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EBMM StingRay Special Club
- Thread starter MultiScaleMale
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Thanks for the heads up!!! I told myself last week to make it a part of my morning routine to check the Vault every day and once again before bed.
Of course I forget this week and wouldn’t you know they drop not one but two 5 strings.
Purple and gold and anything with sparkles always has the potential to lure my money.
Thank goodness neither of these appealed to me more than my current players.
Those Vault offerings are getting mighty close . But no cigar yet.
Whew!! This getting is scary.
I definitely do NOT need to check the vault. I don't have a six-figure annual bass budget!
Of course, I did anyway. That Flash Gold Stingray is pretty intriguing. But that Vintage Burst Bongo... hoo boy!
Here are my other two Specials, a Maroon Mist 4H (still one of my favorites of all time) and Tectonic Blue Sparkle 4HH. Along with my newest addition a Snowy Night 4H just recently shown, I have all 3 fretboard woods covered. They all sound a bit different in character even with the same strings to the point that I EQ them a bit differently. It makes it interesting to change off between the 3 basses to get a slightly different presentation.
Both are beautiful but I realllllllly like the Tectonic Blue Sparkle!
Man looking at old pictures of the Tectonic Blue including this old listing from Reverb, that is one beautiful bass. No wonder you don't see any used ones for sale.
Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray Special HH Tectonic Blue Sparkle #0792 | Reverb
Upon my morning visit I have discovered that the purple has mysteriously disappeared!!! Must have sold out already? Dont they usually leave them up for reference? Hmmmm .....
They take them down once they sell out of the quantity they have available. The times I’ve bought from the vault they’ve shipped next day. They’re right on it. So I imagine they update the page regularly. However I have seen things disappear and come back weeks later with a few quantities if they’ve produced more but that is the exception.
Few edays ago I played with some 2 and 3 band EQ Stingrays.
Ive alway said that to my ears the Specials sound closer to the Pre Ernie Ball Era original 2 band eq models than the Pre Special Era 3band eq models. I wish they would release the option of a mute kit on the Specials.
Nice video comparison .
Been trying and buying some different basses recently and I still prefer my Special 90% of the time. Don't know if I ever felt that way 1.5 years after getting a bass (at least in the last 7 years or so).
Has anyone put schaller s locks on their stingray? I just tried put one on and found that the screw is short and a bit thicker, so there was some resistance as I was screwing it in. Honestly it was quite a stressful experience and I’m leaning towards taking it to a shop to get the second one installed
Anyone have any prediction what the prices of the pastel basses will be when they are released in July? If the price of the Galactic Pearl 4H in the vault at $2,899 is any indicator, it looks like they could be up there. Other than 2 tone paint it's no different than the new pastels. Same rosewood fretboard, same matching headstock, same hardware.
