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Recent thread here with many suggestions…

To be fair, I’m mostly nitpicking as I’m more than happy with it. I can pretty much find fault with instruments at any price point if I’m honest, none of my basses are perfect in every way (for me). I’d certainly consider buying another ‘Ray SS and having it made fretless if I couldn’t find an already bumpless shorty. I think it’d make a great fretless.

Looks like Joe Dart is embracing the short scale vibe even more theses days, looks like a Musicmaster to me. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2DjxBoygw/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuVI8ZIm6r/

I hope I’m not trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs, but I think the best way to achieve a natural(ish) look to forearm wear, would be to to attach a piece of fine grade sandpaper to the forearm and pretend to play it. Otherwise, it can look all a bit ‘belt sander’ relic.

😱 NO! Back away from the cliff edge!

That body already looks nicely tatty, I doubt you’d need much more in the way of dinks for an authentic look, just a little ‘de-glossing’. Looking forward to the updates on this one.

Good work on posting a picture of your bass in your intro; nice. 👏👏👏

Hola.

Sometimes the Maruszczyk configurator is ridiculously slow and doesn’t update the image, although the price does, surprise, surprise. I’ve had your problem in the past, it’s annoying. Tell us what you’d like and maybe we could configure it and post the image and cost here. Either that, or give it another go tomorrow.

The best thing about this thread is that ‘losing’ really feels like winning.

Down in the Sewer - The Stranglers

Weird

Back in the MM club after many years. Very happy with this wee beastie. Nothing timorous about it, despite being passive. I thoroughly agree with @ped’s comment, “'Rays have the punch and thump of a P combined with the snap and texture of a Jazz,” it’s very a much a Swiss Army Knife tone. Adding a Sadowsky preamp to the SS turns it into a full on, active MM.

Really? Works OK for me. Browser conflict?

Newbies want to know and there are too many folk wanting to be YouTube stars. That said, I saw a P & J comparison recently (not a vs) by Phil Conrad, it was good if you didn’t already know the difference (I’m a subscriber so watched it anyway).

Camberwell! My old manor for many years, man & boy.

I had this on a PRS strap button screw. The guy at Chandler’s said his preferred method was to drill a hole in the screw and then tap in a small, tapered, triangular file, then just unscrew it. Didn’t see him do it, but he got it out.

Small update. I’ve noticed that a couple of the upper frets are a bit bit discoloured where they haven’t been polished as nicely as the lower ones. Plainly, finishing is where the corners have been cut in order to keep,the price down. However, I’ve had cheaper Squiers where none of this attention to detail is missing. MM don’t seem to have quite the handle on their offshore production as Fender do, especially given @BassAdder27’s comment above. All that said, the more I play it, the more I like it. Paired with my JMJ Mustang, I can cover pretty much any genre in a neat, little, short scale form, which is very pleasing. If MM did this bass in a fretless, I’d be all over it.

The “Fish” Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag - Country Joe and the Fish

I played a Reggie Hamilton CS 5 many years ago. To this day, it remains the best fiver I’ve had my hands on. Congrats.

Ah, if you’re going to have the offspring with you, then no. I used to drive up to Altrincham from South London and back a fair bit when I lived there, not a bad drive when the various motorways played, but a right pain in the proverbial when they conspired to be shuffling car parks.

No point in crying, but there’s some value in driving. Make a day of it, visit some shops and really blow the abstinence out of the water