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I just bought a crybaby bass wah off Andy, it looks brand new, in the box with manual and it was sent straight away. Great to deal with. Cheers Andy.

What are the controls on a Bongo HH? Anyone have any info, I might try and replicate it, or at least get close enough. The John East pre has vol, bass, treble and sweepable mid, and I'm thinking of a 3 way pup selector. Not sure what to do about the pups though, either a 2 pr 3 way switch on each pup, so either single coil/humbucker, or series/parallel/single coil. Any opinions?

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1327614708' post='1514376'] But, it's an opinion. no one is right, and no one is wrong. [/quote] I am.

My L2500 does slap pretty well, I normally use the active with treble boost for slap, and it's great for finger style, active or passive for a more vintage tone. It really is versatile.

I don't think anyone will persuade the OP that he is wrong, I would like to know what he does for a living though, just to see how is salary is more "ethical" than a skilled craftsman who's work is in demand. I love my Chris Larkin acoustic, and it is definitely 4 times better than the Takamine I had before it, I know Chris really well and he is definitely not a rich man, I actually think he should charge more for what he does.

[quote name='ben604' timestamp='1327597119' post='1514012'] This might well be a ridiculous question...do they do a 4 string version of the Stingray 5 body/pickguard shape? [/quote] I hate the SR5 shape, I have one, and it's great, but I'd prefer the Stingray 5 Classic shape.

I love my Tribby L2500, it's blueburst and really stunning.

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1327602841' post='1514147'] I have always fancied an HH or HS Stingray 5 so this project is great, shame you can't get hold of Musicman S pick-ups as that woould probably be my preferred route. [/quote] I did consider a generic Jazz pup, but with the coil tap I can run either or both as single coils anyway, I'm hoping with the different pickup possibilities and the East preamp this should have a really massive range of sounds. It should be as versatile as a Bongo, but less ugly, sorry to any Bongo lovers out there, they are great basses, but they have faces only a mother could love. The Stingray 5 isn't the best looking bass either, the SR4 and the Stirling are lovely, after that the designs have been terrible.

I bought this Stingray off Hazbeen here recently. I bought it because it already had a John East preamp and a nordstrand pickup, I really wanted a HH (twin humbucker) version of a stingray, but used ones don't seem to come up that often (or at all). So I decided to get this and fit another Nordstrand pickup. There will be a pup selector and coil tap switch, so I can have quite a few variations of pickups, mostly I think I'll use 2 humbuckers, or two single coil so it should do a good Jazz impression. I wasn't happy with the finish, it had been refinished by a previous owner, and it had started to fade and discolour in parts, so I'm also having it refinished in translucent blue. All the work will be done by Chris McIntyre. [url="http://www.mcintyreguitars.com/"]http://www.mcintyreguitars.com/[/url] Here's an update of the work from today. No routing done yet, but the refinish has started. This is the best pic of the finish so far, I'll update next week and expect it to be finished the week after. I'm loving it so far.

Sorry posting with my phone.

That's the controls, it is a lovely bass to play, it cost me €60 in Smack Generators at home in Ireland about 10 years ago. Seems really cheap now, but I was in Uni when I bought it, and I payed it off in installments, I was totally broke, but I loved it as soon as I tried it.

[quote name='Jayben' timestamp='1327448938' post='1511597'] Or one is from the past... You decide [/quote] Clearly which ever one of them is better is from the future. Some one should start a thread to find out who's better Flea or Les Claypool!!!

[quote name='Jayben' timestamp='1327448513' post='1511590'] I've heard that the Flea has a TARDIS. That just kinda tips the inter-dimensional scales for me.. [/quote] So even if you did see Flea and Les together they might still be the same person, just one is from the future. Flea was also in Back to the Future (2or3??)

I thought they were the same person? Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time? And Flea is an anagram of Les Claypool, almost. The real give away though, is that they both have shoes.

My fretless roadster is solid black, maple neck, but with only one control cavity at the back. Flat Erik you have two covers on the back, is one a battery? Is that original? Mine is passive, though I don't know if it's original electronics.

I was reading this last night and ordered a micro thumpinator immediately. Sounds pretty useful.

[quote name='Davetbass' timestamp='1327185811' post='1507707'] Oh and ego's must be checked in at the front door They can be collected after... [/quote] I don't think my ego would fit in the door of Henrys anyway.

I'm in for that. Should we bring some amps and basses for others to try out?

[quote name='nottswarwick' timestamp='1327074669' post='1506100'] I am tempted to ditch the HD350, possibly the cab, and go all GK. [/quote] Can I have first dibs.

I only joined this site before christmas to see what it was all about, I've already bought a musicman stingray 5 and a compressor, and I have serious EBS GAS.