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So could be the jack and lugs...I will email a couple of local repairers to try and get a rough quote. Really useful to have a better idea of the possible issue(s). Here's the control layout for the front with skillfully added calligraphy 😉:

Thanks for the help @rmorrisand @John Cribbin- most appreciated. Using the pick up blend to either favour the P pickups or the J pickup still gives you the same buzz and crackle when touching the machine heads. One particular wire looks pretty unhealthy on a closer inspection. Looks almost chewed through as well as bent at an severe angle:

Thanks - the tuners are regular chrome Gotoh tuners nothing atypical in the finish. There is definitely something askew shielding wise here; if you could hear the buzz and crackle, you'd agree with me. Plus the bass doesn't sounds that good with the treble backed most of the way off so it needs sorting. Here is what we're working with regard to the control cavities: Is this normal looking for the control cavity? I don't want to mess with the pickups so I haven't removed them to check out the pickup cavities - plus I don't really know what I'm looking for; I've read that you really need a multimeter to find the specific cause of this type of problem . I think I'm going to have to grit my teeth and get this bass to my local guitar repairer. Hope it's not too expensive.🤪

Just tried the bass with a new battery but it made no difference unfortunately. The buzz with treble control all the way up is pretty loud as usual and the crackle noise when I tap the tuners is still there. Anyone had a similar situation where the buzz is brought on my having certain tone knobs up on full?? I'm happy to be provide any additional detail that may assist.

Hi all, I have recently acquired a curious problem with my Ibanez bass; according to this article it is a shielding, (not grounding) issue: https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2015/04/15/solving-bass-hum-problems-grounding-vs-shielding/ I have checked the leads and the combo amp, and used a different bass with the same setup in order to eliminate the possible causes; and it is the bass with the buzz problem. The bass in question has a high and low 2 band active EQ; when I boost the high tone control there is a pretty load buzzing when the volume knob is also turned up. It only occurs when I boost the high knob and causes a buzz and sometimes crackle which stops when I put my hand on the strings; when I tap the machine heads on the bass lightly with my finger tips there is also a crackle noise at the point of contact. Has anyone else had this type of problem? If so any ideas on what aspect of the shielding needs to be sorted in order to solve this? Cheers, Ed

I think I remember reading in a Bass Player magazine interview at the time that Matt Freeman used a StingRay for some of the recording of Rancid's 1998 album Life Won't Wait (I don't know which tracks though)... Matt Freeman rocking on a StingRay - it's enough to make a man pregnant!

This stunning cover has got to be on this list, although not quite as good as Manowar's I'd grant you @Barking Spiders

Total bummer! The Headhunters album was a gateway for me from mainly listening to rock and funk, to discovering jazz and fusion. My bass teacher turned me onto it when I was 18. Paul Jackson - what a colossal player!!

Yep. I've just had a look on Reverb for used Stingray and StingRay Specials; the prices are pretty zany. Asking just around £200 less than what the bass would cost new even when the condition is decent is a new one for me. The cost of second-hand StingRays have followed the cost of the new Specials in going a bit crazy. I'm not pleased - not only are they discontinuing all the colours I liked in the range, but getting a used one in one of these colours costs ludicrous amounts of cash

