It's the 4H. I understand the bridge pickup setting is the same. Whether they sound the same is another matter and ideally it would be nice to have a 4H and a 4HH Special to compare side by side, but that's not feasible. Thus the dilemma goes on.
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EBMM StingRay Special Club
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I would be turned off by any bass that costs $2,200 or so new that needs a new bridge the moment you take it home.
Am I missing something, the bridge seems to me to not be a whole lot different from older ones. Yea having to be careful during restring has always been a thing but when I do it I put one of my fingers between the body and string when pulling it thru. No big deal.
I think it’s made of lighter metal than the bridge on a traditional StingRay, perhaps aluminum.
Yea so what, the bass isn’t 10 lbs plus anymore I’ll take an aluminum bridge to keep it lighter. Heck my fretless 5r weighs just under 8 lbs.
The Special bridge is lighter, omits the side anchor bolts and has hollow saddles.
It's made out of the same material as the saucer that crashed in Roswell in 1947. Very light, but strong.
. I see that , I guess I don’t see why people don’t like them that’s all. To each his own, heck I think EBMM did listen to the people buying them and made them a lot lighter. The last Ray I had weighed 10.5 lbs. Yea it sounded great with the ceramic H but by the end of the gig I was in pain.
Yep, I have a 2001 EBMM StingRay 5H that I love but it weighs 10.5 lbs. I could find a 2018+ EBMM StingRay Special 5H that weighs about 9lbs. but the cost is a really deterrent. I didn’t love the sound of the Special I tried at GC but it’s probably not all that far off from my existing bass. I’ve been hesitant to make the switch.
The bridge is fine. Some peeps think the hollow saddles are a tonal compromise. And as for the tuners, some folks believe the cast-aluminum tuner keys feel cheap. Mileage varies.
Check the price tag and you won't feel that way anymore.
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But my non-Special StingRays are over 12lbs. My Specials are under 9.
You know, I bought both of my Specials new well below retail. One just needs to ask.
I commented in an earlier post that I felt the Hipshot tuners on my P bass feel cheap compared to the tuners on my Special. The tuners on my other 3 basses feel cheap compared to the Hipshots.
There you go, nothing on my special feels cheap. Saddles are hollow and the bridge is made of unobtanium. OK, If that’s what it takes to keep them light so be it. As for the price, I’m at the point I’m my life after working for fifty years, After raising a beautiful daughter and putting her thru college as a single parent, I can get what I want to make me happy and get back to playing music for a living. Some people in my situation by sports cars,I’m buying gear. In fact I’m going to get a fretted SRS5H this week during a Black Friday sale somewhere. Besides, nothing of quality is cheap these days.
I did ask. They said "Forget it, you read too much Talkbass!"
The new specials don’t sound a whole lot different. Unfortunately I don’t have my old Ray to compare though.
