Stingray5

[quote name='retroman' post='734532' date='Feb 3 2010, 09:34 PM']Hopefully this thread hasn't been done before? Anyway, here are some shots of my Cherry Red 1967 EB2C, to get the ball rolling [/quote] Spotted your Gibbo in the above same pic in the Music Man Porn thread (and of course your avatar). I had a tobacco sunburst EB2-D around 1973/74 bought from Sound City in Shaftesbury Avenue. Not long after I bought it, I had luthier Sam Li re-finish it in blonde with black binding. I loved the look of the bass but, sadly, I never really got on with it at the time and ended up selling it on. I certainly wish I had it now. And as nice as the blonde refin turned out, if I had it now, I think I'd keep it in the sunburst. Ah well, we live and learn.... Love your 'Ray too, of course!

[quote name='bass5' post='733675' date='Feb 3 2010, 01:20 AM']Zach, yes me ol' china, 'tis me Fran! Have you sorted the piezo on your Bongo 5 yet? at Sitngray5: yes mate the 25th is total bliss, there's nothing it can't do, so many sound combinations, so many options, I know there are people (including me at times) that prefrer the simplicity of a bass with one pickup, one volume and one tone control with the "less is more" and the "what can go wrong when you've only got one sound" attitude, and I do get that option wih my cheap and cheerful Squier 51 replica, however if you sit down with a 25th and start exploring the multi options you will be amazed like a kid in a sweet shop: 3 pickups all selectable by on off switches, active / passive with passive tone control, series / parallel Active Mode: 1) H - S - S all on 2) H - S - S all off (gives the bridge humbucker in series) 3) H - _ - _ only bridge humbucker is on in parallel 4) H - _ - S Humbucker and neck pickup 5) _ - S - S middle and neck 6) _ - _ - S neck pickup only 7) H - S - _ Bridge Humbucker and middle together and again in passive Passive Mode: 8) H - S - S all on 9) H - S - S all off (gives the bridge humbucker in series) 10) H - _ - _ only bridge humbucker is on in parallel 11) H - _ - S Humbucker and neck pickup 12) _ - S - S middle and neck 13) _ - _ - S neck pickup only 14) H - S - _ Bridge Humbucker and middle together Initially to really appreciate the difference between passive and active, you would think the obvious: "active on" = more power, and "passive on" normal power, but no, it's not just a boost jump between the two, the passive tone control does more than roll off highs, it adds gravy to your beef, so to speak, and really it is very much like having two different basses, in active you are very close to the powerhouse destroyer sound you get with a Bongo, with the 4 bands eq, but when you play passive it's back to the old days of Volume and Tone and you think your sound control is limited but you'd be wrong, with 7 different pickup combo's and a classic tone vibe you are more than spoiled for choice. Some of the sounds I have heard from the above options are totally new to me, and I do like them all but all in all I have narrowed it down to the 3 following preferences: The 1st of my fav choice is the bridge humbucker on his own in series (with all the 3 buttons off), either active of passive this is such a cool sound, and proves that series coils rock. The 2nd one is the middle pickup on his own in passive, gutsy, middley and hollow at the same time, played with a pick, it's what I missed so far in both the Bongo and the StingRay. The 3rd of my fav sounds is neck and middle together in active mode. Perfect sound for blues / jazz, if you add some low mids, a bit of bass and roll of the high a touch, this sound is great through an amp, but of all the sounds I've tried through the Mbox / Protools / PC this is one of those that seems to be coming off the best of the bunch. Try one if you can, you won't be disappointed. Cheers P.S.: The track is "Little Shoes" by Mike Stern, I believe the bass player on that track is Jeff Andrews - The album is Upside Downside © 1986 Atlantic 781656-2[/quote] Aha, so it [i]was[/i] Mike Stern. Thanks for the song info, m8, and a nice little review of the 25th, too. I feel like I've actually played your bass now!

