stingrayPete1977

That's encouraging low end bee, thanks The '79 has a few knocks anyway Jose and I know you would be careful with it.

I had an ABM for years, every now and then it needed a good clean out, remove the gear tray and blow everywhere out with an airline first, get in the jacks etc and around the eq sliders, then liberally spray everywhere with servisol from maplins whilst turning sliding pushing and pulling every knob and control as you go, leave it stood on its end for a good few hours to dry out, connect it up and enjoy the hiss and crackle free goodness done it at least four times to mine, give the cooling fan blades a wipe down too. sorry for the lack of caps i have a bust arm!

I am missing something or am I right in thinking the op was asking about low C rather than high C? if so that will be fine as you will be tuning the B up to C which should be ok i would say as long as its got a good truss rod as it might want a tiny tweak tighter, thats all.

Nor me?

I'd be glad to let you have it until the cast is removed Jose, shame your so far away, is there anyway you could get it?

Thanks again everyone, I was thinking about a bit of synth actually good idea There won't be much left in my wallet now 2 months on sick pay! I think I might be top poster on BassChat over the next few weeks

Just want the op ASAP , was tomorrow but not going to be for a few days now

Crazy ain't it! I will tap out some rhythms Doddy

Awesome! I have tried the classics drT I like them and I want a classic 5, freshly broken wrist will delay a purchase though

Gutted Gareth

Cheers folks nice to hear some positive vibes

just bought a shuttle max 9.2 and got a great new band started, really excited then stuck my arm in an electric fan heater got a massive shock (ten times worse than any as a sparky for nearly 20 years) then smashed my wrist around inside until i managed to pull the fuse myself with my other hand! long and short ct scan next week to organise a plate and 2 bolts. gutted

epic badly broken wrist fail only an hour after purchasing!

Been looking for ages and decided its time I bought a 6.0 years ago and its still my main amp, its plenty powerful enough for any gig so the 900 watts will just be a bonus really but what I really want is the FET chanel that I have on the little 3.0 I also have but with the power of the 6.0. I have realised that I really like a solid state preamp for bass which is why I didn't want a Streamliner 900 either. Knobs galore so It might be going for a song on here if I cant work out how to use it! I will also have this 3dpm thing for the first time too? I still think there is a market for a Shuttle Max 18.2 using 2 900watt modules like the shuttle max 12.0 does with both solid and tube preamps, 2 Genz Neox 2x12T cabs and my imaginary head would be a killer rig! or even 4 8 Ohm Barefaced cabs with 1800watts to feed them from one small head if that floats your boat? Anyway thats it, cant wait to try it

Only cheaper than a new classic and only when they come available anywhere other than Andybaxters, £1900 minimum for most of his now, if they are the prices he is getting for them then the pre EB is on the move upwards, resales of classics don't look that strong either even as new condition classic 5's are dropping below £1300 which is a massive saving on list price! I still want one though

My pre EBs both have something the classic doesn't but it's hard to pin down, they certainly have more thump and from the neck profiles they feel as different again as my Jazz does to my 2002 Ray I traded on here.

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1353091054' post='1871629'] Either Sterling Ball is a m***e bag of biblical proportions, or this bass is a total ringer. If I were the owner of EBMM, etc, it would be in a glass case in my boardroom as we speak. [/quote] If they already have a X model then this ones not as important IMO plus there does not appear to be much of a nostalgic link between MM and EBMM, for me they bought a humbucker, oval plate and the 3 and 1 tuners/headstock shape. Although the design was good in the first place in reality they are quite different basses, the necks are totally different in profile and gloss finished, the pickup windings are different, the EQ's were different for the most part until the settled on 2 band,the slab body, the string through bridge, the 3 or 4 bolt necks, the standard truss rod setup, so its that oval guard and overall look that make them the same, if you remove that then they are quite different to the EBMM versions IMO

Its listed on the musicman.org site, I checked it yesterday as soon as I saw this thread, It's also when I realised it looks just like mine

Yes

Already asked the wife to see if we can raid the savings, "no"

Not many Rays have a white guard on natural, my '82 does and its grown on me and stands out from the common natural with black ones, It's quite nice that mine looks like the first one Here is my look alike! [attachment=123790:Pre EB 1982.jpg]

From what I have seen the later pre EB basses look to be better built than the earlier ones, they say the bodies were made by charvel of Jackson guitar fame.

Peter Hook bass round your knees?