Kyndainverse

This one is pretty.
https://guitarzilla.co.uk/products/yamaha-sbv-500-car-gz617

On 21/03/2024 at 17:17, Thunderpaws said:

Great stuff. I’m about to join you in Stingray ownership, after thinking about buying one for about 20 years I’ve actually gone and done it now! When you are figuring out the tone controls let us know how you get on as I’ll be on the same journey. 

So far I’ve just turned everything all the way up and then roll off whatever I want less off. But I’m no expert. 

That 80s band.

In the early nineties, as part of a trio, we hired a rehearsal room under some railway arches in Cardiff. We managed somehow to lock ourselves out and the guy running the place wasn’t around. So we asked the band in the other room for his number, (our drummer knew their drummer). The band were Catatonia. It was a year or two before they made it, although they had a bit of a local following already. 
 

With a landmark birthday imminent, I decided to treat myself to new bass. Which would be an upgrade to the two Squier classic vibe bases I’ve been playing for a while. (A Mustang and a Jaguar).

I’ve been down many internet rabbit holes, thinking about options. But haven’t had much of a chance to try out any contenders, given the lack of shops that stock much more than the most popular models. Especially given I was trying to decided if I prefer short or medium scale.

So I decided to make the trip from Cardiff to the Guitar Show in Birmingham last Saturday, to actually touch some basses.

The plan was to check out some basses by Reverend, Sandberg, anything else that might be interesting and pay a visit to the Vintage Bass Room stand to try something a bit more classic (just to see).

I was impressed with basses by Reverend,Sandberg and a couple of lovely medium scale builds from  @Manton Customs.
But none of them made me smile like the vintage basses that @walshy and @AndyTravis where showing off at the Vintage Bass Room stand.

Turns out what I really needed in my life was a well played in 2EQ stingray.

It looks fantastic, but plays and sounds even better. So it came home with me.

I was planning to keep it in its case for over week to make the lead up to the big day exciting. I lasted 24 hours.

Spent about an hour with it yesterday at home, through my Ashdown studio 15 combo. Happily the bass plays and sounds just as good I remember at home.

I’m looking forward to getting into a rehearsal room in a couple of week to see how it sounds with drums and guitar.

Just need to get a proper band sorted so I can get gigging with it.

Here’s a picture at home, much better pics and more details can be found at Vintage Bass Rooms

Thanks @walshy for making it possible for to own such a great instrument, and being great to deal with.

10 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

It never is - if you do manage that, you’re a better man than me.

Well. I lasted 24 hours. 

I can confirm that @Manton Customs basses are very fine indeed. 

6 hours ago, Richard R said:

That is a good deal on the Ibanez. I hope someone else falls in love with it and goes home happy.

 

@Kyndainverse - NBD post with pics please! 

It’s staying in the case until my birthday in a week and a bit. Will post and NBD then  

I enjoyed the show, tried some lovely basses. Was planning to try stuff to inform a later buying decision. 
Left with a lovely 1987 stingray from @walshy

It’s by far the nicest (and priciest) bass I’ve ever owned. But I couldn’t resist. 
Thanks @walshy and @AndyTravis

This will be my first trip to a guitar show, any tips for making the best of the day?
I have a milestone birthday coming up and planning to get a new bass to celebrate. I'm going as it seems a good opportunity to try a variety of basses to inform my decision. I'm planning to check out Reverend, Sandberg and @walshy's stand. Also hoping to try out any Hagstroms and Stingrays if there are any. 
I am leaning towards medium or short scale, but not ruling out a long scale. Currently I have two squire classic vibes, mustang and jaguar, as well as my old (an much neglected) SGC Nanyo Bass Collection.  
Any advice would be much appreciated.

1 hour ago, walshy said:

Yeah anyone from this parish don’t forget to drop by the stand, be good to put faces to usernames! We ( Andy and myself) will be on stand 33 with 12 basses and other bass paraphernalia so fill yer boots! 

I'm probably more of basslurker than a basschatter. But I plan to visit stand 33 on Saturday.

I would just go with google calendar as it's easy to access from any device, unless people want/need to sync to different calendar apps in which case something like https://calendly.com might work.

I'm interested in how you get on with this mod. And intrigued by what bass you have.

Thanks for sharing @Duroc17, I been considering getting some Northern Pickups made for my Squire CV for a while now. May bite the bullet soon.

The Fender Pawn Shop reverse Jaguar was also 32inch. 
I have the 32inch Squire CV Jaguar mentioned which is great. (I’ve spent a year trying to decide if I prefer that or my CV Mustang). 

42 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

 

If you can get him onboard I'd be very impressed

If you don’t try …

I pondered the idea of The Anna and Elsa Chain. Doing covers of Disney hits in the style of The Jesus and Mary Chain. 

Have recently given more serious thought to a Tom Jones fronted indie disco floor fillers covers band. 

They have them on their reverb store
https://reverb.com/uk/shop/music-plant-1?make=sqoe-1

No worries. How did you find the upgrades pups?

GLWTS

If you were to decide to return this to stock pickups, I'd be interested in taking the NM4s of your hands.

Last one 
Peace - Taylor Swift

Lazarus - Boo Radleys

House of Jealous Lovers - Rapture
Cannonball - Breeders

Gigantic - Pixies

Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
Stars and Sons - Broken Social Scene
Genius of Love - Tom Tom club
Heart Attack - Tune-Yards

You're No Good - ESG