The Combo Club

[Giffro]

Yup - Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 5-string. Still my all time favorite bass and I had it from when I was roughly 30yrs. old to 40yrs. old. but as it was over 10.5lbs, I just had to sell it as I couldn't handle the three 45mins. sets with it.

I've been on the hunt for another main bass for the last 4 years and I think I've found it with a Lakland 55 02 - pic attached.

Benner

Welcome to the club BB and thanks for the bass pics. My EBMMSR5HH is 10.2lbs but pumps out a great sound. I use a 4" wide strap to hold the weight but it can get a bit heavy after a long set. Here's my baby with my Rumble 500 Combo and 115 cab.
Have a great time in the club.

 

[G-Dog]

Anyone had a chance to do a comparison of the Rumble 100 v3 and the GK MB112ii?

Rumble vs GK is a very common topic on TB, but I don't believe I've seen that specific comparison before. Here's a search list of several Rumble vs GK threads:

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Hope this helps.
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[iagtrplyr]

Welcome to the club BB and thanks for the bass pics. My EBMMSR5HH is 10.2lbs but pumps out a great sound. I use a 4" wide strap to hold the weight but it can get a bit heavy after a long set. Here's my baby with my Rumble 500 Combo and 115 cab.
Have a great time in the club.
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Thats a big piece of wood too, Giff, but it looks like it’d be fun to play. The neck appears to have doubled as a bat Babe Ruth used back in the ‘30s! Is it thick?

 

[Giffro]

Thats a big piece of wood too, Giff, but it looks like it’d be fun to play. The neck appears to have doubled as a bat Babe Ruth used back in the ‘30s! Is it thick?

I'm used to my Peavey 5 string and both are quite easy for me to play..I guess after 30+ years of playing a wider 5 string neck i'm used to it and dont find it hard work at all..you need a 5 Mike loll
EDIT: Neck Radius - 11" (27.9 cm), Neck Width - 1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at nut 2-3/4"" (69.9 mm) at last fret

 

[iagtrplyr]

I'm used to my Peavey 5 string and both are quite easy for me to play..I guess after 30+ years of playing a wider 5 string neck i'm used to it and dont find it hard work at all..you need a 5 Mike loll
EDIT: Neck Radius - 11" (27.9 cm), Neck Width - 1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at nut 2-3/4"" (69.9 mm) at last fret

That’s what the Reverend says to me all the time. I mine my four-string very much, thank you. 9 1/2” radius and, more importantly, 1 1/2” width at the nut. My lazy fingers have interest in stretching one micron farther. That’s my max!

 

[Giffro]

That’s what the Reverend says to me all the time. I mine my four-string very much, thank you. 9 1/2” radius and, more importantly, 1 1/2” width at the nut. My lazy fingers have interest in stretching one micron farther. That’s my max!

Your 4 string bass 1 1/2" at the nut..my 5 string MM 1 3/4" at the nut
What's a 1/4" between friends lolll

 

[G-Dog]

I'm used to my Peavey 5 string and both are quite easy for me to play..I guess after 30+ years of playing a wider 5 string neck i'm used to it and dont find it hard work at all..you need a 5 Mike loll
EDIT: Neck Radius - 11" (27.9 cm), Neck Width - 1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at nut 2-3/4"" (69.9 mm) at last fret

That’s what the Reverend says to me all the time. I mine my four-string very much, thank you. 9 1/2” radius and, more importantly, 1 1/2” width at the nut. My lazy fingers have interest in stretching one micron farther. That’s my max!

I found my nirvana in the 4-string BEAD tuning! And, with a .145 B string even my short scale Starcaster gets a rich, strong tone. Then, at church, through the house subs, the low B, C and D are truly inspirational.

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[Giffro]

I found my nirvana in the 4-string BEAD tuning! And, with a .145 B string even my short scale Starcaster gets a rich, strong tone. Then, at church, through the house subs, the low B, C and D are truly inspirational.