[quote name='obi 2 kenobi' post='732569' date='Feb 2 2010, 09:23 AM']Here's mine.....[attachment=41675:rays.JPG][/quote] obi - A very nice pair, sir!! Is the one on the right a Cherry 'burst? The see-thru guard shows it off nicely too. [quote name='bass5' post='732696' date='Feb 2 2010, 11:20 AM']took me ages to upload it, youtube won't take it, it's made in Hi Def and best things comes to those who wait., just let it spool in the background while you look at other porn. [/quote] bass5 - Ok, did it this time. Actually, it didn't take too long after all. The 'other porn' served to fill the time... The vid is nicely done too and your basses look truly wunnerful! So what do you think of the 25th Anniversary? And who's the music you used for the vid? (Carlton? Ritenour? Stern? etc.)

[quote name='bass5' post='731926' date='Feb 1 2010, 05:10 PM']I don't have just one picture but...... I've got this instead [url="http://www.captnmoto.co.uk/videos/basses.wmv"][b][u]Click here for my MusicMan Porn[/u][/b][/url][/quote] Would like to have watched the vid but as BB has said, it was taking an age to load. If you have a Youtube account, might be better to upload there...?

You don't see too many of these about... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140379347065"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140379347065[/url]

[quote name='Linus27' post='729790' date='Jan 30 2010, 03:44 PM']Here are my three gorgeous blondes. Musicman Stingray 3EQ, Warwick Corvette Standard and Fender MIA 75 Jazz re-issue.[/quote] I won't state the obvious that there are FOUR gorgeous blondes, surely? (I also won't say the obvious "Ok if I call you Surely?" )

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='725350' date='Jan 26 2010, 04:12 PM']If you need me darling, I'm upstairs surrounded by holiday brochures! [/quote] [quote name='Tinman' post='725388' date='Jan 26 2010, 04:32 PM']Haha, there's no money left [/quote] In threads where people show a collection of their basses, I like to ask what would be their desert-island bass if they had to pick just one. I think in this case, T, the desert island could be more of a looming reality than you think! Nice quartet by the way. So, which one will it be?

Kid Creole & The Coconuts. I saw them in '82 in London at The Lyceum Ballroom. I was out of breath just watchin' em! The live videos don't really do the shows justice. As they say - you had to be there...! [b]Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Live Cologne 1982 - Table Manners[/b] [b]Kid Creole and the Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby[/b] This is more recent and with a full orchestra. (Don't miss the one and only glimpse of the 6-string single-cut bass around 4:15. Not sure which one it is, if someone could enlighten me? W&T? ACG? Nice tone!) [b]Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon - Holland 2007[/b] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_4eLPUrK4k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_4eLPUrK4k[/url] (Embedding disabled by request - view on Youtube)

[quote name='4000' post='721518' date='Jan 22 2010, 06:45 PM']Her playing on the (not commercially available ) Crossroads dvd I have is far superior to her playing on the Ronnie Scotts dvd ( a much better mix helps too). As for Rhonda being a better player, I'm not sure there's any such thing at this level. There are only players you prefer. In addition, you can only judge a player by the setting they're in and the musicians they're playing with, which makes it doubly difficult, as different players will thrive in different arenas. Would Jeff Berlin be better than Cliff Williams in AC/DC? I sincerely doubt it. As for the vibrato comment, again, simply a matter of taste. I really can't stand all this "player A is better than player B" nonsense, it serves no purpose whatsoever.[/quote] +1

Just tragic. It's late and I don't have the words but it's mostly all been said and I sincerely echo everyone's sentiments here. My sincere condolences to all who knew Tim. And not forgetting the guitarist he was trying to save who also lost his life. Doubly tragic.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='720813' date='Jan 22 2010, 09:13 AM']"Why are the wires so fat Mr Fender?" "Well see here nah boy, thayse insumensts ahh stricleh fow stupid peepuh to play"[/quote] Ah jest lurv that Naw Leans accent, Jake!

