Duarte

I only have 1 bass, so that's not a problem. I've been playing 9 years and can't remember EVER breaking a string... Who breaks strings!?

My Sterling. Since I painted it and numerous people have etched stuff into it...it ain't going anywhere!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1170301' date='Mar 21 2011, 07:34 AM']This but I have never seen one as low as £400 Duarte must drink in a dodgy pub next to a music shop £600 as a minimum price would be more realistic[/quote] It's true! eBay is your friend. £450 including shipping...this is one bass I wish I still had! [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1170398' date='Mar 21 2011, 10:06 AM']If you want the 'ray look get a SBMM. If you want the 'ray sound get the SUB. If you want both get a 'ray.[/quote] This. Although, if you change the pickguard on the SUB for a proper Ray one, it'll look the bomb. I always wanted a white one with black p/g, and the black headstock... Also, the tuner on the Sterling Ray look really weird!

For the price of a new SBMM, you could probably get the real deal used... I've picked up decent Stingrays for £400!

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1169582' date='Mar 20 2011, 03:25 PM']Of course once I took this Dingwall home, it became my main bass and all the other Ernie Ball MM's 5 strings became embarrassing to own in comparison, recently Ernie Ball are fitting "compensated nuts" to their guitars and basses but the whole concept is flawed and utter bollox,[/quote] That Dingwall must be ABSOLUTLEY f***ing amazing. I remember your raving essay reviews of those MM basses... [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1169604' date='Mar 20 2011, 03:41 PM']They've been around since the '80s at least haven't they? I think the reason there's no demand for them is because nobody's really that bothered about solving such a minor problem, especially not with such a sledgehammer solution.[/quote] I agree with this.

[quote name='silddx' post='1157132' date='Mar 10 2011, 08:20 PM']Another thing people do is post stuff in the other high profile forums to get some more attention, I assume, and they never get moved to the recording forum.[/quote] This is what I've done. Still had relatively few responses, but the ones I did get where overwhelmingly positive! I might re-post them if there's a new surge of interest...

[quote name='silddx' post='1157132' date='Mar 10 2011, 08:20 PM']Another thing people do is post stuff in the other high profile forums to get some more attention, I assume, and they never get moved to the recording forum.[/quote] This is what I've done. Still had relatively few responses, but the ones I did get where overwhelmingly positive! I might re-post them if there's a new surge of interest...

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1154219' date='Mar 8 2011, 06:28 PM']Maxwell Murder FTW[/quote] This.

I regret to announce that this is me now.

HH Sterling ...SICK!

HH. Right choice Twice as good.

[quote name='danny-79' post='1154364' date='Mar 8 2011, 07:45 PM'][u]On the downside.....[/u] it was VERY neck heavy, possibly a combination of the five heavy machine heads that are great when fitted to a bass thats made of [u]real wood [/u] (i.e a Stingray) but on something thats made of a light weigh, sustainable material, it doesn't work to well (add some light weight tuners an your set). So with that said, with the Bongo your paying for the electronic package so if you intend on gigging it hard, don't expect it to be a life long keeper, it will wear out.[/quote] I found my 5 string Bongos to be insanely neck heavy...the headstock is HUGE. The Bongo 4 has a tiny headstock though. I'm not sure what you what you mean about 'real wood' though. Bongos are made of basswood (okay, it's a cheaper wood) but it's not as if they'll just fall apart. Apparently it was chosen purely for the tone, complimenting the electronics very well.

I'm liking the look of these, saw a couple in birmingham today. They look brilliant but I didn't try them out...

The Bongo has different pickup placement, the bridge humbucker is closer to the bridge. Also the pickups and preamps are so different, the Bongo really sounds nothing like a Stingray. The single H Bongo has the same pickup placement as the stingrays.

I'm not a fan of the HS models, as I found them to have volume differences between the pickup selections...well on the two I've played anyway! the HH is a beast, I love it. Both pickups on just sounds insanely good, and the neck pickup on its own is...just awesome. But of course, both the HH and HS have that bridge humbucker. Which will always be there... I voted HH. However I do prefer how the single H looks!

Anything by Soul Coughing, some really nice double bass work... To name but a few!

POW!

That's a beauty! Although I do consider it blasphemy to install Duncan electronics to a Ray ...to me the entire point of any MusicMan is the electronics.

I've only tried the Humbucker version, and it was PHAT. Let us know when it arrives!