New Toy

**bovinehost** · 06-16-2004, 11:16 PM

As some of you may know, I had been without a Stingray 5 for a few months and just picked on up last week because it felt odd to not have one. It looks like this:

http://www.bovinehost.com/pit/natSR5c.jpg

So my house, having just moved, was a disaster and I had no place to play loud. I plugged the bass in for a couple of minutes when I first got it just to make sure it was okay....it was, but sounded mighty zingy with rounds through my little Ampeg B-50R practice amp. I thought 'Hmm, gotta change these strings before this is going to be right'.

But my studio is finally finished and I can get out there and crank it up! Yes! And I plugged the bass into the Sunn 1200s and the two Ampeg cabs and SWEET JESUS what a cool tone, even with the rounds!

Yes, yes, I love the Bongos and I love the Reverends and etc etc etc, but there really is something special about a kick-asss Stingray 5. And this is one.

I just wanted to tell you guys that.

**SGMan88** · 06-16-2004, 11:37 PM

Ahhh...nothin' better than breaking in the new studio with a kick a$$ 'Ray 5!!!

**midopa** · 06-17-2004, 12:04 AM

Where you got the studio? Downstairs or something? You lucky, rich old man!

Nice SR5, too. It matches yer SR4. More pics, please!

**bassmonkeee** · 06-17-2004, 04:45 AM

Nice Ray! Are you going to leave the black pickguard on it?

**bovinehost** · 06-17-2004, 06:50 AM

Here's how the studio started out last month:

http://www.bovinehost.com/tempphotos/day1studioA.jpg

http://www.bovinehost.com/tempphotos/day1studioB.jpg

Here's basically how it looks now, although I've moved more basses and equipment in:

http://www.bovinehost.com/tempphotos/studiodone1.jpg

I don't want to hear crap about that Peavey cab, either! It lived in a bar for months, was part of the house rig, and it sounded great. I almost gave it up when I moved...what's the point in moving a Peavey 1-15? But it sounded too good to leave behind.

The Ampeg cabs are my go-to stuff. On top of them is a Sunn 1200s, a Korg tuner and a Furman in a rack. Right next to that, you can see my MusicMan 2-12. Great cabinet, although it weighs as much as my car.

http://www.bovinehost.com/tempphotos/studiodone3.jpg

Recording gear will go on that table and the converted kitchen island serves as a martini bar and additional workspace when not used as drinking surface.

If I get around to it, I'll change that black PG out for tort on the SR5. I may or may not ever get around to it...the thing sounds killer, and if it ain't broke, I have a tendency to not fix it. If I had a tort guard laying around, it would be on there already, though.

The studio is indeed downstairs and on the other end of the house from the bedrooms. Thankfully, it only butts up against an office and a stairwell and a couple of closets, so I can stay up late and make horrific noises with no complaints.

**oddjob** · 06-17-2004, 06:54 AM

Very nice!!!!!!!!!! And I think most of us have owned a Peavey at some point

. Seriously, it looks like a great setup.

**midopa** · 06-17-2004, 06:55 AM

Awesome. I really dig those purple walls. Rock on!

**nismaniac** · 06-17-2004, 07:05 AM

someday I hope to have a setup like that. That is really cool. Make some great noise.

oh yea, the SR5 looks great. One of my favorite looks is the Natural with a torty pickguard. There is something to be said for the simplicity of the black pg though. It looks good on almost every color of stingray.

**bovinehost** · 06-17-2004, 07:13 AM

Oh, I owned Peaveys back in the day!

http://www.bovinehost.com/pit/bassist75.jpg

**midopa** · 06-17-2004, 07:14 AM

The Bov with the fro! These were the days when you and your band were Primus and everybody hated you right?

You must grow the fro again. And get some of Aussie Mark's shirts.

**bovinehost** · 06-17-2004, 07:21 AM

That was before I moved to Texas and formed the psychoneurotic punk-jazz ensemble.

I think our song list when I had that setup was mostly Deep Purple and Allman Brothers and what is now considered "classic rock", although it certainly wasn't classic at the time.

We also played most of the 2nd Captain Beyond album, if anyone remembers that....we were not exactly your normal bar band in southern Mississippi. People can't DANCE to stuff in 11/32, even if it does rock.