Out with the old...

[Paul_C]

I decided a while ago to dispose of pretty much all my basses apart from my Bongo 4, which included a Modulus Sonic Hammer (forerunner of the Flea Bass).

I hadn't managed to sell it, but today I did get this in exchange for it

A lined fretless SR4 - late '95 by the serial number, now strung with my preferred "girly" 30-90 strings and sounding great.


P.

 

[Randracula]

Good Score.......That's a nice looking Ray!

 

[Psycho Ward]

Now that is a great bass! Enjoy her!

 

[Chris C]

..."girly" 30-90 strings...

Hey... they may be girly strings, but not many of us have the finesse to use them. I love super light gauge strings (30-90 or 35-95 when I have to tune down a half step). They get a certain sound that I love from a Stingray that just doen't happen with the typical telephone cables.

And... that's a killer bass! It could be a twin to my fretted 'Ray.

 

[shamus63]

Damn, even the fretboard has nice grain!

You did alright!

 

[recover82]

looks like our old coffee table. i like it man, nice score.

 

[Paul_C]

as usual, I'm trying out new scratchplates/pickguards on it

I like the original black, possibly more than that abalone, but I'm wondering what else to try (I'm not a big tort fan, which will no doubt disappoint a lot of you )

Maybe black pearloid ?

P.

 

[Figjam]

Black looks best. Tort is the only other thing that I tihnk looks great on fretless, natural beauties.

 

[IkaruShizzlemah]

Ooooooooh yeah, that is one fine Ray.

I am kind of partial to natural colored fretless' though.

Ikaru

 

[silverburst]

Tortoise or maybe clear?

 

[dlloyd]

Clear would look great on that.

 

[kakobass]

Nice Ray. The black pickguard looks fantastic, even better than tortoise, I think.

About strings, I had my Sterling strung with GHS Boomers 30-90 and recently switched to Slinkys .100. Man! What a difference!

I have been a fan of light strings for a while, but these .100 make my Sterling sound so much better.


On fretless, I already use .95, since you can really benefit from the low tension to maximize mwah.

 

[Bill]

That's beautiful!! I'd do either tort or good ol' black for the pickguard.

 

[Hutton]

Keep it black!

 

[KennethB]

I'd go with good old black on that one. It's a nice bass you've got there! You still got your translucent blue, Paul?

 

[RitchieDarling]

A lined fretless SR4 - late '95 by the serial number, now strung with my preferred "girly" 30-90 strings and sounding great.


P.

Hey! I prefer 35-85!

How's that for girly!

Ritchie

 

[Paul_C]

I'd go with good old black on that one. It's a nice bass you've got there! You still got your translucent blue, Paul?

Yes, still got the blue one too

I've for once agreed with the masses and gone back to black - after looking through the gallery of MMs I couldn't find anything I liked more than the black.

P.