danny-79

I prefer seeing the woodgrain for the simple reason being a solid colour can hide a multitude of sins, not saying its bad wood under there just the naked ones hold there value longer an no two wood grains are the same .

[quote name='7string' post='1017048' date='Nov 8 2010, 11:42 PM']at that price point but the SUB is hard to ignore.[/quote] Plus there starting to get quite sort after so are starting to hold there value, if you can find one in good condition hang on to it

Sorry for the slight hijack Dread but a used Stingray with as many strings as you want is the way forward

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1014608' date='Nov 6 2010, 06:34 PM']Everytime I see your gear list Danny-79 I think what a guy! Closely followed by buttercreme Stingray gas! You just need a pre EB Ray through your Genz rig and you will be sorted [/quote] Thanks man ! Find an amp sound you like an stick to it, first heard a GB amp about 6yrs ago in a shop, the guy was using it to demo a cheep bass to another customer (nice tactic) he sold the bass in question an later the amp to me !! Find a sound you like an stick to it. Got a Bongo 5HH on loan to me at the moment its killer sounding!! but a pre EB Ray is high on most EB players gas list, including mine (i see you have one) Peace!

Cool bass, cool story. With any quality instrument like that your just looking after it for the next owner so enjoy it while its yours !

Just wipe the strings an back of neck (oil finished neck) when finished playing it. And i always put in in its case when finished playing it. (it takes just as long to take it back out of the case as it does to fall off a stand an get broke!) Every now an again if feeling inspired (or uninspired to play) give a good clean with a guitar polish .

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1014346' date='Nov 6 2010, 04:10 PM']And to complete the set of answers from the MM lovers camp, Get a used Stingray![/quote] Simple. End off

All i do to mine is give them a wipe with a soft cloth after Ive finished playing them, thats about all that you should need to do to them . Another trick that i found out by accident was........ i always keep old strings for that "you never no situation" that never happens ware you break one well i broke one, to cut a story short i put a complete set of old coated strings back on while i ordered a new set an was shocked that the time that they had spent in the packet, on the shelf had kind of rejuvenated them in some way ? ?? i was shocked that they sounded bright again, i thought that it was going to ware off pretty quickly but nope , month later an still usable Think what I'm going to do it try rotating them, before put a brand new set on put the old set back on an see how it goes !

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='986670' date='Oct 13 2010, 10:16 AM']It's human nature to fear anything we can't understand, so I'd say "Kill it with fire"[/quote] That made me laugh but seriously you gotta have some pretty cool/strange sounds in your head to want to pick one of 'them' up

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='983522' date='Oct 10 2010, 05:29 PM']i'm presuming you're talking about multi-fx as opposed to individual pedals..? start with a cheapo multi-fx (digitech/zoom etc..). learn what effects you like and can be part of your sound. then buy stompboxes and 'tweak' them to suit. you'll buy loads and have a great time trying them out. eventually you'll probably get fed up with the infinite possibilities.. ..and end up with a high end multi-fx. i recommend having a good read of the 'post your pedal-board' thread. ..you're embarking on a big journey, or maybe opening a can of worms.. [/quote] Couldnt of put that any better lol so true an all good fun !!

Nice one Zak, good stuff as always !

NOM!!!!!! that is freekin beautiful !!! me like

What will they think of next lol

[quote name='pietruszka' post='967252' date='Sep 24 2010, 11:51 PM']I like that! That made me chuckle so much, its great and so original! A*. Dan[/quote] Thanks man, made a few up with pretty much anything that was at hand, still sticking with the b/w/b lol

Check this place out [url="http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=12"]http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/inde...;products_id=12[/url] I brought one a while ago after being recommended on here, gotta say that its great, works a treat, i power my whole board of it with 2x daisy chains, never liked the idea of daisy chaining but it works just great with no hiss or hum Have a look around the site, theres a fitting for pretty much everything

Black works the best though with Sunburst , well i think so anyways

Get or make a clear P.G an put what ever you want under it, The sky's the limit , Fireworks !!! Even though i very quickly got bored with the idea an figured that a plain black worked best with Sunburst (or couldn't make my mind up so stuck with with the original) its defiantly fun messing about with it to see what works an what don't

Result !

