Raslee

Yes I heard about this the other day, so sad but an amazing legend who's wonderful music has been a big influence on me from when I first started playing...i'm a bit of a Gong geek actually, fan club and all that. Met him briefly at Gong conventions, lovely chap. You are I, and I am you ...he will live forever....big Gong meditation ahead

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1423290965' post='2683145'] Is the stinger a straight swap Raslee? [/quote] Yes, just solder the pick up , connect the battery wires, and that's it

I think this is my favourite bass ever! Just gigged it to a bouncing crowd and despite the Jack Daniels the bass played all the right notes on its own 🌵😎

Great basses aren't they? I changed my preamp for the retro vibe Stinger (basically a pre EB clone) £40 ish and I'm happy. Great thin neck too...bargain at £225

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1423174859' post='2681960'] Beautiful bass but can I suggest this version of the song for the stunning, muted string bass tones: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DuWOMqc9-M[/media] [/quote] Awesome, quite tempted to nick that for my band

1979 Ibanez Musician MC900...Cue the Madness track, it must be love, love love ....I am sooooo in love Also the MB 4x6" cab is a recent purchase off here too, awesome piece of kit. Love is the best

Not sure what happened in Ovi's previous transaction but my experience with Ovi has been exemplary, perfect. The bass was exactly as described, if not better. Communication were top notch and friendly too. Two days delivery from Germany, shame we're not so good at this here in the UK. Anyhow, I cannot recommend Ovi enough...he even gave me a birthday discount - top guy. A credit to Basschat too, buyers & sellers deal in confidence as far as I'm concerned (and we all i know i buy & sell quite a bit too ) Thank you Ovi, I am in so love with the Ibanez Musician

A 1979 Pre EB stingray, despite refin and non original electronics and I had one of those 27 fret Jonas Hellborg basses-kind of wish I had kept that too. Apart from those two no regrets of the other 60 odd basses I've been through

I had GAS for an Ibanez Musician bass ...so have bought one from another member and shall be receiving hopefully next week

So...fitted the Stinger pre amp, very easy install. Quick overview, I think the stock preamp was closer to perhaps the more modern stingray tone that i remember, but as aforementioned lots of issues with the sound distorting, volume was virtually useless although I'm mindful there was a modification that could be done to solve that - wasn't overly impressed with the EQ tone controls either, although they weren't terrible...i guess after all it is a £250 bass and not a £1250. The Stinger preamp has a more mellow vibe to it, much better EQ control over the sound...quite Pre EB esq...but obviously with a little imagination thrown in In comparison to the stock I was initially a little disappointed with the Stinger as the top end had been smoothed out a little too much for my liking. I thought the pre amp was quite similar in sound to the John East Pre EB having owned one of those in a Pre EB Ray some years ago (why did i sell it ...Stingraypete was right - although i do now own a YOB Jazz from 1974 and we all know Jazz basses are the best basses ever right ), anyhow from memory perhaps the John East pre was a little more refined shall we say than the Stinger, and i think i had mid control too on the East. So back to the Stinger, the real change came from changing the strings on the bass, i put some Roto's on that i had knocking around and the top end Zing was stronger...and of course so was all the little Chili Pepper/RATM licks of my youth. The stinger is still smoother than the stock pre amp, but in a good way, not quite the full parameters of a USA Stingray sound but somewhere in the spectrum, and yes perhaps more akin to the pre EB sound IMO. I too have ordered the GFS MM pickup to see if that adds much; for the price of them i thought its worth a dabble, although again the stock pick up with the Zinger Stinger is a nice combination. The acid test for both sound and playability of the S.U.B. 4 was last night at a club gig with my soul/funktions band. I did once do a gig at the same venue depping for a similar band using a Ray34 and the experience was dire and it really put me off using a Ray in that soul/Motown context...which of course the Precision is king But, alas, I was very surprised, tone rolled down a bit, bass back a bit and going through a Genz Streamliner & Focus 1x12"...i was grinning all night, great tone and presence in the mix - it was a nice rounded funky vibe, good definition and the bass played wonderful, no qualms. The sound engineer who was also a bass player was mightily impressed with the bass itself and tone, even unplugged. Lovely jazz width neck on these S.U.B.S too, so easy on my little chubby hands. Having owned several rays in the past i have to say these S.U.B.s are great for the money...or maybe i was lucky with mine who knows. Visually I the love the wood grain showing through the wine stain and the action is low and sweet, no sharp edges...whats not to like, may get some better tuners one day though. I prefer my tone to the Ray 34 i owned and i don't miss the Slab bodies of the US SUBs either, although they sound great!,...so all in all the SUB & Stinger preamp makes for a good and very interesting Stingray type bass....should be a keeper for a few weeks at least

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1420567439' post='2650748'] The GFS MM pro plus p/up arrived today..... and after various messings around with series-parallel switching I decided that it sounded [u]so[/u] good in parallel (even though it comes with the red and white wires soldered together for series) that I wired it in parallel and put the pre-amp back in - but with the 25k volume pot mod. I think it sounds absolutely fantastic; just the sound I've been looking - listening? - for. I am a very happy bunny indeed. I'm still interested in how the stinger pre-amp sounds, tho'. The OEM pre is made of tiny, tiny componants and does have a bit of a background hiss. The stinger has 'proper' componants and may be hissless. [/quote] Nice, where did you get the pick up from? Those pickguards look nice too, tempted for the aged pearl white also. The Stinger arrived today but it'll probably be tomorrow or the weekend before I fit it.

Definitely an oddity