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  1. Adethefade
    Personally I wouldn’t use cheap soft wood like toothpicks or matchsticks. Shave off some splinters of decent hardwood, dip them in Evostick wood glue, stick as many in the holes as you can and break them off. After 24 hours you should be all good.
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    You could try shimming the neck with a bit of a business card placed towards the headstock end of the cavity. Easy to try and it may do the trick.
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    If it’s a monster repair bill, you could just get a decent quality DI box instead...especially if your amp is prone to cutting out. That way any engineer will still have your signal regardless.
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    I've owned a couple of these. They are stunning instruments with incredible tone. Ridiculously good value.
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    The Mackie DL1608 works really well for our band. It has six auxes and you can 'pair' them for three stereo mixes. Stereo IEMs are a joy to work with and well worth the extra cabling/expense. The router of choice for me (with any digital console) is the 5th gen Apple Airport Extreme. They're small, reliable, great coverage, and about £40 on eBay. As well as a bass player I'm also a FOH engineer. I wouldn't think of using a console without physical controls for my usual work, but for a band that has a consistent setup from gig to gig, it's not a problem. My other choice for a low-priced digi console would be the Allen & Heath QU, but they're a lot more expensive than the Mackie.
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    Ditto to Dirtylittleherbert! I now own two of these gems thanks to my new buddy from up north. A pleasure to deal with and a proper gent. We are like-minded individuals in that neither of us know where the feedback page is! Big love 4-stringers...and our strange cousins with that low B appendage.
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    Hi, Where are you based?
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    I'll leave a message there!
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    Folks. I'm trying to get in touch with Shuker guitars about getting a bass body re-finished. I've called the number, left a few messages, sent a couple of texts, sent a couple of emails but had no response at all. Does anyone now if there's a secret way in that I'm missing? Cheers Ade
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    Plus one for splinters of wood but not matches or toothpicks. I shave some off a piece of decent hardwood that I keep lying around, dip the slivers in Evostick wood glue first, shove them in, snap them off, and then re-fit the button.
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    Hi everyone. A conundrum! I have a Musicman Stingray 2EQ in a blue pearl finish. It's a lovely finish but not particularly exciting to look at. I really like the 'mint green' colour available on the cheaper SUB instruments. A professional re-finish is going to cost me £250 - £300 and it occurs to me that I could buy a SUB for around the same money and simply replace the body, transferring all electronics & hardware over. Obviously I'll check first that the dimensions & cavities are all the same. My Stingray is made from ash and the SUBs are made from basswood, which I think is the only thing that's different. I'd be grateful for any thoughts on this. Thanks in advance for your time. Ade
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    I have one. It’s the coolest-looking, nicest-playing and best sounding Stingray I that own...I have five.
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    I have one. Absolutely stunning quality, and a great player's instrument. GLWTS.
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    I was in MI retail for 25 years. It's a difficult one, and it hinges on the ease of saleability of the part ex'd item, the realistic used value of that item, and the available profit margin in the item being purchased. Whatever anyone may think, margins are not great in MI retail...especially for high-ticket items, so if you've negotiated a good price on the new item, you're going to struggle to get a good part ex value. Also, people usually over-estimate the value of their own goods and under-estimate the value of what they'd like to buy - it's just human nature. The person who buys your part ex'd item will not expect to pay the 'ticket' price, so that has to be factored in, as does the fact that it may not sell for 6 months. Used stingrays seem to command a price of around £1000 in a shop (more like £800 privately) unless they're particularly old or special. In my experience, it being a limited version doesn't, in itself, affect the figures very much...I wish it did! I'll stick my neck out and say I think you'd be offered between £500 - £700 depending on the fair-mindedness of the dealer.
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    I have one of these. It's one of five Stingrays that I own, and it's the coolest looking, nicest playing, and best sounding of them all. Not too many of them around folks...grab it before he changes his mind!
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    Top fella! I now have a new blue Stingray and Scott was a diamond geezer to deal with.
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    I think the biggest problem with hex keys is when people don't appreciate that there are metric & imperial sizes. Sometimes, using the wrong type can mean you're using a key that's almost the right size, but not quite.
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    I've used passive DIs for this purpose in the past. No need for active DIs as the signal's already preamp'd, and anyway, you'd have to power them with batteries which would be a terrifying prospect.
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    Or use a gland and just have a short trailing IEC inlet on the end. They're enclosed.
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    Great quality instruments. The Cort factory makes around 40% of the world's guitars for lots of the well-known brands. The sound that comes out of these instruments is staggering. A real 'under the radar' bass.
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    Do you have pics?
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    Thanks for the comments guys - Hey drTStingray, I'm not much of a slapper but the rounder nature of the sound does make for a more warm & controlled slap sound. I think that with some of the crazy preamps out there slap can get a little too 'zingy', like the instrument's forgotten it's also supposed to be a bass. Just waiting for another Hipshot BT1 to arrive and it'll be on the road by the weekend. Can't wait to hear it through a PA.
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    I just took delivery of a butterscotch Stingray 'Old Smoothie'. I'm well aware of the quality, playability and awesome sound that Stingrays give - I have four others - but this baby is astounding. It plays like I've owned it for years, the sound is eye-wateringly good and the build quality is all you'd expect from a MM. The preamp doesn't have the aggression available on a 3EQ but for all straight ahead bass sounds it's stunning. I just had to tell some people because the wife has now glazed over. [attachment=251808:SR TE.jpg]
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    Yeah I know, but I PM'd yesterday.
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