marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Up until around 3 weeks ago id only played stingray basses in shops and never really been impressed as im more of a jazz man out the big three(mm, p, j)... anyway... around three weeks ago i put my washburn status up for trade on facebook and a mate of mine had a sub series sitngray for trade so i went ahead and swapped and its just amazing! and if this is that good i cant wait to get a real one! Today i recieved an olp in the post and immediately deffreted it, and its just great too! Instant pino palladino with an octave pedal So happy with these two basses cannot wait to get a real musicman soon (i have a nate mendel p if anyone wants to do a deal, thought id sneak that in there)... ill put some photos of my basses in this thread and in the musicman porn thread too hope everyone is okay, excuse my enthusiasm its been a good day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Fourteen. Fourteen is [b]exactly[/b] how good they are. Oh, and congrats with the new toys! I can't even imagine how you managed to defret one the very same day it arrived. Kudos! Oh, and "fourteen" is the number of exclamation marks in your title. best. bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 haha cheers man! yeah basically as soon as it came i made sure it worked, then got on with ripping the old frets out then my dad filled the holes with some maple strips he had left from building a wooden model of the titanic, gave it a set up blah blah and sounds great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Aw, no! This will only result in neck sink ... er ... dive. But how did you take out the frets? I always read it's very risky (not that that would stop me, mind). b, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 haha i like what you did there litereally heated up each fret with a soldering iron then pulled them out with nail clippers works a treat... the photos will be up very shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365548120' post='2041094'] litereally heated up each fret with a soldering iron then pulled them out with nail clippers works a treat... the photos will be up very shortly [/quote] Wow! Sounds great, that. Is the point to augment volume and push away the wood so the frets get looser when cold again? Or am I on a different planet here? b, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Love them, have recently offloaded a Ray 5 as I wanted a P-Bass more but they are excellent basses, I'd like to pick up a 4 in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 i guess so mate, i just copied one of the online things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 excuse the poor quality, getting a phone upgrade tomorrow so will take some more then with a bif of luck [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x193/marcusbell/44825_549135535131905_494878423_n_zpsfbdb7dc3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x193/marcusbell/62644_549135555131903_786519605_n_zps5276f01c.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x193/marcusbell/156844_549135595131899_205163373_n_zps234e508f.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x193/marcusbell/485188_549135605131898_1283023035_n_zpsb9e6420a.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x193/marcusbell/485354_549135618465230_1703973520_n_zpse110ccb6.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='risingson' timestamp='1365548628' post='2041097'] Love them, have recently offloaded a Ray 5 as I wanted a P-Bass more but they are excellent basses, I'd like to pick up a 4 in the future. [/quote] Funny how we're different, eh? My new Ray 5 has made me doubt all my four-stringers, including the Bongos with the 4-band EQ that I love so much. [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365548634' post='2041098'] i guess so mate, i just copied one of the online things [/quote] Hahaha! The online thing! Never even crossed my mind. Yeah, I guess some knowledge can be found there. Thanks for telling! Inspiring story. b, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seymourfluid Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 If you are a “Jazz” man you need to take a look at the musicman Sterling…. [url="http://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/sterling.html"]http://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/sterling.html[/url] Same neck as the Jazz at 1 ½” wide but the musicman sound. I have played around with Rickenbacker, fender, Gibson but always go back to my Sterling. It’s just the best bass I have ever played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365549108' post='2041106'] [/quote] . Aw! Luverly! I dig that type of refined esthetics. IMHO. And this one again shows what blue and brown can be together. Complex, but bjoootiful. Thinking about this: so now you have a rosewood AND maple neck, you can change the sound from warm and fuzzy to harsh and shrill by just moving your left finger slightly. Man, you own a synthesizer! b, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 haha thats joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='seymourfluid' timestamp='1365549690' post='2041116'] If you are a “Jazz” man you need to take a look at the musicman Sterling…. [url="http://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/sterling.html"]http://www.music-man...s/sterling.html[/url] Same neck as the Jazz at 1 ½” wide but the musicman sound. I have played around with Rickenbacker, fender, Gibson but always go back to my Sterling. It’s just the best bass I have ever played. [/quote] unfortunately i prefer the looks of the stingray man , would love a 70/80's stingray, but BIG CASH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365550047' post='2041121'] haha thats joke [/quote] Mind you, my first two lines were dead serious. Only the second set was kidding. b, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 , really enjoying playing 'im gonna tear your playhouse down', by paul young, with the octaver it sounds spot on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1365548561' post='2041096'] Wow! Sounds great, that. Is the point to augment volume and push away the wood so the frets get looser when cold again? Or am I on a different planet here? b, b [/quote] I understand that it's to do with melting the adhesive so the fret wire can be extracted. Never done it myself though as I prefer my fretless basses unlined (so I've got an excuse ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynottfan Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Nice one, those basses will serve you well, and I love the Stingray I think they are the best "off the rack" bass in the world, I do fly the EBMM flag and proud to, US ray or a check out a good deal secondhand on the SBMM range quality machines to. Now go and lay that playhouse and tear that hat down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 My only experience is on SR 5's. I didn't like the one piece maple neck of mine but I heard an HH with Piezo which sounded very good. I might still be playing SR's if I had bought that one first. [size=3] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Played an early 80's model for years and it was rock solid, great action and after I took the pre-amp out was one of the best basses I've had. Played a few recently and they don't seem the same company ..well they aren't.. and I hate it when the bass feels like a block of wood in your hands. Pretty poor, IMO. I think I might just about get on with the 5's but I have them covered with my current basses anyway but I have always found the 2 band EQ very clumsy even way back then...so apart from a slight hankering for the 5 that ship has passed. We moved on.. have MM's..??? I think the Sub budget range is decent for the money.. but is still a poor bass overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I really want an old musicman stingray now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I had a 79 stingray but it had been through a hard life and I ended up replacing a lot of parts on it (some of which were already not original such as the PU and pre-amp) only to finally come to the conclusion that it really wasn't me and moved it on, made a substantial loss out of the whole process. I think at the time I had an idea of having one each of the usually quoted 'classic' basses but the 'ray was getting so little use in the end I couldn't justify keeping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Very good indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I'm not that keen on them myself........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Haha Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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