EBMM StingRay Classic Club

[RGerhart]

Yea tort would look awesome. There's an gorgeous spitfire stingray guard on reverb right now!!! Spitfire Ernie Ball Stingray Classic And Standard 2018 Red Tortoise Shell | Reverb

It's all you bud! These go for $300+ new with a long wait time. They don't pop up often. No affiliation!

Saaaweet! That is an awesome pickguard. I might just get this one. Thanks for the link!

 

[Mike Vee]

Saaaweet! That is an awesome pickguard. I might just get this one. Thanks for the link!

sure! i just ordered one for my P bass, and I was checking used first, that's how i found it. they are real celluloid like the original fenders

 

[Grooveline]

Here's mine. It's a 2010 Classic White with Birdseye Maple Neck. Weight is around 8.5 pounds as well.

 

[Trabeen]

Ten strings of Rumbling Ray, these two push all of my buttons.

 

[Burwabit]

I’ve owned 3 but all were sold. I hope to join the club again someday.

(currently have a Special 5HH)

 

[ics1974]

Here's mine. It's a 2010 Classic White with Birdseye Maple Neck. Weight is around 8.5 pounds as well.

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Looks like a hole in your bass and you can see the carpet. Lol

 

[Grooveline]

I was thinking that when I took the photo.

 

[Angry Mob With Pitchfork]

My gilded white Classic on the top. Love this thing.

she’s got a sexy back as well.

 

[ics1974]

My gilded white Classic on the top. Love this thing.
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she’s got a sexy back as well.
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I never heard of this bass before, I had to look it up. This is very interesting. Do you prefer active or passive?

 

[Angry Mob With Pitchfork]

Usually in active mode but switching to passive side and thumping away with tone rolled off is not shabby either

 

[VeryTallBassist]

Not an EBMM but my Ray25CA might be able to sneak past the bouncer

 

[bmusic]

Long time Fender freak, new appreciator of the Classic. I always associated the Ray with that clanky, scooped thing. I got the 4-string for a specific project (wanted that sound, and the utter whiteness fit in perfectly with the Wham!/Miami Vice-era gig), and then a funny thing happened while I was slowly getting around to selling it: I found that it was remarkably responsive to variation in tone based on plucking position and the settings of those two simple controls. (Controls which had at first given me consternation. “But…but…how do I know when I’m flat? You mean I have to use my ears??”)


I found that it sits in certain songs in a wonderful way. A way that I love. Bedrock depth in the low notes, and this cool nasal snarl up the neck.

Anyway. When I decided I should have a 5-string in the closet, there was really no question where to turn. That one is the Tony Levin-inspired “Sledge” special color (which I acquired sans COA, unfortunately) and it’s heavier than I’d prefer, but does the job, and Tony is one of my inspirations, so yeah. And maybe an 11 lb. bass can take you places that a 10 lb. cannot.*

Cobalt flats on both. Till death do us part.

Intellectually, I went for the Classic for the traditional Alnico and 2-band thing, but now I’ve fallen in love with this thing’s tones, and I will never stray. And that is my StingRay story.

* (Yeah—to the chiropractor’s office.)

 

[ics1974]

Really nice one for sale on reverb.
Ernie Ball Music Man Classic StingRay H 2 Band EQ Natural Gloss 2019 w/OHSC | Reverb

 

[mikeswals]

Long time Fender freak, new appreciator of the Classic. I always associated the Ray with that clanky, scooped thing. I got the 4-string for a specific project (wanted that sound, and the utter whiteness fit in perfectly with the Wham!/Miami Vice-era gig), and then a funny thing happened while I was slowly getting around to selling it: I found that it was remarkably responsive to variation in tone based on plucking position and the settings of those two simple controls. (Controls which had at first given me consternation. “But…but…how do I know when I’m flat? You mean I have to use my ears??”)


I found that it sits in certain songs in a wonderful way. A way that I love. Bedrock depth in the low notes, and this cool nasal snarl up the neck.

Anyway. When I decided I should have a 5-string in the closet, there was really no question where to turn. That one is the Tony Levin-inspired “Sledge” special color (which I acquired sans COA, unfortunately) and it’s heavier than I’d prefer, but does the job, and Tony is one of my inspirations, so yeah. And maybe an 11 lb. bass can take you places that a 10 lb. cannot.*

Cobalt flats on both. Till death do us part.

Intellectually, I went for the Classic for the traditional Alnico and 2-band thing, but now I’ve fallen in love with this thing’s tones, and I will never stray. And that is my StingRay story.

* (Yeah—to the chiropractor’s office.)

Very nice!

I'd love to find a Sledge 5 string someday

 

[mikeswals]

I never heard of this bass before, I had to look it up. This is very interesting. Do you prefer active or passive?

Aside from the Gilded edition, Guitar Center also got at least one, maybe two, runs of regular Classic StingRays with this same active/passive package. You have to look closely to spot one, but they do pop up.

 

[Tjluke]

Here is mine: January 2021 (perhaps the last Classic built by EBMM?), maple figured neck:

In action:

 

[Motown971]

 

[Dasgre0g]

 

[cataract]

I’m thinking about parting out my hybrid EGC / Stingray Classic build and wondering what everyone’s take on what the body’s value would be. It’s a 2010 and in great shape.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I’m thinking about parting out my hybrid EGC / Stingray Classic build and wondering what everyone’s take on what the body’s value would be. It’s a 2010 and in great shape.
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The body by itself or fully loaded? Are the electronics and parts all original ? Is the paint original or is it a refinish ?