Recent content by drTSTingray

Congratulations - that’s a great bass. I have one with the white pickguard and white pick up cover - it came like that when I bought it new in 2010 - at the time you could choose pick up cover, pickguard and between maple or rosewood board. It is a very close match to fiesta red, as shown in...

Not sure where that notion has arisen. I have them on my 2010 Stingray Classic (which has strings through the body) and they are not too short.

I think I may have posted these before elsewhere but here goes!!

Also 50 short scale Tim Commerford Signature basses, and 50 long scale (one of which I have) are passive. An excellent and versatile bass.

Sorry to hear it didn’t work out but I’m loving your new burst - beautiful. Now as for for blue sparkle, you definitely need aqua sparkle if you love blue

Same song with Pino playing it (live) - ps he goes ballistic from about 5.40 One of my biggest bass influences!!

Good to see members of the bass fraternity (or sisterhood) have been keeping themselves up to date!!!! The Stingray Special (introduced 2018) has pick ups poles which align with the strings perfectly (for aesthetic reasons - the alignment makes little if any difference to the functionality as...

Have have 2 bands, 3 bands and 3 band Stingray Specials. The Stingray Specials score full marks always - I see these as being the pinnacle of Stingrays although ymmv. That’s not to say I don’t really like the 2 bands as well. I’m seriously thinking about a natural one!! I also have at the back...

It’s interesting that in 1978, Musicman stopped shipping Stingrays with flats, moving to GHS rounds. My new Stingray in 1980 came with rounds - that really was the sound of a Stingray as far as I was concerned - I’m pretty sure Louis Johnson didn’t use flatwounds!! I’m pretty sure Bernard...

It’s definitely as almost seafoam as the classic is almost fiesta (but not quite - see attached comparison with 60 P). Here it is with its pastel shade sibling!!

Absolutely - The Vault exclusive, according to the marketing. However, I have come across Vault instruments being sold by retailers (in the U.K.). Specifically Kingpin Stingrays and Crescendo Bongos. Presumably nothing to stop them from ordering them via The Vault?

Thanks - and yes I’ve still got it (still with black pg ex your good self ;):thumbsup: there wasn’t room to fit it in that photo and I’m also conscious that Scott Ball once sort of told me off on here, I think, for calling it blue!! When I went to collect it from Andertons, we unboxed it next to...

I don’t know if any of you have tried to take a square on photo of several basses but owing to the perspective change the ones off centre, even though the dimensions can be identical, can look different sizes - same with people. It’s especially true of apparent inconsistencies in string...

The Stingray Classic does not have an epoxied preamp. The first EBMM bass with that was the 2016 40th Anniversary Old Smoothie. I would be interested to know, if like the 1976 BFR model, tantalum capacitors are used in the electronics in this model - it certainly seems to have the longer pole...

I used car products on the tuners on my recently acquired 1992 SR5H - Meguiars scratch remover to be precise!! I’ve used T Cut to remove reasonable deep scratches as well.