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Bump, still here, still not being played! Happy to post. 

Bump

Updated advert as I’m now happy to post via Lenspeed Logistics who have been recommended to me. Thanks.

Seen a shiny guitar I like so price drop to £1650, seems very fair to me (but I am slightly biased) 😃

On 16/02/2024 at 19:07, martthebass said:

Really amazed this hasn’t gone yet.....

I had a high amount of interest when I first posted it but quite understandably people have moved on in my 6+ month hiatus from the forum! I’m back now and still looking to move this to a home where it will be played and enjoyed. 

Dropped price to £1750. It’s a lovely bass, I just can’t play it.

On 15/02/2024 at 09:30, Kev said:

Can I pay you £10 a month over the next 16 years or so?

Sure, I’ll accept that. But are you interested in the Stingray as well? 😜

Bump, still available and happy to meet / deliver (within reason…!) from Surrey. 

Still available, serial number for those interested is E98586

Bumping this up, still available 😗

Bump

On 09/10/2023 at 13:03, MM Stingray 62 said:

I can’t believe this bass hasn’t sold if I didn’t already have one I would have bought it in a heartbeat.

 

 

Totally my fault this hasn’t sold yet, I didn’t visit this site for like 5 months lol. Here now though

Thanks all, still available for now.

Weight is 4.4kg / 9.7lbs for those asking!

PS since the above photos were taken, I have removed the plastic from the pickguard and the white stickers on the back of the body. 

Hello, regular guitarist here (Boo! Hiss!)

It’s time I accept the fact that I’ll only ever be a dabbler at best on bass. I’m afraid I just love those skinny six strings, and as such my Stingray is utterly wasted on me. (Even that may be an understatement – it’s less Bernard Edwards, more one of Bernard Matthews turkeys if you heard me play!)

I love the Starry Night finish on this model and just had to have one. Sadly, it’s since spent the vast majority of its life in the case as I never properly took to bass. I had it professionally set up less than a year ago to try and rekindle my interest but I haven’t touched it since, and what with my guitaring endeavours and a four-month old daughter, I’m not realistically going to pick it up again any time soon.
 

On that “bass-is” (I’ll get my coat) it has to go (if only to make room for more guitars).

A particular highlight on this model is the roasted birdseye maple neck – even I can tell you that it feels exceptionally lovely to play. I believe the frets are stainless steel too. 

Condition-wise it is excellent, I can’t find a mark on it (accepting that it would be very difficult to do so with this finish anyway). I would say a safe 9/10, excellent in terms of condition, the only mark down being for some tarnishing on the tuners. 
 

What more is there to say… I do have a Phil Jones Big Head and a Vox Adio Air BS practice amp that I’ll also be looking to move on… oh yes and it comes in its original EBMM hard case which I’ve stuck some music related stickers on like all grown up adults would do 😃

Happy to post via Lenspeed Logistics – it’s £55 courier delivery for most of England (please check the website). Collections welcome from Esher in Surrey, or we could meet up, or I could deliver myself if local.

Thanks for looking, photo album here:

https://imgur.io/a/lLd8KuI

@fretmeister Thanks. Apparently the Bighead was delivered this morning; I can't wait to try it out tonight after your comment on the headroom. Hadn't heard of Amplitube (but then I have no music stored on my phone so probably just as well!). Sounds interesting, though. Cheers     

Thanks for responses guys, much appreciated!

@dannybuoy two reasons really: (1) I'm looking for a really nice, crystal-clear tone from an amp that takes up little to no space (boxes ticked by the Big Head, I gather) and (2) I would like something with more volume than the Vox. 

@pineweasel I have tried many different headphones, from iphone ones to Bose (bluetooth) and Phil Jones (wired). I'm starting to think the Vox maybe has some technical issues wrong with it! The audio (to play along with) I often can't put more than halfway up before it's getting too loud, but the bass volume I have set to full, and can barely hear it. I checked the battery in the bass and the cable, etc. Only solution I have found is to crank the gain up as well, but that kisses goodbye to clean tone...

Guys, I ordered a PJBH from GAK at the weekend

Thank you very much, already a lot clearer! 

Two more questions if I may -

Can I plug it into the mains or does it run on battery only?

And is it worth getting the Big Head 2 or is the original fine? 

Thanks again. Very helpful as I would most likely need to buy without seeing one in the flesh first.

I'm looking at getting a Big Head. I've read the rave reviews (including some on this forum) and watched Phil Jones walk me through it on Youtube. However - and I realise this is a bit embarrassing - I'm still not 100% on what it actually is, and what it actually does. Could someone kindly explain in straightforward terms how I would go about using this thing?

In case it helps, I have a Vox Adio Air BS and use headphones almost all the time. The Vox is handy for playing along with tracks via Bluetooth, but the sound quality is not great and the volume seems really low - I can barely hear it! That's why I'm looking into the Big Head, but I read reviews like this from Bass Player ...

PJB has introduced a high performance multi-function headphone amplifier/digital audio interface: the BIGHEAD PRO (Model HA-2). The HA-2 is the second model in the Bighead series and is a step up model of the popular HA-1 Bighead with added technology and features. The HA-2 is a high resolution USB audio interface that supports PCM playback with up to 384 KHz sample rate/24 bit resolution. On DSD playback, sample rates of 2.822MHz and 5.644 MHz are supported, making it the ideal choice for musicians and engineers that desire high performance and the purest sound quality.

... and I'm lost. 

Do I use it with the Vox? Would it replace the Vox? Does it need to be plugged into a laptop? Anything else I need to think about?

Please help and sorry for being such a Luddite.

Thanks in advance.

Rats, sorry to have missed this. Please let me know if it comes up for sale again!