martthebass

Cheers Rich. I think the main problem is that I've been spoilt by the Streamline, all basses should be so comfortable! The sound of this Ray is something else tho, it has that depth and smoothness that the Status (try as it might) can't really reach, as I've said above it's unfortunately about a pound too heavy to be comfortable for a short-ass like me on a 2 hour set. The way things are at the moment tho Rich I think it's probably going to stay with me for a while. Having spent an hour in Electro yesterday I couldn't find anything (up to £1000) that I would want to replace this with, the only thing that came close was a Sandberg Cali JJ but even that had the worst setup I've ever seen on a Sandy. PS - showoff with the LEDs, blackouts - pah, any excuse

Just given this a good clean and polish to bring of up to carnuba freshness. Having spent the morning surveying all the basses in my local musical instrument emporium I can honestly say I didn't find any of their new basses in any better condition than this.

Having just spent the morning up at Electromusic and seeing how little £1200 seems to buy these days this bass looks cheap. I was going to put mine for sale (as opposed to trade) but the experience has put me off a bit.

This would go down so well in my retro punk project...

Sunday bump

Pm's replied to......still available for trade.

Could be just what I'm looking for.....now where can I find £......

Another bump for trade. In the meantime I'll give a bit of thought for a 'for sale' price because it looks like trade fodder superjazzes are thin on the ground at the mo.

Friday night pre gig bump

Cheers TB. If this was a pound lighter It would be a definite keeper. It's quite possibly the best constructed bass I've ever played (including Status - sorry Rich). TBH I won't be too upset if it stays around for a while, I've not got too many gigs coming up - I'll have to buy a Stool and do a bit of sit-down work

[quote name='retroman' post='735338' date='Feb 4 2010, 06:02 PM']Thanks for the comments guys When I posted this one up, I never realised that someone else had listed another one! What are the chances of that hey? Richard [/quote] And the chances of them being within 15 miles of each other! Wish I'd had you around to do my camera work Looks like yours has a flame neck as opposed to birdseye on mine - nice to see a bit of variation on these custom builds. Used to play a few pubs in Chesterfield - is the railway still going, always loved playing that place?

Bump for pics..........sorry about the quality (crappy Olympus 2 MP camera). Still, it gives you an idea, its crimson, made out of various woods and far to pretty for me to stick under the bed for the next 20 years.

I'll try and get some decent pictures up soon to show it in all it's birds eye maple and trans finish mahogany loveliness

These things must be like buses . Good luck with the sale mate - and thanks for the price guide I had no idea how much these things were.

PM's replied to. Still available at this point - still searching for the elusive lightweight superJazz.

[quote name='Duarte' post='734524' date='Feb 3 2010, 09:31 PM']Maybe an almost mint Bongo HS?[/quote] That's tempting D, I'm one of those who (strangely) likes the looks of the Bongo but finds all the sound options too damn confusing - 3 band EQ's are about as complex as I get. Thanks for the offer tho.

[quote name='lloyd' post='734487' date='Feb 3 2010, 08:59 PM']Hi mate, I have a mint condition 2006 usa jazz, sunburst/rosewood with black scratchplate. It has a silver anniversary inset on the back of the headstock. It has a black Fender case. It plays brilliantly, just put rotosounds 45's on it, its just not me, you know, I've been looking for a stingray and would do a straight swap. Cheers Lloyd[/quote] Thanks for the offer L, but I've sort of been down that road before. Stock Fenders have never really done it for me. Cheers, Mart

Can't believe I'm doing this but needs must. I only just got this from Jimmy Elliott in a trade. It's the nicest sounding Stingray I've ever played, the mahogany body and through body stringing seem to smooth out the sound somehow but still enable you to get down and dirty should you wish it. It's pretty close to mint, if I'm really picky (and those who've dealt with me in the past will know how anal I am about bass condition) the 5 ply scratch plate could do with a buff has it has a few swirlies, the machines could do with a polish and there's a bit of NiO deposit on the pole pieces. None of these would take more than an hours 'cleaning' to enable perfection to be restored. The C&G vintage 30th Anni case is also in pretty good nick with just a couple of small marks. So why am I thinking of parting with it. Well, it's not the lightest bass I've ever played, it comes in a shade under 10lbs and despite my love for it after an hour it's killing my old neck injury. I've just got to face up to the fact that I need to stick with well balanced basses less than 9lb in weight (in comparison my Overwater and Status feel like toys). So ideally as a trade I'd be looking for something <9lbs, in the same condition as the Ray, 4 strings, fretted and of a similar value. Something Jazz shaped and a bit special (Sad Metro, Lakky, WHY) would be great but I wouldn't rule out something with graphite. Hit me with some options the worst I can do is respond in the negative. Some pics below - sorry about the quality, flash and 'unnatural' light don't mix (waiting for the nice Lumix G1 to turn up!):

Lovely bass this Nick. Gassing badly for a Jazz again but I can't decide which one of my 3 I would sell to fund one.....