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That's another way of doing it. I have one of my 4 bangers tuned BEAD using an old 5 string set minus the G.
Thats a big B..i usually use 130's
EDIT: Biggest B I have is an EB Power Slinky at 135..that .145 would be like baling wire..lol I could build a dog proof fence around Australia with that..oh wait..thats already been built back in the 1800's lol
EDIT: A dog proof fence runs the entire inner circle of Australia to protect sheep and cattle farmers from wild dogs and dingoes. Its the longest fence in the world.
Dingo Fence - Wikipedia

 

[iagtrplyr]

Your 4 string bass 1 1/2" at the nut..my 5 string MM 1 3/4" at the nut
What's a 1/4" between friends lolll

The difference between owning a P and a J!

 

[Giffro]

The difference between owning a P and a J!

Had a Fender P with tort once back in the 70's..nice bass. Can't get along with a Fender J..lower offset body shape (J on the left in pic) is too unbalanced..too wide..makes it uncomfy for my style, where the P had a nice balanced shape..I tend to like more symmetrical body shapes..then again I own a Ric 4003 loll oh well...to each their own lol

 

[GwenOnBass]

BEAD tuning isn't something on my plate with the new La Bella Low Tension Flats on my CHB-1. Medium scale, that is. I'd say the silks might be oxblood, or perhaps black cherry.

 

[GonePlaid]

I'm used to my Peavey 5 string and both are quite easy for me to play..I guess after 30+ years of playing a wider 5 string neck i'm used to it and dont find it hard work at all..you need a 5 Mike loll
EDIT: Neck Radius - 11" (27.9 cm), Neck Width - 1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at nut 2-3/4"" (69.9 mm) at last fret

 

[GonePlaid]

The difference between owning a P and a J!

 

[SoulReflection]

Thats a big piece of wood too, Giff, but it looks like it’d be fun to play. The neck appears to have doubled as a bat Babe Ruth used back in the ‘30s! Is it thick?

Could you use it to shovel snow, Mike?

 

[GonePlaid]

Could you use it to shovel snow, Mike?

Thankfully, not a problem this Mike will ever deal with again(1964-first time I saw snow, shoveling it at boot camp, Great Lakes NTC)

 

[Giffro]

Thankfully, not a problem this Mike will ever deal with again(1964-first time I saw snow, shoveling it at boot camp, Great Lakes NTC)

What's snow? lol

 

[Giffro]

Actually Mike GP I wrote about playing my Peavey 5 for 30+ years..thats just the Peavey..I started out when I was 11 or 12 and got my dad to buy me a beat up old home made 4 string P style bass at a pawnbrokers here in Adelaide in 1963 for a cheap price..well poor dad had to buy me a secondhand pawn brokers amp (Goldentone amp) a month later..my old dad came to watch me play many of my gigs over the years before he passed away in 2015. He never regretted buying me the musical gear that gave me the reason to be on this forum today.
At 68 now I love being a bass player this past 57 or so years.

 

[RodRy]

Welcome to the club BB and thanks for the bass pics. My EBMMSR5HH is 10.2lbs but pumps out a great sound. I use a 4" wide strap to hold the weight but it can get a bit heavy after a long set. Here's my baby with my Rumble 500 Combo and 115 cab.
Have a great time in the club.
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Normally, I don't like maple fretboards, but on your bass, it just looks right.

 

[RodRy]

That's another way of doing it. I have one of my 4 bangers tuned BEAD using an old 5 string set minus the G.
Thats a big B..i usually use 130's
EDIT: Biggest B I have is an EB Power Slinky at 135..that .145 would be like baling wire..lol I could build a dog proof fence around Australia with that..oh wait..thats already been built back in the 1800's lol
EDIT: A dog proof fence runs the entire inner circle of Australia to protect sheep and cattle farmers from wild dogs and dingoes. Its the longest fence in the world.
Dingo Fence - Wikipedia

Yeah, that's what I come here for: bass talk and dog history!

 

[RodRy]

I found my nirvana in the 4-string BEAD tuning! And, with a .145 B string even my short scale Starcaster gets a rich, strong tone. Then, at church, through the house subs, the low B, C and D are truly inspirational.

I have not gone to those extremes (I have an ESP 5), but I do have a Jazz with flatwounds tuned DGCF. Makes for a good in-between bass, and sounds authoritative.