‘23 Short Scale Stingray!

[Tim Skaggs]

How does a passive preamp work? How do you get a volume & bass boost out of passive electronics? Sounds like marketing got EB management to agree on some questionable wording…..

 

[Andy Marshman]

Put me down for a Seashell, please!

Actually, I have a Sterling SS in Daphne Blue and I'm fine with it. No need for an upgrade for me.

I've got the same one in white - passive, short scale SBMM. Not craving the Music Man instruments; they're out of my range price-wise plus I'm delighted with the Sterling.

 

[DonaldR]

The black one but with a maple fretboard would have been georgous.

 

[tb-player]

Would it kill them to do a honeyburst bass again? Hands down the best colorway they ever did. Maybe someday!

 

[bassrique]

Why keep calling it a "boost"? It's passive.

 

[Toadcaster]

I'm just a hack, so, keep that in mind as I ask this question...are these really going to be $1,900 better than the Sterling counterpart? Or, is it mostly a pride of ownership thing, which I understand?

 

[Bassdoggydogg]

It doesn't look like they come with an EBMM case, unless I'm just missing it? The passive pick up thing is also throwing me off. I think I'd probably just spend half the price on a US G&L Fallout, Fender mustang, or a third of the price on a Sterling if I wanted a shorty.

 

[Tanner5382]

Would it kill them to do a honeyburst bass again? Hands down the best colorway they ever did. Maybe someday!

One of the best burst finishes of all time imo, of any manufacturer.

 

[Bikeguy57]

Off the top of my head…
They make the JMJ 30”. They make a whole line of 30” Mustang with traditional PJ pickups.
And for better or worse basses represent about 5% of their electric instrument sales and when you add acoustic that becomes much lower. So the bump in sales would be negative to the cost of launching a new model. A big manufacturer works on turns and margins. They’re already doing us a favor making regular basses. See Gibson.
Not saying I like it. But I get it.

I said Precision and Jazz. I'm well aware of the Mustang.

 

[Bikeguy57]

Wut.

That's like half their lineup these days.

Do you have any examples?

 

[scuzzy]

maybe a BFR in Dargie Delight 2? that would be hawt.

be hard to find a better build on a factory SS.

 

[maturanesa]

Neo pickups seems to be a good options but i iguess the magnets are quite powerfull in order to use huge polepieces, work better with closed pups. And the basses are passive. They probably sound too bright, dont know, best thing is to try them.

 

[Killing Floor]

I said Precision and Jazz. I'm well aware of the Mustang.

I hear that. But the difference is nominal change in body shape. That’s ALL. So it’s purely an aesthetics issue. My point is Fender already addresses this in full and that it would cost them more to issue and promote and produce a lineup of 30” P basses or J basses than they would profit to do so. It’s economics.
And they’re perfectly willing to have the 20 customers go by somewhere else.

 

[HardNHeavy]

Brulee or the Blue

 

[Derry Murbles]

Man if they could put that pacific blue burst on a Serling 4H, I'm in immediately.

 

[Bikeguy57]

I hear that. But the difference is nominal change in body shape. That’s ALL. So it’s purely an aesthetics issue. My point is Fender already addresses this in full and that it would cost them more to issue and promote and produce a lineup of 30” P basses or J basses than they would profit to do so. It’s economics.
And they’re perfectly willing to have the 20 customers go by somewhere else.

Thanks for the reply, but I was referring to a REAL precision bass and Jazz bass, not a Mustang shaped object. Fender Japan has nice examples, but not here.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I love them all, but the brûlée really caught my eye. They are expensive, but they are worth it if you can afford the price.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

The seashell is a nice subdued opal kind of color.

It’s still no trans green, though…

 

[SulzerType2]

Calling it a passive preamp but suggesting it has a boost feature is slightly annoying!

 

[SulzerType2]

How does a passive preamp work? How do you get a volume & bass boost out of passive electronics? Sounds like marketing got EB management to agree on some questionable wording…..

At a guess the 'boost' is the full output of the pickup and it is otherwise padded down somehow in the other setting.