LukeFRC

I think what I like about an early stingray and an early L1000 is that they clearly have been designed to work together - the pickup and the tone controls literally designed around each other to provide a certain tonal set of sounds. Kudos to Leo for them both.

Two thoughts from me: 1 life is too short to surround yourself with things you don't love IMO . Sell them and buy basses you do love. (Of course the caveat is what you can afford - if a a Harley Benton deko is what you can afford then learn to love the best bass you can afford, we all have to spend within our means) 2 choice sometimes kills contentment. Some folk buy a lot of instruments cos they love them, some for their income need a few different tools, others buy cos they don't love any of them... ... cure for that is find one you love, but I think that sometimes comes down to picking one instrument, using it for most your gigs and practices for a couple of months, stop reading as many bass forums and learning to be content. 3 oh and never underestimate new strings being good

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1490951831' post='3269290'] I'd like this but with a neck pickup too (with same options) but keeping the bridge pickup where it is, this would make it similar to an L-2000 but with better MM sounds available, I also prefer it with a pickguard which isn't available on the L-2000. [/quote] I don't think a G&L pup sounds much like... well anything else, including a MM pup IME it's crazy

[quote name='Tee' timestamp='1490892710' post='3268903'] It's a shame they can't make the L1000 again, with the pickup in the correct position. [/quote] Was my thought too - my L1000 I recently bought off Garath is phenomenal.

Going back on topic - what kinda price should one be expecting for a bit of lightish ash for a 2-3 piece body?

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1490684568' post='3266923'] I've found some free pianos on internet Some 90 years old. I presume these are solid wood. Lots of furniture advertised as walnut or mahogany but they always turn out to be veneer. [/quote] we grew up with a beautiful mid Victorian piano in the house - wasn't ever in tune and nobody could play it- but that was all walnut vaneers - so I don't think you can use age as a guide

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1490473762' post='3265437'] I found plenty on e bay, but where do you guys get exotic wood from for building a bass. I am after ash. [/quote] I'm on a similar hunt. It's not easy to work out where to get it from - 'american ash' could be any weight and more useful for baseball bats than instruments - and what I've found the postage costs are almost as much as the bit of wood!

I'm a reasonably sensible guy... and to be honest it wouldn't seem that odd if I read a few forum posts and just bought something of the net and started using it... unaware of any safety concerns... maybe a sticky on spraypaint safety would be good ?

Those neutranic silent jack plugs - brilliant

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1489948916' post='3261033'] You can always make a start on the templates [/quote] Good idea - annoying thing is I've found lots of suppliers selling reasonably priced body blanks - it's just they are all in Germany !

[quote name='scojack' timestamp='1489878271' post='3260577'] +1 on David Dyke.... the good thing is when your finished and your not [i]quite[/i] happy.....just build another And so it starts [/quote] It's already started! Project is I think stage 2 - only the tuners and pickup will be in common.... thanks for your help everyone - I'll have to wait a wee bit before buying wood - firstly to have the money, and also to keep my eyes on secondhand stuff and see if something comes up. It seems a lot of places half the cost of getting a bit of wood is shipping it to me!

So i've got a load of parts... and a nice neck that I bought and my wife hasn't reasoned I spent my budget twice yet... and I've got a project in mind that is Musicman stingray or sterling shaped. But cheaper aftermarket stingray bodies are a bit thin on the ground, so thinking I may end up building my own from a lump of wood... but where do you source bits of wood (ideally lightish ash) to build a bass body from? In yorkshire so can drive to pick up. A lot of the woodyards I've asked who do hardwoods don't seem to do the lighter weight end of ash. Or, alternative wood, or is it better to buy a harley benton MM type thing for the body and hope it's not an boat anchor?

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1489743797' post='3259337'] How versatile and could a wunkay be the wunandonly? [/quote] Depends on what type of music you play. I haven't found a good slap tone yet. Not that I ever slap but you know what I mean! EDIT: looking through your sig... for you I think yes, yes it could

cheers guys! Good to know I can get one.... I've a feeling it would be a fair bit more expensive than the chinese made stingray one I bought last year. Something to think about!

[quote name='Nivagues' timestamp='1489477958' post='3257182'] . Both the Sting Ray and Sabre control plates can be obtained by emailing Ernie Ball customer service. [/quote] "hi I want to make a clone of your design - can you help me out?" Not sure I'll get much luck that way

Gone in the bin - sorry

Last year I bought a stingray control plate from china via eBay - anyone know of a way to get a plate like from a musicman saber?

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1488999810' post='3253647'] It's not about power but about the ability to drive three 8 ohm cabs with a bit of margin for error really. It's part of a daft mid-term plan I have to make an uber modular rig with One10s [/quote] when did detachable 3x10 become daft? 16x10 is daft....

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1488893478' post='3252696'] Well it's nice to see at least a flicker of interest in the higher end version . I wasn't going to bother, but I'll post the details and the measurements and crossover circuit diagram later in the week. We still have a few details to clarify about the tweeter version. [/quote] Im interested but "where's the other version gone eh? Hurry up guys" come over as a wee bit rude!

Shed colour loooks ok to me

First practice and blown away - sounded great and just fun and easy to play - to be honest I wasn't even thinking about the instrument - which for the first time playing it with others is a massive compliment. At no point did I want my main streamer bass - which with the old Bb1200 I always would get too. And the bottom end on the OMG mode is crazy

Random question here... If I was putting two humbuckers into a bass there seems two ways I can arrange the pickups. I can stick the bridge pup in the Jazz bridge pup position, and then the neck pup in the jazz neck pup position- kinds a super jazz . If I split the coils on the pickups I'll be able to select something close to 60's jazz or 70's jazz on the back, and a Precision-ish thing on the neck. The other way is to put the bridge pickup in the musicman sweetspot. Then where do you put the neck pickup? The Warwick $$ seems to stick it in the Precision sweet spot, or close enough that one coil hits that and then the other is close to jazz neck. Meaning I think the outside coils of both pups are close to Jazz position. Then the musicman HH basses stick the bridge in the Musicman sweetspot, but then the neck pickup a lot further away - why is that? The Warwick setup seem to make more sense to me.

Check out the in ear monitors thread... cheaper recommended options are the MEE audio M6 Pros (£40) and the Logitech UE900s (£170) .. after that you get into custom holdings and it apparently is a lot better but cost more, but you get what you pay for.