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Old 11-15-2009, 08:06 AM
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Great Basses, but the chrome trussrod wheels looks cheap. I woul prefer the black ones.
Great first post.
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Old 11-15-2009, 08:08 AM
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after that review on the last page i'm chomping at the bit to get one. colour is seeming to matter less and less to me
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Old 11-15-2009, 08:14 AM
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Great first post.
And wrong.

How does chrome look cheap? People complained that the black battery covers look cheap, so black and chrome both look cheap?

I know, lets make a bass out of DIAMONDS.

No, actually, that would look so darn cheap.

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Old 11-15-2009, 08:20 AM
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And wrong.

How does chrome look cheap? People complained that the black battery covers look cheap, so black and chrome both look cheap.

I know, lets make a bass out of DIAMONDS.

No, actually, that would look so darn cheap.
Way too much "bling" as well, cheap "bling" though
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Old 11-15-2009, 08:20 AM
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Seriously: What's the technical and tonal differences between a stock 2-band as it can be ordered any day and a Classic Series?
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it's the chrome battery cover...
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Old 11-15-2009, 08:43 AM
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I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it's the chrome battery cover...
Chrome wiring or black wiring?
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Great first post.
- not my first post
- just my opinion. if it´s called "classic", there should only be features that could be found on earlier basses. i would like a black one much more...what´s the problem ?
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Old 11-15-2009, 12:46 PM
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- not my first post
I see your post count. If there is something about the numbers "1" and "2" that I don't get, well, I can be easily confused.


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- just my opinion. if it´s called "classic", there should only be features that could be found on earlier basses. i would like a black one much more...what´s the problem ?
No problem! I thought it was a great first post, if you like that whole "turd in the punch bowl" approach.

Me, meh, not so much, but then I'm from the South, and we're generally just nicer, maybe.

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if it´s called "classic", there should only be features that could be found on earlier basses. i would like a black one much more...what´s the problem ?
It's called 'classic' but there are elements of the more modern instruments which improve the functionality and ease of use in addition to the classic appointments...such as the truss wheel - the older rays did not have this at all. The 6 bolt neck plate, which is better than a 3 bolt (and 4 bolt for that matter). The bridge is redesigned so it lines up with the strings, unlike the earlier variants (or at least mine was slightly to one side to compensate).

And the chrome wheel looks COOL DAMMIT!!
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The chrome wheel looks great in person. The should sell them as an accessory.
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It's called 'classic' but there are elements of the more modern instruments which improve the functionality and ease of use in addition to the classic appointments...such as the truss wheel - the older rays did not have this at all. The 6 bolt neck plate, which is better than a 3 bolt (and 4 bolt for that matter). The bridge is redesigned so it lines up with the strings, unlike the earlier variants (or at least mine was slightly to one side to compensate).

And the chrome wheel looks COOL DAMMIT!!
Thank God for the truss wheel! I am at the Alabama theater in Myrtle Beach and my neck is still settling a bit after coming from Cali...it did not help I played her outside in the damp cold air of South Carolina last night in a huge open tent in the middle of a field..if this bass were not so easy to adjust I would be stuck playing someone else's bass to get by as I did not bring a backup...
all I can say is they are perfect just the way they are! Of course that is just my opinion after having actually seen and played one....

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Thank God for the truss wheel! I am at the Alabama theater in Myrtle Beach and my neck is still settling a bit after coming from Cali...it did not help I played her outside in the damp cold air of South Carolina last night in a huge open tent in the middle of a field..if this bass were not so easy to adjust I would be stuck playing someone else's bass to get by as I did not bring a backup...
all I can say is they are perfect just the way they are! Of course that is just my opinion after having actually seen and played one....

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Have you seen one in person?


Using the imagination I guess....

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Old 11-15-2009, 02:43 PM
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The chrome wheel looks great in person. The should sell them as an accessory.
You could make a pendant or an entire necklace. Great for Christmas gifts.
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