Dr.Dave Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Not sure which forum to post on so here I am. I called in Electro Music in Doncaster while my scooter was being serviced and played a lovely black 4 string fretless stingray. Good condition Ernie model - 2 band eq. Sounded fab - 'sings' well unplugged. It's £875 on the ticket , times are tough (nebbing on conversations) so I suspect there's plenty of give on that price. No connection to me whatsoever - just thought I'd let you know. Sort of thing folk often seem to be looking for. If I wasn't sorted with the fretless jap Jazz I'd have strapped it to my top box and come home with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Having got into the whole fretless Musicman thing myself, I can honestly say that its now my favourite configuration for a fretless bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I like fretless Stingray's - must be the Pino thing. You don't see too many being played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I had one for a bit last year but moved it on, dead spots on the neck in the typical Stingray places let it down. Probably wouldn't have been such a big deal but I was using it with lots of effects and it caused too many tracking problems. It did sound good on its own though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='792025' date='Mar 31 2010, 03:17 PM']dead spots on the neck in the typical Stingray places let it down.[/quote] I have a 3 band eq model, my bass of choice for noodling at the moment it's really lovely to play. Out of interest where are the typical dead spots, I have a few rays and never really noticed (which is not unusual for me), but I'll nip home and scrutinise them this evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I've also never noticed any dead spots on any of the 'rays i've owned or played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 [quote name='steviedee' post='792053' date='Mar 31 2010, 03:39 PM']I have a 3 band eq model, my bass of choice for noodling at the moment it's really lovely to play. Out of interest where are the typical dead spots, I have a few rays and never really noticed (which is not unusual for me), but I'll nip home and scrutinise them this evening![/quote] Somewhere between frets 6 and 9 on the G (on pretty much every Stingray I've ever played), somewhere around fret 4 on the E if you're really unlucky. Often they're not really noticable until you plug in an effect that relies on sustain to do its job (octavers, harmonisers, envelope following effects too to some extent) and then suddenly they're the most annoying things in the universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='792071' date='Mar 31 2010, 03:57 PM']Somewhere between frets 6 and 9 on the G (on pretty much every Stingray I've ever played), somewhere around fret 4 on the E if you're really unlucky. Often they're not really noticable until you plug in an effect that relies on sustain to do its job (octavers, harmonisers, envelope following effects too to some extent) and then suddenly they're the most annoying things in the universe.[/quote] I'll have a look man, granted I haven't used many effects for a few years (though I just bought some), but I've had my 4 string fretted for over 20 years and it's been plugged into every possible combination noise making device imaginable and I've never noticed it, I might be deaf but maybe I'm just fortunate to have a got a good one (or three hopefully)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='792071' date='Mar 31 2010, 03:57 PM']Somewhere between frets 6 and 9 on the G (on pretty much every Stingray I've ever played), somewhere around fret 4 on the E if you're really unlucky. Often they're not really noticable until you plug in an effect that relies on sustain to do its job (octavers, harmonisers, envelope following effects too to some extent) and then suddenly they're the most annoying things in the universe.[/quote] Noticed a nasty one on a Sterling I once tried (5th on the G) but nothing significant on my current Ray or the one that it replaced. If you need (near) perfection then it has to be graphite! Anyway, back to the topic, I tried that Ray in Electro - not the best one I tried IMHO but with a bit of tweaking and if it could be brought dopwn to £700-750, then...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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