Metron, I was looking at your bass photo and noticed that the bridge saddle on your D string is further up than your G. I guess that is possible with certain strings but the G will normally be the furthest toward the head stock or perhaps sometimes nearly even with the D. Have you checked your intonation lately with a good strobe tuner? It usually takes me a a good hour to properly intonate my basses with my Peterson strobe. It's a slow process but well worth it. I could be wrong, yours may be spot on but seeing it in your photo I thought I'd bring it to your attention.
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EBMM StingRay Special Club
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Good eye! I would say what you describe is what you should see with a perfectly manufactured set of strings. Sometimes it happens that way but often not.
It is properly intonated with good break angles over the saddles and whatnot. For another data point, here is my properly intonated HH with unknown strings. This baffled me a little but it’s where the saddles landed when it was done.
Had this happen on the B of my MTD Kingston. It came like this from MTD and I thought it must have been an over sight. So I went to try and redo it... and failed. So now it's back to this.
Great Metron, I thought it was odd but knowing you, figured was probably set up right, but wanted to point it out anyway. I know different strings can change the intonation. When I changed from Slinkys to Roto Sounds I had to set intonation all over again. With an average tuner it probably wouldn't have shown up but the Petersons are very sensitive to the slightest change.
I love DR strings but feel like they always intonate differently than other strings. Definitely left me with some wonky looking bridge saddles
I think that’s normal for taper core B string.
I wondered about that, this is my first time with them.
I haven't had this experience and have been surprised at how closely the saddles end up after intonating with Sunbeams and XL's.
I also have a Burnt Apple Special (which wears Cobalt Flats). Love that finish and, well, everything else about it!
Pure Blues didn't end up fitting on the special (they were cut for an Ibanez 5), but I put on some Hi Beams and an extremely satisfied with the sound. Sounds amazing
Whoa, Flatfoot, beautiful and stunning instrument! I think we've probably got the two nicest mint 2019 EBMM Rays in Burnt Apple Red out there!
I've gotten sooo many compliments about this bass's color and I haven't even done a show yet! I can tell how crazy it's gonna shine under the stage lights!Is yours as absolutely perfect as mine is? Just flawless roasted maple, perfect neck pocket, incredibly clear, buzz-free notes that sustain for hours and a Stingray preamp with like a nice warm blanket over it? I've never played another Special, but I love this bass about twice as much as I loved my old EBMM Sterling, and I LOVED that bass. What Ernie Ball Music Man is doing here with these newer Stingray Specials seems to be a little more out of this world.
Gone are the transparent natural finished boat anchor EBMM Rays of the 70s and here come the swamp ash, 8 pound lightweight monsters that are the Stingray Specials I suppose
Burnt Apple Red > Every other color and obv I'm a little biased bc I didn't buy it because I hated it
I almost ended up with Burnt Apple myself, came really close to getting that in a 4H it was a strong contender along with Charging Green. Ended up with a Marroon Mist 4H which I love, never grown tired of that color. By the way when I removed the pick guard on my Tectonic Blue Sparkle 4HH I was pleased to see how clean everything was underneath, unlike my Sterling and Ibanez were they tried to hide things and use the pickguard as a rug. 
He got it from me, and we have a "gentleman's"agreement if you know what I mean.
Yup! Gentlemen’s agreement, virtual pinky swear, and all the rest. But you’ll be waiting for a while, Dave. Plus, you have that gorgeous fretless stingray special 5 to hold you over!
I know Im late to the party here, but I just got my first set of EB cobalt rounds for my 5HH and they sound exceptional. Crisp articulate and a bit gritty. I’m particularly amazed at how great the B sounds. For the first time, I have a B string that doesn’t sound very different from the rest of the strings. It’s nice!
They are a bit pricey but if they last long enough, Ill put these on all my basses.
They are a bit pricey but if they last long enough, Ill put these on all my basses.
I get a lot of miles out of my cobalt rounds.
