; Mayones Jabba 5 Classic Stingray Classic 5 Lakland Skyline 55-02 Any ideas, views, advice or offers?

I like it, I think the stingray 5 was a bit of a copy really with its bevelled edges.

The next time I see a cheap genz neox2x12t cab I'm going to tempted! 4x12, two adjustable tweeters and 900watts

I'd like to hear my pre eb and my ceramic stingray through the same setup, I'm not far away either

Love them classics!

Looking forward to getting home to have a listen!

This is why I give a clean di to the sound guy/girl at gigs with a proper pa, lots of people on here obcess about their £500 amp must be heard out front rather than the £25'000+ pa

I'm seriously thinking about buying a usa lakland, this isn't helping at all!

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1371681594' post='2117049'] Excellent quality. Just not my thing. I don't see any issues with normal parallel frets. [/quote] These Dingwall threads always end with the old "solution to a problem that doesn't exist" comment, fwiw I agree. That does not mean they are any more or less worthy but some of the nonsense I have heard about them is just that.

That's the problem with pro gear in all passtimes or hobbies, the best sounding/feeling/fastest or whatever feature it is that we desire is not always the most robust, try breaking a Raleigh Grifter yet a £3k alloy bike can be ruined by accidentally threading the left hand threaded bearing case into the frame the wrong way!

[quote name='aende' timestamp='1371720103' post='2117239'] The questions is; Is 212 the new 210? Noted that more manufacturers are selling a 212 variant and GK have even dropped the NEO 210 from their line in favour of the 212. [/quote] I find a good 2x12 is more comparable to a good 4x10, better than an average one.

Trouble is I'd say a pro bass player doing 5 gigs a week wearing an amp out in five years or less could be seen as a reasonable period of time, I'm sure they should and will last longer but modern cheap electronics are not built to last like an old ampeg, a new ampeg isn't even built like an old one!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1371664492' post='2116812'] The main thing is, do the ears like the sound? If so, even though what you`ve done may break all the rules, that`s the main thing. Done it a couple of times myself and each time the cabs were better after than before. [/quote] This is unfortunately what the resident experts don't get, all the foibles and mistakes made by the tried and trusted brands have become what we love, if it sounds good it sounds good no matter what the computer programme suggests, I prefer driving my morris minor to the wifes focus zetec, go figure

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1371512566' post='2114997'] Alternatively, with a couple of suitable angle-brackets, you might be able to fit the removed amp into a rack case. [/quote] This was plan b, even had a pair of brackets made and a gator case ready then the amp packed up! bassdirect-genz-solved

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1371511977' post='2114986'] Ashdowns are probably the easiest. 4 bolts on top, and the combo speaker is usually on a jack. Ashdown might even sort you a sleeve. [/quote] I wanted to do exactly this, ashdown were no help at all, shame as it would have solved it in one hit.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1371579795' post='2115848'] Mark King probably will get Status basses (Statii) for the rest of his life.. [/quote] Really, I'd of thought he was about ready for a change? Most people still imagine Flea with a Ray and must still be a feckup on Sterling Balls part that there is no Flea sig model?

Teal is the best colour!

Doesn't really do anything for me and I know some players who play chordal stuff have found them tricky even after playing them for a while. Frets are for losers anyway

It must be a 35 inch scale then surely, the amount of frets has zilch to do with it, pull 4 frets out and see it the nut gets any nearer

Even a 35 inch scale bass has that extra inch divided across the whole bass so I doubt it would gain a semitone in the first 3 frets!

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1371413115' post='2113642'] It's not about playing high, it's about the nut being further away, so where I'd fret an A without looking on a P bass , it would be a B on my new one. I take the point if I put the time in I'd get used to both, silly question I suppose, but I've spent 25 years on basses with similar necks. [/quote] Errrr are you sure? What scale length is this new bass?

I have heard this before but thankfully not needed to test the theory for myself, good to know though

I have a jazz to sell but the fee has put me of a bit, I had done two sales just before the fee came in and had already put £15 in the pot, if I had known I would if just paid the twenty instead.