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[quote name='Higgie' post='633099' date='Oct 22 2009, 03:37 AM']Probably my most watched vid on youtube. The fill at 5:00-5:02 is just awesome. Probably my favourite fill, in any song, ever Nothing very hard or technical about it...Just a fantastic piece of tasteful playing.[/quote]


Just listened to that. Lordy - that's so sweet and cool. [i][/i]That's[i][/i] how I want my bass playing to turn out. Dream on.

My fretless Stingray has become my No 1 bass. I struggled to play it at first, but 2 things made it almost instantly easier: I replaced the roundwound strings with Status halfwounds. Virtually no string-hiss when sliding fingers - marvellous. Then, I put a thumbrest (disguised as a control knob!) on the bass so I didn't have to concentrate on accurate left-hand positioning at the same time as learning floating thumb on my plucking hand.

As a newcomer to bass-playing, I'm often asked why I play fretless: "Isn't that a bit ambitious Steve? Isn't it hard?". Physically, I don't find it any harder to press the strings compared to a fretted bass, once I'd lowered the action a bit on the fretless. In fact, I now find it more tiring to play a fretted. My fretless is unlined with position dots at 3, 5, 7 etc. Now, when I pick up the fretted bass, I find it visually confusing with all those frets and I sometimes mis-fret as a result. The fretless fingerboard appears uncluttered and more err, [i][/i]accessible[i][/i].

My band prefers the smooth tone of the fretless to the noisiness of the fretted - but that may be more a reflection of the difference between a Stingray and a G&L (plus the fact that I'm not a good bass player on either). So far, as a beginner, I haven't played the fretless and fretted basses differently, but I'm starting to - sometimes I "walk" between semitones.

My favourite song right now is Upside down, but I'm sure that works just as well on a fretted.

Steve

I have a "Joyo JT-11", bought off ebay for £3, or something.

Good as a back-up tuner to keep in your gigbag. Struggles a bit to recognise E string, other strings fine. Not as accurate or fast-responding as my Seiko, but small, handy, cheap and cheerful.

Steve

I'm in the market for a powered mixer as the basis for a vocal PA system. Nice for it also to accept inputs from bass, guitar and keys in emergencies too. I've spotted this, which seems worryingly cheap at £150. They also do a 2 x 500W version.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270470299282&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:X:RTQ:GB:1123[/url]

Anybody have any experience of them, please?

Steve

PM'd

Steve

Hi Martin,

Is this 4 OHM?

Steve

[quote name='MB1' post='609194' date='Sep 26 2009, 01:05 PM']MB1.
...if youve got a blonde going spare..let me know! [/quote]

I've just treated the blonde to a new set of halfwounds and now I can't leave her alone.

Looks like this is now sold. Thanks to everybody who expressed interest.

Steve

Quick update:

It's like waiting for a bus, isn't it. I have had several people contact me about the bass. While I deal with these enquiries, I'll not take any more offers just at the moment, thank you.

if all the interest comes to nothing, I'll re-launch the advert.

Thanks to everybody who has shown intereest so far.

Steve

[quote name='YouMa' post='604189' date='Sep 21 2009, 02:53 AM']I really want one of these,i think they are better than stingrays,bump for you mate.[/quote]


Thanks for the bump - it's still here...

[quote name='warpie' post='604066' date='Sep 20 2009, 10:33 PM']hi,

are you still selling this bass?

thanks
michael[/quote]

Hi, Yes, it's still for sale. It's just been played by a well-known BC'er this afternoon (name withheld for security reasons) who brought his Stingray round for an A/B exercise and a chat. "Oh blimey, he said, I actually prefer the G&L to my Stingray..."

Steve

Revised price: £350 including delivery to your door.

Thanks for the helpful replies guys.

Steve

I've been playing a Dido song where you move from F# to G. Because I play a fretless, I can easily "walk" the bassline from F# to G by playing the note in between the two, and it sounds fine to me. Just wondered if this note and others like it has an official name?

Steve

Still here folks. For this sort of money, you'll be very hard-pressed to find anything that matches this for richness and variability of tone.

Friday BUMP...

[quote name='cocco' post='594469' date='Sep 10 2009, 03:25 AM']aaaarg I think I want it, but do i need it?[/quote]

Come round a try it, then you'll be able to decide...

I've now responded to all the PM's I've had. Bass is still here - 3 basses in 1 for £350 ono. Complete bargain!

Steve

[quote name='Mumbles87' post='592157' date='Sep 7 2009, 03:23 PM']Hey mate where abouts in stockport are you based? Also don't suppose your interested in any trades?
Cheers[/quote]

Hi,

I live in Marple. At the moment, I'm not really interested in trades because I'm trying my best to reduce the number of my basses and in so doing generate some much-needed cash for household bills!
PM me if you want to come round - I'm at home most of the day - and I'll send you my contact details.

Steve

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='590588' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:02 PM']It's perfectly natural to wonder about the credentials of a zero feedback seller - but we all had to start somewhere.

There's a hundred reasons why anyone - maybe esp a new ebayer - doesn't relpy to messages.

I'm all for 'innocent until proven guilty' - but you have to protect yourself first.

Petrol or a train ticket to Leeds is a lot cheaper than losing hundreds of pounds to a scammer , and if you have any doubt whatsoever insist on seeing the bass in advance or paying cash on collection. The seller has offered the option to pay cash and collect and that's a good sign unless it's a total bad egg who does that to lull folk who need to use other options into a false sense of security

A genuine seller - esp a newbie unwise to the fact that there are many scammers out there - will , or should , understand that attitude.

[u]Re Stingrays.... if you liked what you played - play more of them. Make the effort , go to shops , try and find out (maybe here) if anyone near you has one you could try.[/u]
If you then decide you want one - there's no shortage of Rays on the market and I'd be suprised if you couldn't get sorted with what you want for around the £650 mark.[/quote]

Dr Dave's suggestion seems very sensible. I live in Stockport and I have a (fretless) Stingray that you're more than welcome to come round and try anytime. I also have a G&L L-2000 Tribute for sale which would be a VERY acceptable alternative at half the price...

Steve

[quote name='WonderHorse' post='589134' date='Sep 3 2009, 09:30 PM']Balls. can't afford it.


Have a bump, though[/quote]


Price dropped to £350! 3 basses in one. Bargain!

BUMP. With revised price of £350.

Aaah - nostalgia can be powerful and pervasive. Eats away at you unless you do something about it. Hold on a minute - buy my bass and you're sorted! Might be some flexibility in the price...

Steve

Crash, BUMP, wallop

[quote name='budget bassist' post='589173' date='Sep 3 2009, 10:14 PM']hi
just thought i'd say this is indeed a swamp ash body, all the trans finish L-2000 tribbys are ash bodied and the solid finish ones are basswood IIRC[/quote]

Aha! I thought so, but I wasn't completely certain. Thanks for the clarification.

Steve