gazhowe

Currently 'The boys are back in town' by Thin Lizzy.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1485472011' post='3224312'] Looks a beautiful job [/quote] [quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1485480986' post='3224346'] Niiiiicccceeeee [/quote] Thanks for the comments!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1485397610' post='3223710'] Glad you liked the result (how could you possibly not??? ) [/quote] Cheers Jose - I was confident that Dave would do a great job but didn't think about the end result too much beforehand. It helped that it was completed within two weeks! It's getting it's first gig run out for a long time tomorrow night.

I've owned my MM Stingray (3 band EQ) from new since 2006. Anyone who has a Stingray like mine with a non-lacquered maple neck will know that it's pretty much impossible to keep the neck clean. Despite cleaning the neck once myself it quickly became filthy again so, after reading a thread on BC about getting a maple neck cleaned and lacquered ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252661-i-decided-to-get-my-stingray-neck-lacquered/page__p__2679232__hl__stingray%20gloss%20neck__fromsearch__1#entry2679232"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2679232[/url]) and a online chat with [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/10878-mcnach/"]mcnach[/url] (thanks Jose!), I decided to do the same. The work was done by David Wilson (DWilson Guitars) following a straightforward initial contact via Facebook ([url="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002025970885&fref=nf"]https://www.facebook...5970885&fref=nf[/url]) to discuss the job in detail and make arrangements. I picked up my bass at the weekend and I'm over the moon with the result. Not only is the neck clean, it feels and looks great and with a fantastic job also done polishing the frets and giving it a setup. Communication from David was great throughout and he provided progress updates with pictures too! I will be using David again for any other refinishing work i may need and would have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone else who is considering having a bass cleaned and/or re-finished. Here are pictures of my bass before, during and after the work: Before: [url="http://s592.photobucket.com/user/gazhowe/slideshow/Stingray%20refinish/Stingray%20before"]http://s592.photobuc...ingray%20before[/url] During: [url="http://s592.photobucket.com/user/gazhowe/slideshow/Stingray%20refinish/Stingray%20during"]http://s592.photobuc...ingray%20during[/url] After: [url="http://s592.photobucket.com/user/gazhowe/slideshow/Stingray%20refinish"]http://s592.photobuc...gray%20refinish[/url] Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. Gaz

40-60-80-100 on my Status, 45-65-80-100 on my Stingray.

Sound and playability over aesthetics every time. I play a Status Series 2 Classic in my rock covers band. 😎

I've just bought a Musicman Stingray Classic from Jamie. As was the case when I bought a MoMark amp from him a couple of years ago, the deal was straightforward with good communications throughout. The bass arrived promptly, was well packaged and exactly as described. Jamie is a great guy to deal with, as my experiences and previous posts in this thread show. Highly recommended!

Stingray Classic (but likely needing to let something go to fund it).

I've learned that I like using overdrive after finally finding one I really like (Darkglass VMT) following years of playing with a clean sound.