Kyndainverse Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 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. 28 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Kyndainverse said: 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. Great to meet you mate and so glad you decided to take it home, even after the 4th visit and walk back to your car in the rain before you came back in and bought it. Judging by the smile on your face when you were playing it, it was definitely ‘the one’ for you. It was a very very good Ray and I reckon we could’ve sold another 10 of them if we had them. Enjoy it and I’m glad it was only left in the case for 24 hours, about 23 1/2 hours longer than I would’ve waited 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeEvans Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Well that's a wholesome and heart-warming story. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 It was an absolute pleasure Andy. Great fun - having been in similar positions before myself I was totally with you on the ride. I must admit - had it not gone home with you (it 100% would have…with someone) I was actually thinking how to pay for it myself. A very cool bass. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney72a Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Best years for EBMM basses. Very nice! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Gorgeous, bet it sounds amazing. Proper bridge, proper logo on the headstock... Perfect! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderpaws Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 22 hours ago, 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. A great tip I read on here, possibly by Stingray Pete, is volume up, dial in the right amount of bass that suits your girth/heft/punch requirements, then think of the treble control as a passive tone control and dial in your tone from there. It certainly works and makes easy sense too! Great, now I've got Stingray gas again! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderpaws Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 2 hours ago, miles'tone said: A great tip I read on here, possibly by Stingray Pete, is volume up, dial in the right amount of bass that suits your girth/heft/punch requirements, then think of the treble control as a passive tone control and dial in your tone from there. It certainly works and makes easy sense too! Great, now I've got Stingray gas again! Thanks very much. That sound like a good way to think about it. I’m resisting posting the shop’s photos of my new bass, but am really excited at its arrival next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyndainverse Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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