Limited Edition basses

[Aussie Mark]

what preamp is on your Stingray?

I've sold that bass now, it was a John East preamp which the previous owner had installed. To my ear it sounded very similar to the 2 band Musicman preamp.

 

[T-bone]

Welcome Chris. You're going to have some fun here - I can tell.

tbone

oh and Kamakiriad is one of my all time favorite albums. That's a great name!

 

[Bongodude]

 

[cellkirk74]

SR 5 bfr rosewood

 

[Lonnystingray]

Dargie Delight I

My Dargie I StingRay 4 HH.

 

[Kamakiriad]

Welcome Chris. You're going to have some fun here - I can tell.

tbone

oh and Kamakiriad is one of my all time favorite albums. That's a great name!

Thanks, TBone! It's one of my favorites too. Fagen is reportedly working on a fourth solo album right now - I can't wait to hear it. It'll definitely have some tasty bass work like all the others.

Following in line, here's me with that Bongo:

 

[ErlendDL]

Yeah, this one is in customs now...

I've posted here before, but I don't care, I'm too excited!

 

[guenter]

Yeah, this one is in customs now...

I've posted here before, but I don't care, I'm too excited!

Wow, looks very elegant. I'd say that this bass plays in the same league than the DDs.

The "StingRay" writing on the headstock looks red on this picture. Is it really red?

 

[ErlendDL]

Looks that way.

 

[danny-79]

Another Buttercreme 2005 L.E .

 

[Sting]

Since Electric Blue was offered for less than a year, does that make my SR5 an unofficial Limited Addition?

 

[guenter]

Both butter cremes of danny-79 and ErlendDL look great! But the red writing on the neckplates is the dot on the "i"

(Only the fretted version has the compensated nut - is it not used on fretless StingRays?)

 

[danny-79]

(Only the fretted version has the compensated nut - is it not used on fretless StingRays?)

I might be wrong so please correct me if so.
The compensated nut is designed to help with intonation, and frettless playing is all about intonation as you play to achieve the desired note/pitch, so a compensated nut wouldn't be at any advantage on a frettless (my frettless skills/knowledge is limited so...)
Just my impression.

 

[guenter]

I might be wrong so please correct me if so.
The compensated nut is designed to help with intonation, and fret less playing is all about intonation as you play to achieve the desired note/pitch, so a compensated nut wouldn't be at any advantage on a frettless (my frettless skills/knowledge is limited so...)
Just my impression

I can also only guess from what i see: the compensated nut only has an effect when the empty string is played, because it can not change the length of the swinging part of the string, if the string is pressed down.
I could also be wrong... but in case that i'm right it shouldn't matter if it is used on a fret-ted or fret-less bass.

Let's wait for other comments

 

[danny-79]

I can also only guess from what i see: the compensated nut only has an effect when the empty string is played, because it can not change the length of the swinging part of the string, if the string is pressed down.
I could also be wrong... but in case that i'm right it shouldn't matter if it is used on a fret-ted or fret-less bass.

Let's wait for other comments

Sounds good to me

Its got me thinking now... That was about the only explanation that i could think of so I'm guessing that there is more to it than what i said, both of my Stingray are fretted and the D.O.B of them is days apart, the L.E has the compensated nut while the Sunburst has the standard nut ?? so any ideas/thoughts on that would be interesting as well.

 

[MadMatt]

The compensating nut has the most effect on a fretted instrument. Essentially it shifts the strings slightly upward in relationship to the frets. Try a simple experiment. If you have a non-compensating nut instrument, adjust the indentation for the g string at the 12th fret (comparing to the flageoletts at the 12th fret) with a sensitive tuner. Get is as exact as you can and then play a fretted C on the G string. On an instrument without the compensating nut the C will be just a little flat (at least on mine it is). This difference is very small... in my case its smaller than the corrections I have to make on the fretless anyway (due to my sloppy fretless playing).

I assume, though non-clinical, "pseudo-scientific" research, that the compensating nut is simply not needed on a fretless bass... especially if its unlined

Now getting back on topic... That Buttercream with Tort pickguard really looks nice. The frettless one a few posts back has an amazingly aesthetic appearance. Very nice!

 

[TSanders]

Envy Green Ray:

 

[danny-79]

That is sweet! the M.O.P on the pot's really sets it off! Nice one

 

[drTStingray]

Nice envy green Ray = I've never seen one before only Bongos in this colour.

A couple of pics of my blue dawn 2007LE HH SR4 attached, also with replacement abalone pickguard.

 

[strummer]

Did anyone say Envy green Bongo?