big rob

I am so tempted but would need to move something on first. good lick with the sale, should not take long.

Love my Alembic MK, but this would look great hanging on the wall next to it. However would need to sell a lung first!!!!

I have a gloss black one of these and love it, yes the neck is wide however it is so slim. The profile of the neck is not at all like the modern day Warwick's which i just cannot get on with. If you have always wanted a Warwick but never liked the necks then try this out. Top basses and the barts growl like a pit bull chewing on your nuts!!
Also rare as, you would pay around 3.5K for a new one....Bargain.

Have messaged you The Big Cheese

If that had 4 strings i would be picking it up tonight!!!!!!

Love the colour, good luck with the sale

I would really struggle to manage with a 4mm string height, must be really annoying, have you set the relief in the neck correctly using measurement? I had a very high action on my stingray and manage to get it down to just over 2mm using this method:


1: Hold down 1st fret with a capo (or wife or child like i used) and the last fret.
2: Measure the gap between the E string and the 8th fret.
3: I had no gap so had to raise it by turning the truss rod wheel to the left 1/4 of a turn.
4: Measured gap again with feeler gauge at 8th fret trying to get a 0.3mm gap, gap was 0.3 (luck).
5: String height seemed and felt high to me at 2.4mm (the suggested height by most videos on you tube).
6: Adjusted the saddles so the strings were 2mm from the fret-board at the 12th fret.

Can pop them in the post for £6 all in, anyone up for that?

Shame your not up for a trade on this one, Would love to own a status again and swap my Musicman Stingray 4 HH SLO special for this.

Good like with the sale

Rob

Hi All,
I have some fender strap locks like the ones below, £5 pick up in the Oxford Area .

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Strap-Locks-FSLC1-Chrome/dp/B003BFYDBS


Cheers
Rob

Good luck with your sale, if i had not just got a HH i would have had this. Sure it wont be long before its gone. Bargain!!!!!

Hi All,
If you are free on Friday night come down to the Wheatsheaf in Oxford for an evening of live Music, we "The Strays" will be headlining with a 40min set and there will also be a number of other local acts on. Here is a link to some soundcloud tunes:

https://soundcloud.com/the-str-1


Doors open at 8pm

Hope you can come along


Big Rob

Cheap as chips and has side LED's!!!!!!!!!!!




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Left-Left-Handed-Lefty-Status-S2-Fretless-Bass-/121595020260?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c4fa0c3e4

Hi All,
Update, well we spent the most useful 5 mins in the last 8 years last night. Drums played and i got a nice volume over the drums, then we added the guitarists and cut there bass controls and there middle down a bit and then turned them up so they and everyone else could here them. Then had to add a little volume to the bass and turned the treble and the mids up on the stingray just a touch.
This resulted in one of the most enjoyable band practices we have ever had, last week my RH450 was on 4.5 with a rs212 and rs210, this week 2.5 and we could all hear everything and all were happy.

Moral of the story, turn it down, respect each others spectrum and don't start a frequency or volume war.

Thanks all for the advice on the subject and obviously a common issue for us low end heros.

Cheers
Rob

I have one of these they are great and if you wanted to buy a new one it would cost an arm and 2 legs. Go on someone treat yourself.

That is ace, i have a PB57 Bill nash with light relic, but that is a relic and a half, it looks like king kong has been playing it!!!!!!!!, Do you ever treat the exposed wood on the back of the neck with anything?

Good luck with the sale

Rob

Cannot believe this is still here, yep a little battle scared but that's why its such a bargain. Someone just give this man the money, if you dont get on with it you could probably make money on it. Bass direct had one of these and wanted £1050 for it.

Hi All,
Come along and enjoy a night in a friendly music venue. We will be performing a set of our own tunes and be supported by some great Oxford bands.

Would be great to see any if you there and please say hello to me if you do come along.

Cheers
Rob

Hi All ,
Sorry i think i put this in the wrong area of the site so have put it here also.
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Hi All,
Little funk made at the weekend with my new second hand Musicman Stingray HH (4 string, only way for me).


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Enjoy i hope,

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Thanks again all,
I have been playing for a long time and have a few basses and have found my Bill Nash PB57 with added jazz in the bridge does cut well in the mix, however that said i have the HH stingray and can spilt the coils to a jazz configuration and this still at this time is not cutting through. I really think it's a volume down 15 minute chat that will get rid of the issue, i use no effects other than i little compression and with the advice here we should be sounding great once more soon. Some nights its spot on with just plugging in and go so we all need to work together.

Cheers again all

Rob

Pete i have the 3 eq stingray HH, any advice on how to eq this bad boy. Iain my rig is much larger than there silly combos also but i also want to retain my hearing for a little longer :-).
I really am so glad that others are struggling with this.
You try these things at home and they sound so wrong, but i suppose its taking the time to make it right in the mix that counts, otherwise gigs will get boring with just me in my front room and a little squashed.

Thanks again all

Rob

Will update next week on the outcome, turn down tune in and play is my plan hope it works. Also one of the guitar players is leaving and i think that will help lol :-)

Thanks again all for the advice, i think we as a band need to think about this and i think they will be open to it as we have been playing for some time. I think we have all just got used to come along plug in and go rather than thinking about it. It's time to use our brains and all these suggestions to get it right.

Thanks again for the advice and the knowledge that i am not on my own with this issue. Drums and bass sounded tight and great last night before the guitarists plugged in.... then hay ho the bass has gone. It's time for a serious look at this issue now, no more.

Cheers
Rob

Thanks all for the advice,
The stingray seems to suffer more than my Bill Nash PB57 but i really want to make my stingray work. I will have to take control next band practice and look at amp settings and volume levels so we all have the correct amount of room. just seems like we are all in the same frequency, however I can hear every note of theirs and just a muddy boom from me trying to get over their frequency stealing. Its starting to depress me trying to adjust to cut through all the time while they watch me and don't bother even touching there amps.

Cheers
Rob