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    [quote name='Quatschmacher' post='951450' date='Sep 10 2010, 08:41 AM']Does the Precision have a rosewood or maple board? I presume it is one of the new American Standard series with the high mass bridge etc. Is that correct?[/quote] Well, I'm presuming this is the one on ebay under an almost identical user name. If so, it's a maple neck (unfortunately for me). Looks great though.
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    [quote name='Bidd' post='951339' date='Sep 10 2010, 12:23 AM']How does the sound and neck compare to a standard US Fender Jazz? Please excuse my ignorance, but I've never tried a Sterling (or any Musicman) before.[/quote] The Sterling neck feels slightly thicker front-to-back and more rounded than the jazz basses I've played. The nut width is the same. I've got pretty small hands (long-ish fingers but a very narrow palm). It feels slightly different from a jazz neck but I got used to it pretty quickly. As regards the sound, you can set the pickups switch to single coil and play with the EQ to approximate a Jazz with the rear pickup played solo, though it doesn't nail the sound, partly because the Sterling pickup is closer to the neck than the rear pickup of a Jazz bass. Works better when using roundwounds. It's a good compromise if you've only got the one bass, as I currently have. Sterlings are fantastic basses and this is a really good price for one for this country. In fact I don't think you'd find one cheaper by importing in the current financial climate. If you can spare the cash you should go for it.
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    Does the Precision have a rosewood or maple board? I presume it is one of the new American Standard series with the high mass bridge etc. Is that correct?
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    I second the poster above who said immersion is the way. A lot of folk music from eastern europe is asymmetrical time signatures, so stuff from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary etc. There's a great Hungarian band called Besh O Drom who are worth checking out. Can recommend a band called Farmers Market. Also check out Chris Potter's Underground (there's more asymmetrical stuff on his latest release "Ultrahang") and check out any albums by Dave Holland on which Chris Potter plays ("Critical Mass", "Extended Play", "Not for Nothing", "Prime Directive","Pathways" etc), loads of odd time signature stuff but still absolutely grooving. (And as a bass player you owe it to yourself to check Dave Holland out if you haven't done so already, he's fantastic.) Also check out Avishai Cohen there's a fair smattering of odd time signatures there, I recommend starting with the album "Continuo", also an astounding bass player.
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    It sounds cool, reminds me of Paul Jackson. What pickup configuration were you using? Was it weighted more towards the neck pickup?
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    What type of bass is that played on? Are the strings rounds or flats? Love the tone.
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    Thanks for the photos. Didn't think this would hang around too long.
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    Sorely tempted. Been looking to get one of these for a few years now. In fact I came close to buying this last time you put it up for sale but was looking to get one with the stock pickup. I'm dithering whether to get this or shell out the extra for a newer one or the US version that someone has listed here. I just put up an ad for one of these a couple of days ago and now have £350 sitting in my Paypal account after selling my piccolo and a vintage sax mouthpiece this weekend. Just enough for the bass and a return to London. Clarky, any chance you could post pictures of the rest of the bass, front and back? Are there alternatives for the pickup? Not so keen on the cream. :snob:
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    To me, a Ray with flats is still identifiable as a Ray. Check out this guy's Youtube clips: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_KrCDjbV4&p=8B2CC812430C5AEA&playnext=1&index=55"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_KrCDjbV4...=1&index=55[/url] This is a comparison of rounds vs flats on the same 3-band Stingray (though the flats still sound quite new). Check his other clips with flatwounds.
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    As a way of taking the glassiness out of your Ray's tone, have you tried stringing it with flatwounds? I did this to my Sterling (which, to my ears is even glassier than the Stingray) and it did wonders.
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    Hi all, The Sterling in question is in natural with a rosewood neck and tortoise shell pickguard. It has Dunlop straplocks fitted. It's in overall great condition. The "issues" are as follows: there are a few small lacquer dings on the body (not through to the wood) and a headstock chip. The detente on the treble EQ knob isn't as positive as on a brand new bass but can still be felt enough to centre it. The are a couple of very small cracks on outside of the battery compartment, cosmetic only. This is barely noticeable but I mention it for those who may be as picky as me. These issues were present when I bought the bass and have never got any worse. They're very minor but I'd rather mention them. Included will be a Road Runner hard case. Pricewise, I'll start at £700 as that seems to be roughly the going rate for these. Bass located in Sheffield, I'd prefer local pickup. I can take other photos on request.
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    Wish I had known about this last week, I was in London! I'm really tempted but am concerned the neck would be too wide for me. If it has the same specs as the American Standard P then the nut is 41.3mm (the CIJ reissue has a 40mm nut). 41.3mm is also the width of a Stingray nut. Is the neck profile as chunky as a Stingray? I can't get on with standard Ray necks, but perhaps P necks are shaped differently? Also, what is the neck radius? Sorry for all the questions; never having played a P-bass means I have very little idea how they feel (I learned on a Jazz).
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    What is the nut width on this? Is it standard P width or is it more like the slimmer 70s P necks? Is the truss rod adjustable without having to take the neck off?
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    Well, I was in GuitarGuitar in Newcastle at the weekend and had a very quick go on the Classic Stingray they've just got in (white/maple). So disappointed that the neck is just as uncomfortable for my tiny hands as a regular Stingray. I was gutted and so didn't even plug it in. There's no use falling in love with the sound and be tortured that I'll never be able to play it. On the plus side, it'll save me the money and the lusting. It really looks like the SLO Special is going to be the one for me, if I can find one in the UK!
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    That is pretty. Thanks for the pics and congratulations on your new bass.
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    If this had a SLO neck on it I'd be on it.
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    I know what you mean; when I bought my Stingray there were only ever about three MM basses in any one shop. I rang around and ended up getting it from Sound Control (they shipped it from a branch in Scotland to the Sheffield shop) in the exact specification I wanted. Unfortunately it had a very unresponsive E string (even with new strings) so I returned it. When I went looking for a Sterling there was only one in the whole city, at least it was enough to try it out to see if I liked it. I then ended up finding one I wanted on ebay and imported it from the USA. Saved soooo much money by doing this. I agree that finding a SLO or classic may well be much harder, both because they'll be scarcer in the UK and there'll be less used ones floating around the USA due to their just having been released recently. I will buy a SLO Stingray as it is the ideal combination for me, just don't want to shell out a ridiculous amount for a new one so I'm going to have to wait for quite some time yet.
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    I too thought the Sterling Classic was a bit of an odd idea, maybe it was Sterling Ball's way of showing that he wasn't just doing a reissue of the ray, but adding a twist. The 5-string classic ray is what they should've done all along, it looks great. The normal SR5 look OK but I always thought they should've called it something else as it doesn't look like a ray. I'd love to check out the 4 string classic ray, I'm intrigued as to whether the more rounded fingerboard (lower radius) would make the wide neck more manageble for me. Anyone seen these in the UK shops yet? Or the SLO?
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    Just discovered this fact yesterday while looking at something else. It is great news. Wish the option had been around when I bought my first Stingray (took it back to the shop) and again when I ended up buying my Sterling a few years back (because I liked the neck, though preferred the Stingray for tone and body shape).
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