Yeah that’s what I was thinking too.
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Kind of amazing how “tinny” the Stingray sounds in almost all situations - a bit disappointing actually…
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It sounds like it might be biased a little too much towards the bridge pickup.
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I tried a few stingrays in the past and they all were very focused in the midrange, which means they tend to sound thinner than some average modern basses. but it’s not always a bad thing.
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Yeah as I mentioned I think it sounds awesome, almost overdriven.
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Has anybody mentioned the Reverend Wattplower yet?
I like those too. Kinda fits in with my desire for a short scale SG type bass - and I’d prefer a Greco to a Gibson in that department btw.
Greco Short scale SG type bass. No idea what’s with the white paint, but I could live with it.
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I love these basses! Great vibe, killer look. Thanks for the share.
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The coolest bass is the bass you are playing.
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I am in love
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OMG the woodwork on that Dingwalls is just beyond sexy!
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O.M.D! It looks gorgeous! The low end has a husky growl. The high end sounds like Stanley Clarke (School Days era).
I’m guessing the one downside is the price.
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It just goes to show that cheap bass porn can be as good as the expensive stuff.
Just been into my local guitar shop looking at amps and thought I would have a look at the basses as well (as you do) and came across a Jackson JS3Q Spectra IV in amber blue burst.
This felt like a really expensive guitar. The finish and feel were excellent with a bound fretboard and the paint job (which is a little more subtle in real life)
I couldn’t believe it when they told me the price…
£260
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So you bought it 
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Some nice features on that thing; active/passive switch, pickup coil splitter switch, 3-band EQ, nice bridge, dual humbuckers, 24 frets.
Poplar body with a maple top. Was it heavy?
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@howard It was not heavy at all compared to the P bass next to it. I feels like a very small guitar. I thought it was a short scale bass when I picked it up and next to the other basses there it looked really short. For the money it is one hell of a bass.
Jackson are made by Fender so that maybe why they can do it for the price.
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Decided to go pedal shopping in Ochanomizu today. No luck but I do admit the tube screamer on the left was tempting…
Anyway, I resisted the lure of the ESP custom shop but I couldn’t resist Kurosawa’s bass specialty shop. It’s a whole annex packed layers deep with amazing basses.
They just kind of go on and on like that. This is the “normal” room too; they have another full of Ateliers, Foderas and so on.
I admit they are where I got my avatar idea 
There’s maybe a half dozen places like this in Ochanomizu, with a ton of smaller shops, all on the same few blocks.
I really love these Amethyst SR2400’s. Nice Warwick there too.
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Oh. My. Deities! 
How is there not a world full of Japanese bassists?
I can guaranty there aren’t that many basses in all the music shops from Edinburgh to Inverness - quite possibly not in all the music shops in Scotland. I’m not kidding; I was in a music shop in Edinburgh a few weeks ago that specialises in bass instruments - wind or string - and even they only had about 15 basses on the racks.
And that’s just one shop?
[faints] 
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There is!
Yep. It is one of the best ones though, along with ESP and some high end shops.
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Suddenly this whole “bass porn” moniker makes a lot of sense 
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