Ou7shined

[quote name='maxrossell' post='971799' date='Sep 29 2010, 03:43 PM']How about something Parkerish like this? Very easy to do.[/quote] No no no. As soon as you put that under tension from the strings bits will pop off.

Someone has actually bid on it too.... allegedly.

[quote name='JPJ' post='971503' date='Sep 29 2010, 10:58 AM']...Could it be that somebody has opened out the holes in your head to fit bigger elephant ears....[/quote] Quote of the month. [color="#808080"](a little artistic license used by adding an "s" at the end to make the quote fit with what my dyslexia originally told me it said)[/color]

Nice. That white stripe extending up the neck is a good look.

Stick the original back in - job's a good un.

Careful.

I just discovered that John Deacon used to play one.

[quote name='maxrossell' post='970434' date='Sep 28 2010, 10:24 AM']It'd have to be a pretty awesome sandwich. I do love sandwiches though.[/quote] Yeah a Boutique sandwich.

[quote name='maxrossell' post='970428' date='Sep 28 2010, 10:15 AM']Yeah, it is. That's exactly what it is. The whole thing costs $5,500, and the bass without the pickguard costs $5,000. Do the math. You want to make a sandwich, the ingredients cost £4.00. You decide you want to add some cheese to your sandwich, so the ingredients now cost £5.00. That's [i]exactly the same thing[/i] as the cheese costing £1.00.[/quote] You'd pay £5 for a sandwich?

[quote name='ezbass' post='970010' date='Sep 27 2010, 08:53 PM']+1 these SBMMs do seem to get bashed....[/quote] They've not been bashed in this thread at all, in fact the only negative comments on them came from the OP. I myself was just asking for clarification to the claims of why they're percieved to be better than a bass which new is well over twice it's price and as the OP pointed out has better hardware and finish. I didn't know that they didn't have MM pups (I guess I'd just presumed that they had) which says a lot to me about where they stand on the tone front. I'd honestly love to know why they are rated highly against real Stingrays. I guess going by one comment on here, the only thing I can do is try one out and earn my right to comment.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='969989' date='Sep 27 2010, 08:28 PM']I give you exhibit A. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ernie-Ball-MusicMan-STINGRAY-3EQ-bass-guitar-Music-Man-/220673976276?pt=UK_Consumer_Professional_RL&hash=item336131a7d4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ernie-Ball-MusicMan-...=item336131a7d4[/url] I surprised myself with that one! looks a beauty for £680! Im not trying to *iss on the parade but you get my point, Sorry the headstock is not matching.[/quote] Can I claim my uber-nerd prize for spotting the P bass reflection?

I'm confused. This review (which I appreciate the fact that you have taken the time out to write btw) seems to applaud the 34 for being a compromise on all but tone which you prefer over the real Stingray tone (which I guess means that you simply don't like the stingray tone. What is your stingray tone anyway? You are selling an Aria which you say does a good stingray tone... I digress) and the neck which is better but the same but different. And the basis of comparison for the review is against a rogue Stingray that obviously had issues (it had 6 "setups" which couldn't fix it - I suggest it needed more than "set-ups"). I am genuinely interested in the SBMM because I am a big fan of SUBs and 'rays and I'm interested in knowing where the 34 sits in the equation - I suspect it is a huge step up from the OLP but still under the SUB but haven't heard it said yet. I don't see myself ever getting one as I am very happy with the real deal (and have self-built something which, on the QT may even rival it). I am happy for you that you like it over a 'ray but I just can't work out why.

I've enjoyed this debate. It raises a great question. Would you buy say a 3 grand handbag as a present or a Fodera bass for someone else (not related to you) or would you buy them something nice yet adequate? I think that what this running argument boils down to is that you have some people who enjoy spending their accrued wealth on themselves because they justify worth based on how luxurious an item is. And there are others who's sense of worth might be more acutely directed towards "bang for buck" and where best to allocate funds. Presumably (in theory) if they were in the same situation financially they would put it to better use, perhaps buy something "nice yet adequate" for themselves and put what's left over toward something that is needed more. Can you get a nice bass and dialysis machine for the price of a Fodera? Luxury is something you have to pay for. Do we need luxury. No. What is luxury? Luxury is a level of service or comfort. Is a 3 grand handbag more comfortable than a Primark one. No. Is a Fodera bass more comfortable than a 2 grand custom made job? No. Does it even sound better? No. These luxuries are displays of how comfortable their life is in general. And as these items perform an identical physical function as their cheaper counterparts, presumably the "enjoyment" comes from knowing that others recognise these displays.

That might get you into trouble if you ever need to take them out again.^ [b]edit : I was replying to College.[/b] One of the easiest fixes is to pop a matchstick or toothpick in the hole and then send your screw home. You could accompany the matchstick with a bit of wood glue but leave it overnight before putting the screw back in.

Plenty of love for Shuker from me. Don't think I've [b]ever[/b] seen one go for that cheap before. Snap it up.

Why would you?

Selects are passive. It's just switching from active mode to passive mode ie. placing the pre-amp in and out of the circuit. I had some Hohner "the Jack" bass Jazz pups in a custom 5 build once and although obviously not top-end thought that they were great pups - very loud too. Don't believe the anti-hype. Maybe you could look at a different pre-amp.

The neck plate looks pretty bespoke.

[quote name='Badass' post='967686' date='Sep 25 2010, 02:53 PM'][b]Ou7shined[/b] check the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=104078&hl="]Other thread[/url] [/quote] I posted in the other thread but I'm subscribed to this one. Oh my head! Cheers btw.

It's [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300469682379&_trksid=e11010.m203&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DI%252BS%26itu%3DSI%252BUCI%26otn%3D4&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:1348"]back[/url] with just a few hours to go. Looks pretty much unchanged from when we saw it last year.