Does any of you 5ers that changed to thicker strings than the set of Slinkies (45-65-80-100-130) that came with the bass had to do any adjustment to the compensated nut?
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EBMM StingRay Special Club
- Thread starter MultiScaleMale
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This similar to what Ive been considering...is that Ebony, what do you think?
How about the new BFR Stingray? I'm not usually big on black basses but this one is pretty:
I like it, although I've moved on to fivers now so there's no temptation.
Hope y'all don't mind me sharing some more cool SR Special pics. They're not mine but I saw these posted on the EBMM forum a couple of days ago. Looks like a pair of custom StingRay 5 Specials. One looks to be the pink champagne sparkle BFR but as a 5 string. The other is apparently called Ocean Sparkle finish with the last remaining fretless neck from the 5 string BFR they did last year.
That Ocean sparkle
. That would make me learn fretless. What a beauty!!Any more details?
That Ocean sparkle
Any more details?
Yeah that Ocean sparkle is a very nice finish with the white pickups and gold hardware. That fretboard too, damn.
That info is about all that I know. The player is apparently an EBMM artist so that's how he was able to get those made.
I had D'Addario Chromes on my non-Special 2 band Stingray for years. It's a great sound. You can get away with having the treble up higher, so you still get good articulation without the zingy high end. This is key, because Bernard definitely had some high end in his sound. It wasn't a treble-all-the-way-off tone to my ears. I used to get a good Bernard tone with the treble maybe 40% of the way up, which would mean rolling down a bit from the center detent of a Special.
As far as I know, it's not 100% known that Bernard used flats. It's only assumed from his tone and an offhand comment he made once that he was still using the same strings that had come stock on the bass (Stingrays shipped with flats at that time). Bernard wasn't a gear nerd lol.
Anyone here own the Tectonic Blue Sparkle ?
Take my money now!! This would look so good next to my Amethyst Sparkle .
I say we start petitioning now for Ocean Sparkle to be a standard finish next color change!!
Take my money now!! This would look so good next to my Amethyst Sparkle .
They are killing me (in a good way) with the gold hardware on these.
If that black 4 string was a single H model I'd be crazy tempted to join the Stingray family... I LOVE the black/gold and it doesn't have the pickguard? DAYUM!
Yes, it looks fantastic under some stage lights. Love the ebony fret board too!
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Ohh that's nice. I love my Aqua Sparkle but I would have gone with that if I had the choice.
The Ebony fingerboard is so classy. Beautiful bass! Dig the old Radio behind it too! Super cool.