Thanks all for responses so far, its still something that I'm looking into, thinking the way that I'm going to go is going to be the four band as a direct replacement for the three band that is already there ?, from what i can make out the only major difference being the stacked MID pot with high and low rather than just the one with an indented neutral point. Just need some suggestion on the powering, a single 9V seems to be the general way to go just want to no if anybody has gone the whole hog an powered there upgrade with the full 18V ? and even if there is any point in even doing so ?

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='963405' date='Sep 21 2010, 03:28 PM']You want Dingwall gas? Look here: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=613421"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=613421[/url][/quote] OK im slowly (very quickly to be exact) getting hooked on these (GAS attack "dag nam it!!" <insert Cartman voice)

Thanks for that. As far as i can work out the the one i was looking at is the 4 band eq and if I'm right should run in the same order as the stock 3 band that is already on my rays, for pots going Volume ----> Treble ----> Stacked pot, Mids ----> Bass .... Jack plug on the side of bass Well thats the order that there in now minus the stacked mid pot, just a standard single mid pot, all three have center dents but can live with out that. The information on there page (well the page i was looking at as in the link i posted) really isn't that clear, i hear what your saying that it will run just fine on 9V but if you give it a full 18V (2x 9V batters running in parallel) is that going to give you maximum potential out of it ? you no yourself when a new 9V battery drops down in charge a bit to 8.4V there is a huge difference in performance so the brief description in the advert specification is bit brief lol, bit of a difference between 9 an 18V Can see it being a hastle fitting it to run 18V (routing out the body to take bigger battery box etc) but wold the end result be worth it ? Another question, fitting, is it as simple swapping solder joints on the pickup an battery , appreciate that it comes ready assembled so I'm guessing that thats about it to fit it Thanks again.

[quote name='TheRockinRoadie' post='962016' date='Sep 20 2010, 11:42 AM']Nice board, its really neat & tidy! How do you find the Echohead?[/quote] Thanks! The Echohead is great, 7 different features from long reversed delays to slapback / reverb type delays an with the addition of the tap tempo I'm more than happy with it

[quote name='mcnach' post='962507' date='Sep 20 2010, 06:25 PM']On that thread quoted I went on about it enough so I won't repeat myself I run mine on 9V. The difference with a 3EQ is that with the mids set flat, the bass/treble are very very close to the 2EQ sound but -in my opinion- a bit more "tight" on the lows, less boomy. Then the mids are very useful because with the sweep frequency control you can home in the exact frequcny you need to boost or cut... simply boost or cut to max, and scan for the sweet/offending frequency, and readjust level of cut/boost knob as desired. The bass/treble controls on a 3EQ are set differently from a 2EQ, as far as I can tell... so they sound different. No better, no worse, just different.[/quote] Hi Just read through the linked posted and just to clarify, you put the JE pre into your EB Stingray not the OLP (pretty sure thats correct) Out of the three pre-amps that are listed on the page on the link i put in the opening post which one did you chose and how did you decide ? I no that a two band and a three band Ray both sound totally different and with them stock you cant get one out of the other but with the pre amp that I'm looking at (the four band, volume - treble - stacked mids - bass) it can bee tweaked to sound like either and possibly something else. You say that you run yours on a single 9V how long do you get out of the battery compared to the stock pre amp ? and have you heard of anybody who runs them on 2 ? or is there no need, much work involved in fitting them ? Really don't no that much (if anything) about them so as much info as you guys got much appreciated

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='961794' date='Sep 20 2010, 05:45 AM'](I've lost half my r/h thumb in a motorcycle accident 2 years ago so I am still recovering from re-adapting my playing technique due to the lack of the top end of my thumb) click here ---> [url="http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/xt660/?action=view&current=04062008016.flv"]http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/xt...04062008016.flv[/url][/quote] Ouch !!! i remember you saying that you had damaged your had in a rta but didn't think was that bad

Thanks for the further GAS attack Fran lol Keep coming back an taking a look at it, then looking them up on other pages an gotta say that it has my attention, one question that i had that you have answered was about hand positioning being different with the frets being in different positions but from what you have said sounds like its not that much of a problem or should i say its not much of hassle re adjusting to it. Only other issue I'm thinking is with it being passive, haven't owned a passive bass in ??? long as everything i own is active but the simplicity of just having tone-volume-selector is again something else, cant wait to try one out for myself , who knows (I'm one end of the scale to the other here, just started a thread asking about John East pre-amps )