stingrayPete1977

I went to an Eagles tribute gig a couple of weeks ago, there was a guy there trying to shake hands with the three guys at the front, as they were playing their guitars! I'd guess he'd been at the old columbian marching powder.

He wanted a Modulus neck on it afaik, purely because they were gigging in various climates night after night where no wooden necked bass could stay stable, it's a shame they couldn't come together to supply that to him and as a signature model, contrary to popular internet nonsense about him only using a Ray around the BSSM era and that only for live gigs he used them from day one, Pre EB Ray, Transition era Rays and later EBMM ones, the cartoon image on the first 1984 RHCP album cover shows a 3+1 Stingray headstock, live he used a carbon necked bass so he has history with a carbon necked Ray from before Ernie Ball even bought them out!

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1496596857' post='3312574'] Did they not bring out a few different models ? MM, Jazz, etc ? [/quote] Only for the man himself, everyone else got the replica of the bass he used 10 years ago, Fender with their finger on the pulse as ever!

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1496582832' post='3312435'] Is there anyone here playing stadium size gigs? Not as a support band. [/quote] Where is JTUK these days?

I never thought of that but that's a good idea and probably the cheapest option in an odd way, you could sell the P-Jazz or part it out.

I'd go with blocking the sound hole too, trying to fight the feedback on my upright was a thankless task and I've fitted a mag pickup in the end! I've got an Ozark acoustic bass, it sounds really nice but it's impossible to amplify.

Could you just pick up a second hand jazz neck from somewhere?

I thought they were just built from off the shelf parts, mighty mite and allparts etc?

1200 wet and dry used dry is the way to do it.

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1496412649' post='3311254'] I played a Stingray in a shop where the EQ wasn't working but it sounded great flat. Then I checked and there was no battery - so it CAN can work without. [/quote] I've never seen one yet, I don't know if there is any signal at all making it possible to crank the amp up lots to get a sound.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1496411057' post='3311230'] I always find the Musicman necks are better for my taste. There is more than just the pick up and EQ to a Musicman - the whole package contributes to the sound - not least the bridge. [/quote] I don't think any of mine are particularly better, they've all been quite different regardless of what people would presume regarding stingrays, glossy pre EB ones, 70's one had quite a round shape and my 82 was really thin and flat, oiled 4 strings, oiled five string and the Classic 5 with the vintage tint birdseye with the slightly different profile to my other fives, they're all playable to me, the jazz is totally different and my only rosewood boarded bass and I like that too. As for bridges making a big difference is that the four or five string, with mutes, without mutes, strung thru or normal top loaded, hollow saddles or solid? I like the Flea sparkle finish, the jazz neck profile and the body shape, pop in a humbucker and I can't see what I'd dislike about it

That's Photoshop'd or he's lying on the floor!

Well I like the proportions and neck on my USA jazz five and I like the pickup position and preamp of a Stingray five, put the two together and hey presto!

That's it, cool ain't it!

The Yita ones are well respected around these parts, Geoff 'Discover Double Bass' Chalmers made mine sing at the bash and Jake Newman bought one as his backup for West End gigs after trying mine too.

If fender released the one Flea uses but in a five string version I'd buy one. the bits are already there on the shelf other than the pickup!

EVERY T-Bird and Ric I've tried sent it's head to the floor as soon as I took my left hand away, I don't want to drill holes, change my strap, play with a pick only, or wrap the strap over the body, as for strap buttons on the neck plate I'd rather deal with neck dive than a bass tipping forwards all the time! I get gas for T-birds and Rics every few years (less since going all five strings), a quick blast on one in a shop normally sorts me out for a few years

I swap mid set between the Ray 5s and my Fender Jazz V these days without noticing, a few years with a double bass is the answer to worrying about string spacing and scale lengths etc!

Jazz and audience in the same paragraph?

It's only a matter of time before you get a ceramic Stingray five Jose Ceramic sting. Series position sting. Fat neck that you like.

There's a Thin Lizzy and a Judas priest pun there surely?

http://equipboard.com/pros/sheryl-crow

^ yep

1-yes but with a pickup selector and some have ceramic pickups. 2-yes. 3-yes.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1496152780' post='3309156'] It appears that the queen of bass face is appearing with her sisters tonight. Yep, Haim are amongst the guests; goodo! [/quote] Looking forward to it.