anyone not like musicman basses?

[hyp.spec]

Am I the only one who doesn't really care for Musicman Basses? I've played Bongo's and Sterling's and Stingray's and haven't been impressed...

I much prefer a Warwick... but at the same time I know alot of people despise them too...


AM I ALONE?

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Your not alone.

Its all about variety.

Im interested tho, what didnt you like about the EB basses? The feel, the tone? both?

Im quite the opposite, just dont like warwick, feel or sound.

But again, its all subjective, just be glad we get the selection there is

 

[BZadlo]

You should check out an old one. The pre Ernie Ball stingrays are much different.

 

[Waspinators]

They're okay, but I prefer Fenders.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

I like the sound and range the Bongos have. I would buy one if the right one presented itself.........a Stealth 4H I really don't care for the other EB basses. I've had a few, not my thang.

 

[maconbass]

LOVE the tone. HATE the feel, weight, uneven output from string to string, etc. (Speaking of SR5)

 

[BigBassBob]

I've never been keen on MM basses either. I've tried numerous Stingray 4s 5s and a few Sterlings but I've never played one that has impressed me. I love the aesthetics of stingrays but they just don't seem to get on with me. The oil finished necks feel really uncomfortable and I've never been happy with the tone. Then again, I've heard some MM basses live that have sounded awesome but I can't get them to work with me. I'll also say that I played a brand new cherry sunburst 'ray before with a maple fretboard that suffered from sprouting frets that left with me a bitter taste in regards to MM.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I like then, but I wish they had 19mm spacing on the 5 strings and I wish the bongos had a non-painted neck. I really like the 4HH Stingrays.

 

[hyp.spec]

I did not like the sound, or the finish - it seemed to 'produced' if I had to give it a quality.

I really dig basses with tonal variety and that have a natural wood finish, like Ibanez SR series and all the Warwicks.

And as far as fender's go, I don't care for them. I've tried as many as I could find, and I just don't like the tones on them.

I guess I'm an oddball

 

[Edword]

I don't care for the feel of either my Stingray or Warwick, but I like how they sound.

 

[Andrew Jones]

I've learned that allot of singers don't like them.


I believe it's something about that aggressive sound that fights with them in the mix.



Aj

 

[mongo2]

I'm not much for the EBMM Stingray or Sterling but I do like the EBMM Bongo and the early 2 band MM Stingrays.

 

[eastcoasteddie]

I absolutely LOVE my mid 90's Stingray4 with 3 band eq. I had a fretless version of it, too and it was totally awesome.
I always wanted a 5, but after playing a new one in a store I wasn't impressed at all. Didn't like the neck and the HH configuration for some reason didn't do it for me in the sound department.
I really like a Warwick Thumb 5, though...friggin sweet.

 

[Parabolic Box]

Am I the only one who doesn't really care for Musicman Basses? I've played Bongo's and Sterling's and Stingray's and haven't been impressed...

I much prefer a Warwick... but at the same time I know alot of people despise them too...


AM I ALONE?

I must say, I'm quite the opposite. I quite like MM basses, and could care less about Warwicks.

 

[Fnord Explorer]

I've never liked Stingrays. The necks aren't comfortable to me and I'm never too keen on the tone. Clackity-clack!

 

[Gasman]

I like my stingray, but it has a signature sound, which some like and some don't. It's not as versatile as, say, a jazz, but that's kind of what I like about it- nothing else will sound like it. I like my FNA jazzman corvette, but it's a special edition with a MM humbucker and a single coil.

 

[realdeal]

...I have pasted your post in the EBMM forum, and you will soon be besieged by crazed fan-boys who can find no wrong with "Big Poppa" basses!

OK WAIT---I own a Sterling single-H fretted 4, natural ash, tortoise pg. Absolutely beautiful.
It's my 2nd Sterling. Concern-
My 1st had a birds-eye neck, much nicer than the "plain" maple used now. No big, but there it is.
The compensated nut is a nice upgrade, I believe but here we go-

There MOST DEF is a problem with a lower output on the G-string. It's there. Yes, I can compensate with the amp eq, and have done pup adjustments, etc. etc.
It's kinda like they don't want to admit it's there!
I have seen this addressed on their Forum AFTER I noticed it (thought I was hearing weird), and so help me, what I got out of the posters there was "It's all good, etc. etc."
NOT- that it was/is a design/electronic flaw of some sort and should be addressed.
Apparently it's there on others instruments too.

I'm not here to slag MM's, I dig the Sterling and it gets a LOT of stage time, along with my G&L, my Tobias, my Warwick, and my
'69-P-Bass ! ! ! Too good to be true!

But that is an issue I have with EBMM, other than that, they are da bomb in every way re: build, tone, and feel.
Good stuff, but I think that there is a design flaw....
No?

 

[capnsandwich]

I've never owned one myself but I played a Sterling that a friend brought to the studio and I wasn't impressed with the feel of the neck. I know Dave LaRue plays one and while I love his chops and playing, I really don't like his tone, which I picture to be the Sting Ray tone.

 

[Oscar South]

I used to love them but after playing some Yamaha basses I would never go back. Necks are too fat, tone isn't versatile enough and the newer 2 pickup versions look ugly compared to the old 1 bridge pickup models.

 

[thesteve]

I tried out an EBMM 5 once and it just didn't excite me. I've always dug the look of the EBMMs, and I really liked the way this one sounded, but the neck just didn't feel right to me (compared to my Fender MIA Jazz V).