FT Music Man Stingray 4HH Vintage Sunburst MINTY!! With upgrade! FOR YOUR 5

pedroims · #1 11-05-2009, 09:00 PM

This is a 2008 Music Man Stingray 4HH. Its in MINT condition. Include a John East BTB-MMSR 4 knob preamp ($230 value) professionally installed that delivers vintage pre-EB tone when the mid knob is in the center detente, but also features a sweepable mid control knob (see pic).. I will include the original factory preamp as well if for some reason you want to switch it back out. It also has dunlop strap pins already installed. It comes with a MM original HS case in perfect condition just few scratches on but thats what the cases are, right? I would like to keep it but I need the extra string for sake of simplicty. Lakland, Stingrays, Valenti, Sadowsky, let me know, i can add some cash from my side

Now for sale, $ 1200 and you got both preamps.

Blueser · #2 11-05-2009, 09:02 PM

Any pics?

pedroims · #3 11-05-2009, 09:10 PM

pics added

loend68 · #4 11-05-2009, 09:26 PM

Gorgeous!! I wish I was in the position to grab this......sooo.....

Free bump!

oli@bass · #5 11-06-2009, 05:25 AM

Very nice StingRay! The burst is beautiful on this one, and judging from the visible wood grain it might even be a one piece body.

pedroims · #6 11-07-2009, 07:27 AM

bumpy

pedroims · #7 11-08-2009, 07:51 AM

bumpy,now for sale too

pedroims · #8 11-08-2009, 04:55 PM

I just bought a fiver so this beauty stays with me. Thanks for all the offers

pedroims · #9 01-26-2010, 08:33 PM

bump, now accepting 4's

tommixx · #10 01-26-2010, 11:58 PM

What does she weigh?

Peace,

T

brothernewt · #11 01-27-2010, 04:32 AM

At the risk of derailing... how's the East preamp? Does it do the pre-eb thing it claims well?

I've been really toying with the idea of getting one, but haven't seen an actual review/comparison, and it's a little spendy for an experiment right now.

oli@bass · #12 01-27-2010, 04:56 AM

If it had a maple neck, I'd be in deep deep trouble... the burst on this one looks really fantastic!

Blackbird23005 · #13 01-27-2010, 06:53 AM

PM sent.

pedroims · #14 01-27-2010, 08:57 AM

pm's replied, very good offers, waiting for pics but bass still available.

I have never played an original pre-EB, but you can hear a noticeable change with the East pre amp, it emulate the pre EB sound very well plus the mid-control give you more flexibility. Weight is about 9.5 pounds on my right hand scale.

Geddyfleaharris · #15 01-27-2010, 04:14 PM

Bump for a killer looking bass.

wjaz · #16 01-27-2010, 06:20 PM

Excuse me asking a dumb question perhaps, but what is a pre-EB tone?
How is it different from the tone of a regular, single-humbucker MM?

tonybassboss · #17 01-28-2010, 12:31 AM

If you know what the vintage sound .... then you know what it is ...

oli@bass · #18 01-28-2010, 02:59 AM

The so called "pre-EB" sound, is essentially the sound of the 2 band preamp which is still available from EBMM, but very rarely found in stores. Interestingly enough, it's quite common in Europe especially Germany and France. The main difference is that the 2 band preamp has shelving type EQ versus the 3 band having a peak EQ (as suggested above) but the center frequencies are essentially the same. And with a little bit of tweaking the 3 band can be made to sound pretty close to the 2 band preamp.

However, a preamp with 2 band characterisitics featuring a parametric mid control, that sounds quite interesting!

Blackbird23005 · #19 01-28-2010, 07:26 AM

Pictures sent!

pedroims · #20 01-28-2010, 12:24 PM

thanks everybody for the offers, this beauty is on its way to blackbird's home