found a graperay :p

[johans]

guys ..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3778026459&rd=1

a graperay there .. but the price is way too steep i think

 

[spectorbassguy]

guys ..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3778026459&rd=1

a graperay there .. but the price is way too steep i think

Can't see any woodgrain.....did MM ever make a solid purple?

 

[johans]

no idea too todd

i like yours better though

 

[spectorbassguy]

no idea too todd

i like yours better though

Me too - 'cause it's here and didn't cost $1600 + U.S.!

 

[johans]

yeaH!

 

[johans]

so todd .. after you trade off your bongo what's your main concern for trading it by the way? thought you really like it?

 

[cgworkman]

I'd jump all over that Grape SR5 if it was local!!

Is that a solid finish or translucent?

 

[spectorbassguy]

so todd .. after you trade off your bongo what's your main concern for trading it by the way? thought you really like it?

I've just really been digging the SR5 tone. Granted I can get a LOT of different sounds out of the Bongo but not that exact SR tone. And that's the one that yanks my crank (pardon the expression). It just sounds like a truer bass sound IMO.
Plus the room that the SR bucker provides accomodates my "Lower 17 percentile" style of slapping much better than the Bongo.

 

[TSanders]

I've just really been digging the SR5 tone. Granted I can get a LOT of different sounds out of the Bongo but not that exact SR tone. And that's the one that yanks my crank (pardon the expression). It just sounds like a truer bass sound IMO.
Plus the room that the SR bucker provides accomodates my "Lower 17 percentile" style of slapping much better than the Bongo.

I understand. I own a Single H Bongo, and am VERY satisfied with it, but Im still GASing for a StingRay 5. Theres just something about the sound of a StingRay 5 thats really good. I am also a big fan of the 3 way switch.

 

[johans]

out of the 3 switches ..
i kept it on the rightmost one
and never change it

 

[TSanders]

with my past StingRay 5s and Sterlings I used the bridge and neck settings live. I had a couple studio sessions where the middle setting came in handy with some acoustic tracks.

 

[FireAarro]

I think there's a purple 'Ray in Melbourne too. Not sure if it's transparent or solid though, if it's transparent it's a pretty opaque transparent. Unfortunately the shop's prices on it are pretty high and the strings are ages old plus the neck's grimy and uncleaned.

 

[Bubba Love]

a graperay there .. but the price is way too steep i think

You'd think so, wouldn't you? That's just how it is in the UK. £900 is a pretty reasonable price to pay for a second hand Stingray fiver in the UK. List price is about £1100 iirc, so when you take into account the rare finish, £900's pretty good. We always have to pay more than in America, even when you allow for the currency conversion. Strange.

 

[johans]

strange :|

is that one of the measures taken so that europeans will own and buy european-made basses than us made? just wondering ...

 

[Bubba Love]

I'm no economist, but it would actually encourage us to buy stuff from abroad. A typical bongo 4 from Basscentral is $1645, which is £880 in english money. That's about a £200 saving from the usual english retail price, in theory. However, you lose a lot of that saving when you factor in VAT and import tax. I was considering buying my bongo from the USA until I found out EB wouldn't want anything to do with it if anything went wrong.

It's the same with a whole bunch of stuff. Loads of electrical goods, clothes, etc are cheaper in the USA. In fact, I've found that for a lot of things, if you take how much something costs you in the UK in sterling, that's approx. how much it will cost you in america in dollars. Say a CD costs you £14 in england, it'll cost you about $14 in america.

It just rules living in england

 

[johans]

I'm no economist, but it would actually encourage us to buy stuff from abroad. A typical bongo 4 from Basscentral is $1645, which is £880 in english money. That's about a £200 saving from the usual english retail price, in theory. However, you lose a lot of that saving when you factor in VAT and import tax. I was considering buying my bongo from the USA until I found out EB wouldn't want anything to do with it if anything went wrong.

It's the same with a whole bunch of stuff. Loads of electrical goods, clothes, etc are cheaper in the USA. In fact, I've found that for a lot of things, if you take how much something costs you in the UK in sterling, that's approx. how much it will cost you in america in dollars. Say a CD costs you £14 in england, it'll cost you about $14 in america.

It just rules living in england

whoaah ..

man ..
do you all earns much much more than us? at least your musical instruments costs way much higher than ours ..

 

[Bubba Love]

I don't know actually, I donk know what a typical salary is in the US. Typical starting salary for a teacher here is about £17k, but I feel we're moving away from the subject of juicy fresh graperays

 

[Musicfreak1988]

EB did make a solid purple finish. I believe it was called pearl purple.