Really interesting thread! I just worked out that I will have been playing bass for 25 years next month so below is the list of instruments I've got through between the ages of 14 and (almost) 39. I blame Basschat for forcing me to make the majority of the later purchases here against my pathetically weak will and better instincts. I feel slightly embarrassed by the amount of gear I've got through in that time but to be honest, looking at some of the other epic lists that this thread has brought to light, it's not that bad! The basses listed in bold are the ones I currently own. Anyhoo, here goes: 1996: 1995 Ibanez TRB70 bass My first bass, decent bass for a beginner and looked very slick, got me through my first school bands. Very unreliable pickups with pole pieces regularly sinking into the pickup casings! 1999: Fender BG-29 Acoustic Bass Bought for acoustic jams, very dull sounding acoustic bass and too quiet - pretty useless in hindsight, should have put the cash towards a better electric bass. 2000: Warwick Streamer Standard 5 string Youthful ignorance compelled me towards this tone deficient shocker in the form of Warwick's (then) newly produced budget Streamer line. Had a B string slack enough to use as a skipping rope. Awful bass. 2003: Music Man StingRay in Pacific Blueburst My first quality instrument. Absolute beauty! 2008: Fender GB-41SCE Acoustic Bass Another Fender acoustic... Way better than the BG-29 though, way louder, and the size of a house. Finding a case or gigbag to fit was a bit of a mission. 2008: Music Man StingRay HS The bass I regret selling the most. An absolute belter - the Jazz pickup coupled with the MM humbucker makes all the difference, but like wearing an anvil across your shoulder. Character building from a gigging perspective! 2014: Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass Lovely bass - neck just far too thin for my hands and very prone to bowing, so it got moved on 2015: Bassix EUB Enthusiasm got the better of me with this one; bought from an extremely shifty American guy on Gumtree, who was about to leave the country. Got it home and realised there was a fault with the electronics and some not-obviously apparent damage to the body that the sneaky f*%£$$ wasn't upfront about. 2016: Stanford Robot Acoustic Bass Indisputably the best acoustic bass in all aspects in that price range. A very lucky purchase!! 2017: Fender US Geddy Lee Jazz Bass Awesome! An absolute beast of a bass and has the most amazing neck with a thicker profile that makes it super fast but also more substantial than your usual Jazz neck. Just wish I didn't have to take the neck off every time I need to adjust the truss rod. 2018: Bridge Cetus Electric Double Bass Lovely bass with a hollow body making it much more comfortable to play than a lot of other EUB type basses - sold hastily and regrettably as a result of repetitive strain injury and sudden change in circumstances. 2020: Ibanez GWB20th 5 string fretless Bought on a whim to replace the Cetus. The quickest I've ever moved a bass on, owned for just a couple of months. String spacing was too close for my sausage fingers, ended up being an expensive way to come to the conclusion that fretless bass just ain't my thing. Sold at a serious loss too. 2020: Ibanez TR200 bass 1997 The bass I wanted when I was 15 but couldn't afford, bought in April last year; I've upgraded the bridge, tuners and pickups. Still persevering trying to get on with it, and get a tone I like out of it.

I'm currently listening to Talk Talk's Colour of Spring; specifically: Also this tune, can't wait for the new Billy Talent album - who knows when it will be out in the circumstances:

Oh my word....that is a lovely, lovely bass! Looks great in natural finish without the pickguard. I'm all for Ibanez basses with chunkier necks 👍

I sold a set of DR acoustic bass strings to Tony: super fast payment, and a very pleasant and easy transcation throughout. Thanks! Enjoy the strings! Deal with complete confidence everyone.

Thanks @Dad3353 yes, definitely Richie Barshay on drums. The guy on bass was Dave Carpenter (just done an image search for him) that was the guy! I'm not familiar with him but really sad to now realise he's no longer with us.

Two that stand out for me: Herbie Hancock in 2005 at The Barbican. Both him and his band were unreal! I don't know the name of the bassist but he was all over the double bass and a 6 string bass guitar like it was nothing - he may as well have been playing a ukulele. Both his superhuman musicality and physical endurance left me awestruck. Also the drummer looked about 14 - hilariously, and was also a total monster on his instrument. I remember thinking how is this possible? Secondly, Mars Volta at The Barbican in Summer 2008. The intensity and commitment of the performance and the craziness of the music was exhausting and exhilarating. Juan Alderete de la Pena holding it down on bass with class and taste throughout amidst all the Latin prog rock mayhem. Wow....just wow.

Just sold an acoustic bass to Johann, this is my second time dealing with this polite and friendly gentleman and as expected the transaction was as easy and pleasant as I could have wished for. Great guy to deal with, and now the owner of the best sounding acoustic bass ever - the lucky boy! Thanks again dude! 👍

Ha ha yes! I have been missing the Stingray I sold a few years back, but basically gave up on the idea of selling some stuff to put towards getting a Stingray Special as it wouldn't have got anywhere near raising the necessary funds. They're just too damn expensive! In no way do I need another expensive bass though - I currently don't play in a band, or indeed with any other musicians at all at the moment thanks to covid. The Ibanez is staying put 👍