Torture Tuesday, Morning Ya'll

[Psychicpet]

White p/u!!!! ahhhh.... that si absolutely the coolest looking feature to any MM bass. Great binding too Dave.

hey BP...... any chances of throwing in some white p/u's to the list of 3000 options for Bongos and new dual p/u Rays/Sterlings??

 

[TSanders]

Very nice bass Dave.

 

[scottbass71]

Nice bass dave I still personally like the fretless bass ( last weeks torture)

I want to reiterate colins question how do you get hold of these rare treasures??

thanks

Scott

 

[Big Poppa]

Daave keep up the good posting

 

[Musicman Nut]

Daave keep up the good posting

Thanks Big Poppa,
Ya know i see these guys all the time bringing me basses with replaced parts trying to make their bass better, and they ask the same ole questions, " CAN YOU PUT IT BACK TOO STOCK ".

It's like these guys that have these custom $6000 basses, when you hear them live they all sound like they wish their bass was a MM or a J bass, lol
it's so funny.

I'd like too save them the money and hassel, I spent many years experimenting and testing the strings thru the body and top loaded bridges..

And apples for apples a 2 band EB over a 2 Band 1970's Stingray and this was what i have discovered

ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN STINGRAYS

Ernie Ball Stingrays actully had more sustain because of better frets and better crowning on the frets to give the string a much better point.

Ernie Ball Necks we're 1000% straighter and ZERO issuses
Ernie Ball Bodies are contoured which feel 100% better to play on a given 4 to 5 hour gig.
Ernie Ball Music Man Basss take 20 minutes too set up.

LEO FENDER MUSIC MAN BASSES
70's stingrays wouldn't sustain very well even though Strings went through the body.

Fret's we're pretty much very small til 1978 which gave the bass next to nothing for sustain.

Leo Fender music man necks, felt very well but 9 out of 10 could never be perfectly straight, WHY? Bad trust rod design.

Leo Fender Slab Music Man Stingray Bodies we're always too heavey and very unconfortable.

Leo Fender Music Man Preamps had many Problems with cheap resistors which caused the famous " Motor Boating efect "

Leo Fender, Music mans took an hour or more to set up due too many reasons, Micro Tilt Idea just never worked,

raise the heel of the neck off the body and guess what. WOW no sustain at all, imagine, i now have low action but no bottom.
Hm not too good for my ears.

So the bottom Line here, Some Things get Better with Newer Technology. This is why i own 70 some Ernie Ball Music mans and 1 Leo Fender 1977 inca Silver.

Thanks For Your Time, Dave Jeffrey

 

[AnthonyD]

Dave, great analysis!

I was saying the same thing to my cousin a few days back re: vintage equipment.

While I can appreciate some vintage equipment, in some cases there's a very good reason why "they don't make them like they used to!"

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Dave...that's why I love my Pre-EB

[ thought motor-boating was the electro capacitors ;^) ]

 

[Musicman Nut]

Dave, great analysis!

I was saying the same thing to my cousin a few days back re: vintage equipment.

While I can appreciate some vintage equipment, in some cases there's a very good reason why "they don't make them like they used to!"

Where Big Poppa Has his **** together is right here, He's an amazing smart guy due im sure to his own many years of playing, He uses C&C machines to cut his wood but yet Still Human hands to shape the necks, not too ruff sand them but too SHAPE the necks, So end result, you have a Very Sraight Neck but feels incredible. Dave Jeffrey

 

[NorM]

After I play my EBMM for four hours, I'm ready to play for four more.

 

[Psycho Ward]

All I know is of my 11 basses my SR5 is the only one that I haven’t had to do anything but play it. Straight out of the box it was and still is perfect. Being left handed I’ve never got to “try before you buy” a bass, and more than once I’ve been disappointed with a new bass that comes out of the box.

This is why I eagerly await the Bongo, it’s an EBMM.


And God bless you Mr. Jeffrey, every time I catch flack for having 11 basses I bring up your massive collection and things calm down…. Thank you!