Played a SUB Ray4 and loved it!

[Steadfast]

Did the fender neck fit with no mods? I am guessing not.

Actually, it took very little trimming of the outer edges of the neck in order to fit.

 

[Fumble Fingers]

Have owned mine for 5-6 years now. No problems with the tuners. Bridge is fine. I did toss the original electronics and put a full active EMG package in and it kills. Just did a gig with mine last weekend. I plan to get another.

I have had one for about 3 years. Tuners stripped into 6 months of owning it. Replaced easily with Hipshot Ultralites. Funny how some of us have had problems. I also had one of the older models that had the wonky volume issue couple with a preamp that was too hot. Replaced pickup and electronics with EMG. Bass kicks ass now. I understand they addressed the subpar electronics on the new models?

 

[skyline_01]

I have had one for about 3 years. Tuners stripped into 6 months of owning it. Replaced easily with Hipshot Ultralites. Funny how some of us have had problems. I also had one of the older models that had the wonky volume issue couple with a preamp that was too hot. Replaced pickup and electronics with EMG. Bass kicks ass now. I understand they addressed the subpar electronics on the new models?

Mine had the wonky volume and hot preamp issue too. I installed a Nordy 2-band pre and it fixed both issues beautifully, plus now it sounds even better than it did.

 

[Steadfast]

What years were the wonky ones?

Mine had the wonky volume and hot preamp issue too. I installed a Nordy 2-band pre and it fixed both issues beautifully, plus now it sounds even better than it did.

 

[Fumble Fingers]

If it has a large SUB on the headstock it could be in the wonky batch. Once they moved to the more elegant logo (earlier this year??) I'm told they addressed the issue. I believe factories were changed at the same time (Indonesia to China).

 

[summerson1]

Absolutely.

Which preamp did you go with? I'm kind of an EMG fan so if I end up with one I might look into this. And did you keep it 9v?

 

[DWBass]

I have had one for about 3 years. Tuners stripped into 6 months of owning it. Replaced easily with Hipshot Ultralites. Funny how some of us have had problems. I also had one of the older models that had the wonky volume issue couple with a preamp that was too hot. Replaced pickup and electronics with EMG. Bass kicks ass now. I understand they addressed the subpar electronics on the new models?

Mine had the volume issue and I did the mod but the whole system was just too hot. So I just trashed the stock electronics for the EMG setup. Much better. I still had to drop the pickup down almost flush to the body.

 

[DWBass]

Which preamp did you go with? I'm kind of an EMG fan so if I end up with one I might look into this. And did you keep it 9v?

EMG BTC (Vol/Treb/Bass). Pickup is the EMG MMcs. Found the entire setup for sale here on Talkbass for $60. I'm almost sure my tech made it 18v adding a battery under the pickguard. Not sure. Will have to ask him. LOL

 

[filler83]

I;m 50/50 with pick and fingers plus i play VERY hard
It doesnt do it for me, no clank but some people probaly like it
Can't really get my Jason Newsted and Justin Chancellor tones out of it

What bass do you use to get those tones?

 

[Jason Harris]

What bass do you use to get those tones?

A 89 Warwick Streamer NT, gets pretty much identical to the black album tone
My Ibanez BTB 1605e gets a ...And justice for all tone
My Schecter Johnny Christ gets a 10,000 days tone
I typically don't typically like MM pickups and prefer single coils but the schecter with guitar pickup adds alot!

 

[filler83]

A 89 Warwick Streamer NT, gets pretty much identical to the black album tone
My Ibanez BTB 1605e gets a ...And justice for all tone
My Schecter Johnny Christ gets a 10,000 days tone
I typically don't typically like MM pickups and prefer single coils but the schecter with guitar pickup adds alot!

Thanks!