stingrayPete1977

[quote name='Prunesquallor' timestamp='1365798185' post='2044799'] Did they do fivers then? [/quote] Yes '87 onwards, thats where the 6 bolt neck, truss rod adjusting wheel and 3 band EQ came from. Early ones are Alnico pickup equipped too for full Ray goodness

I'd hunt for a nice late 80s or early 90s one, six bolt neck but two eq, nice figured neck etc

Tim Commerford....

John Deacon, Nate Watts......

Have you checked out the pre eb thread Marcus?

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1365775840' post='2044361'] There's very good reasons for both approaches to exist. When I'm mixing multi-band gigs where I don't know the bassist and the backline, I'll default to using a DI box and take the signal before the amp unless the player requests otherwise. For me as an engineer, that means I know that even if the amp is crap, unreliable, gets its settings fiddled with by less educated people sharing rigs or whatever, I've got a consistent and reliable signal coming to FOH anyway. If (for example) somebody like BRX rolled up who obviously knew his rig and his tones and had a setup that lent itself to me taking a post processing signal I'd be more than obliging - it only takes seconds to pull an XLR out of a DI box and throw it into somebody's rack/pedalboard/whatever. I think you'll find that most FOH guys would love to work with a band to create the perfect FOH mix but the realities of gigging rarely allow for that luxury. The quality of their work is their calling card just as your performance is for you and they'll be looking for the best mix they can achieve given the time and resources available to them. Sometimes that means compromises have to be made somewhere, but with a bit of communication everybody can have their input and end up (reasonably) happy! [/quote] I agree with all of this If I had my own bass tech and sound crew I would love to spend hours crafting a great sound but in reality I'm happy with a generic 'Good sound' which as we know is subjective anyway. I hear JTUK and BRX loud and clear I really do but we only have to see footage of big names like Muse and the Chili peppers to know that FX live at a different venue every night cant have mixed outcomes even with a dedicated pro team at the helm,I love Flea but feck me does he have some sh*te sounds live

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1365671293' post='2042531'] Have you tried facing the other direction? [/quote] What about looking in a mirror, will that work?

Well I have never seen one of those plastic ones with the round corners, if they are for the early ebmm models I'd say they would be of interest to someone, where is drTStingray? Or try the ebmm forum?

Yes the mumnosh one and marcus, they are the typical none pear shaped pre eb cases, lots of colours for the inside available.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1365625606' post='2042113'] Thanks, so is the chuck3r case, with those rounded corners, a pre-EB case? I'm also looking at the 'Mumnosh' 1979 Stingray just before halfway down in a leatherette covered wooden case. Is that one? There's a pear shaped one further down [/quote] I'd say its an early ebmm one, 84-86ish? Any bass with a fret marker on the 21st fret is ebmm even though it only has mm markings like the cases.

I get confused with the tone pot on a p bass going what sounds like the opposite way to my ears!

My 2010 is 10lb, My 2007 might be responsible for the bad weather recently due to its weight pulling on the worlds oceans, I love it!

Here you go, scroll down, have you got an early EBMM case? (nice if you have even nicer if you have two!) look at the white bass (chuck3r 1990) not a pre EB as it has the extra fret marker and a chamfeur. [url="http://www.musicmanbass.org/mycustompage0006.htm"]http://www.musicmanbass.org/mycustompage0006.htm[/url] Scroll down further for an example of the rectangular pre EB case but they do vary a lot, I dropped on mine from Nicks guitars as mine had a modern Fender case and Nick swapped it for a more Period case at my request, after he did he remembered that it originally have a pre EB Ray in it that someone bought off him who did not want the case as they were going on the train home!

They are not plastic mate, wooden with a coating like a Fender one but without the logo, white piping normally. After that its a trickier debate, orange, blue and black appear to be possible original interior fluff colours. Bit of an angled lift up compartment in one corner.

I am just listening to some Jamiroquai, Have you tried any Zender licks on it yet? The classic Zender Warwick tone was acheived quite often on a pink SR5, early one so Alnico pickup like a proper Ray

You are right, 1.5 twin and earth is actually higher at 18 amp rating, to be honest if you followed all the cable calcs to the law you house would be full of industrial size cables! I find its the full valve amps that struggle on anything over one decent ext reel, Its not my forte but I presume them valves like a good supply of juice?

I like mine (normal size because I wanted the battery option, never used one!), have you tried the other setting if it has it?

Dont worry about it, I made a similar post a few years ago, now I have made over 6000! (all nonsense)

Thats not right TimR you can put a 16A MCB to cover a 1.5mm cable, most commercial premises have that arrangement, so a 13A Fuse would be ok. If the reel is long then you might find a max 10A rating as described above because of the volts drop over that distance but most extension leads rated at 13A are only 1.5mm cable. [url="http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/CA1dot5F3.html"]http://www.tlc-direc.../CA1dot5F3.html[/url] Quite common for 16A applications like caravan leads etc [url="http://www.industrialextensionleads.co.uk/14m-110v-16a-extension-lead-15mm-arctic-cable-ip67-rated-9620-p.asp"]http://www.industria...ated-9620-p.asp[/url] It is truly amazing just how much you can get to hold even on a 10Amp fuse on a building site or a marquee gig!

My '82 is awesome, I always thought I would want a 70's one over an 80's one given the choice, I had both and sold the earlier one to fund my upright bass rather than buying a cheapo upright. In an ideal world I would of kept both and bought more

I've never really got on with multiple pickup basses partly because of this, when its good its very good though.

I didn't like them when I was younger, tried again ten years later and never looked back!

I'm not that keen on them myself........

I totally disagree but I guess that's clear already

I know mate and my parents have said the same bearing in mind I work for the family business and it will impact on us all financially