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EBMM StingRay Special Club
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Oh, wow, I completely missed this on their site. Thanks!
And it's also got the rotary knob for multiple tonal options—love it!
New Bass day! Smoked Charcoal Stingray 5HH. I’ve had this for a few months now, and I’m very happy with the versatility of sounds available. Tip: for a cool 70’s MM vibe, choose the bridge pickup with bass and treble on full, and mids fully cut. I never use extreme EQ like that, but it’s a great tone! I tend to mostly use the J-bass setting (outer coils) for most playing. The one downside, mentioned here before, is that the G-string falls off the edge of the neck too easily, so I suppose I’ll cut a new nut someday. Cheers to all, and Happy New Year
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Their G and B strings are very close to the edge of the fingerboard. You cannot pull down on the G string.
Took me a bit to get my technique sorted and no issues since.
If you continue to have issues with it, have a tech look at it or send it back to EBMM to fix. I had a bad issue with a Sterling 5 where the neck was defective and ended up paying for a new neck! So get it taken care of while it's still under warranty.
BTW, the nut is their proprietary Compensated Nut so a regular nut may not work.
Very nice bass!
Good luck.
Took me a bit to get my technique sorted and no issues since.
If you continue to have issues with it, have a tech look at it or send it back to EBMM to fix. I had a bad issue with a Sterling 5 where the neck was defective and ended up paying for a new neck! So get it taken care of while it's still under warranty.
BTW, the nut is their proprietary Compensated Nut so a regular nut may not work.
Very nice bass!
Good luck.
Unfortunately that’s design quirk of the Rays is the G string location. Still trips me up sometimes after having mine for 3 years.
I think it’s more so the player, I’ve owned classics and specials (still do) and I’ve never had this issue on any of the models I’ve owned or demoed.
Sorry for the noob question, but I've never played/owned a fiver, so I'm curious what the string intervals are 1. for StingRays, and 2. for the "typical" fiver.
I thought it was normally C-E-A-D-G, but your post makes it seems that it's E-A-D-G-B.
Most of the time people string fivers BEADG (low to high), but some string them EADGC. Then there are those that use alternate tunings and they could be anything. But, typically, BEADG.
Thanks! And d'oh! I got my tunings backwards. So when @bumble yeti says: "Their G and B strings are very close to the edge of the fingerboard," they're meaning the lowest and highest strings?
Precisely. I've never really heard many people complain about the B string falling off, just the G. I've had 2 SR5's and I've never had any issues with either the G or the B. I suspect it is mostly a technique issue for people if they're pulling the string downward enough to have it slip off the neck.
Yeah, I've had a few basses/guitars where high-string slippage seemed to occur more frequently than others, but usually, after getting to know the fretboard a bit more, it stopped happening.
You can bend down on the other strings but bend up on the G! 
Hmm… Wonder how'd that fit on a t-shirt?
Hmm… Wonder how'd that fit on a t-shirt?
Didn't know there was an EBMM SR Special club! Great basses for all the reasons listed in this thread.
Here's my SR Special 5HH:
And my SR Special 5H (it now wears the original black guard, which I like a bit better):
In general, I prefer the 5H because of the switching options but I've grown to really like the 5HH. The 5HH also weighs about 8.6 lbs and the 5H 9.3 or so. I really feel the difference.
I've used round wound strings all my life but find myself gravitating toward flats in my old age. Interestingly, the 5HH sounds and feels better with Labella LTFs but Chromes suit the 5H. Also have a fretless Sterling 5H that came with EB flats, and nothing else I've tried feels or sounds as good. Jazz Basses still have roundwounds, for whatever reason...
Here's my SR Special 5HH:
And my SR Special 5H (it now wears the original black guard, which I like a bit better):
In general, I prefer the 5H because of the switching options but I've grown to really like the 5HH. The 5HH also weighs about 8.6 lbs and the 5H 9.3 or so. I really feel the difference.
I've used round wound strings all my life but find myself gravitating toward flats in my old age. Interestingly, the 5HH sounds and feels better with Labella LTFs but Chromes suit the 5H. Also have a fretless Sterling 5H that came with EB flats, and nothing else I've tried feels or sounds as good. Jazz Basses still have roundwounds, for whatever reason...
Question for those with sparkle finishes - is it normal for there to be some light texture to the finish? Mine isn’t perfectly smooth. I guess I expected it to be. Ive seen some other brands with heavy flake finishes and orange peel looking texture, just not sure if it’s normal for EBMM.