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='720667' date='Jan 21 2010, 11:26 PM']Can anyone point me to any youtube stuff with Jeff Beck on it that they really rate? - I've only heard a very few old things he's done and I never understood why he was so lauded, (and no, I don't mean Hi Ho...) but maybe I didn't hear the "good stuff". Cheers folks, I'm sure you won't let me down![/quote] Got your ears on then...? So much to choose -- (not just the stuff at Ronnie's) -- so little room! [b]"Nadia" / "Space Boogie"[/b] [b]"Angel (Footsteps)"[/b] [b]"A Day In The Life"[/b] [b]"Cause We've Ended As Lovers"[/b] [b]"Where Were You"[/b]

OMG, OG! That is rather nice. May we expect a report once you've had a chance to gig it? (Or is that a silly question? )

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='720561' date='Jan 21 2010, 09:20 PM']I don't know about a caption but only an American would wear those pants [/quote] [quote name='skankdelvar' post='720594' date='Jan 21 2010, 10:03 PM']Trousers, if you please. We're not in Kansas anymore.[/quote] [quote name='wateroftyne' post='720617' date='Jan 21 2010, 10:29 PM']We call them pants roond our neck of the woods...[/quote] Where I come from, they're called "Councils" (...Council Houses, Trouses!)

Personally, I wouldn't have minded seeing the previous line-up if I could have made it to the O2. I do love the Ronnie Scott's dvd, especially with Vinnie C, one of my favourite drummers. Tal must have been with Jeff Beck for 2 or 3 years now anyway. Maybe it was just time to move on(?). Mind you, I know NMW is no slouch on drums either. Rhonda, too, of course. Are Vinnie and Tal (still) an item? Are they off to do other stuff together!? Music-wise, of course!

[quote name='7string' post='718134' date='Jan 19 2010, 05:45 PM']With the help of my in-laws, I was lucky enough to be able to buy a new guitar last week. I tracked the journey of the new axe as it made its way across Europe and Big Brown (as the American's call UPS) delivered it at lunchtime. It's a really great guitar and I'm going to give it a once over during my college course this evening (2nd session of the Guitar Repair class). As ever, it doesn't exist if there's no pics so I've taken some. As usual it takes me 30 or so shots to get 1 decent shot !! The question is: What is it??[/quote] Well I know what it ain't - it ain't a bass! Nice colour and finish. Nice touch, too, with the staggered string-thru's. Not a Tom Anderson perchance?

[quote name='Shrigg' post='715716' date='Jan 17 2010, 03:07 PM']It's the angle of the pic. Here's a more straight on shot:[/quote] Ah, sorted! Again - nice!

[quote name='Shrigg' post='715413' date='Jan 17 2010, 04:40 AM']Great thread! Here's my 79. (My first post) [/quote] Nice! Looks in great nick. As previously mentioned, I was also wondering about the G not seeming to align with the pole-pieces (...or is it just the angle of the pic?). Welcome to BC, btw

I'd go for this Pikasso (around $25,000) just so I could say to a group of guitarists "my guitar's got more strings than all of yours put together... nyah!"

I have to agree with much of the above. My own '89 Stingray5 is a lovely instrument but the build consistency of MM basses in general is very good and newer models I've played feel and sound every bit as good. That said, my SR5 has a lived-in look and feel that, for me, only comes with age.

I'm sort of GAS-less(!) at the moment but if pushed I'd have to say a genuine, all-original 62 P bass would do it for me. Failing that, probably a custom-built boutique job a la Shuker, etc.

Yeah, and he sings too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE6tovWYBNE

This may or may not fit the bill. A G&L L-2000 (Tribute, so not USA). No bids (possibly other watchers?) and currently still at £395. Just under 3 hours to go. And it's in Lincoln! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330392655943"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=330392655943[/url]

I actually thought of 'East River' while on this thread last week but got so distracted with other tracks, I totally forgot. Honest, guv! Anyway, just to say, it's one of my all-time fave funk tracks. Yeah - Heavy Metal Be-Bop... Along with East River, I was also going to post some Joe Hubbard and others. Joe Hubbard - Can't Find The Time Joe Hubbard - Auspicious Time Ronnie Laws - Always There (couldn't see if this had already been posted). (So many other versions of this tune: e.g. Willie Bobo's is a good 'un) B Baker & The Chocolate Company - Snowblower ...and finally... Norman Connors - Black Cow

That does look nice. But hey, this is a porn section, so can we have a full body shot? (...of the bass, that is )