I would put a clear pickguard on there with the quickness.
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EBMM StingRay Special Club
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Very nice. I just bought the same bass recently. I might be biased, but I think it looks pretty great with a black 3 ply PG. I posted photos of it some pages back in this thread.
You mentioned a different province—are you in Canada? I couldn’t locate a burnt ends here myself, so you’re lucky to have, if that’s the case.
I’ve found mine is happiest with the action a bit on the high side (with the unknown strings it came with). But, I’m going to try some TI flats on it when I get around to it, and that will likely change it all up. So, yeah, your action is a bit high, based on the factory specs, but as with everything, it all depends…
Hi there, yes, I'm in Nova Scotia and tracked this one down at an L&M in Quebec. I lucked out indeed it seems. Love the Burnt Ends, it was love at first sight when I first came across it. Okay, thanks for your input r/g setup and action. Did yours come in the EBMM mono case? I was a little surprised to see that (not unpleasantly) when I picked it up.
Nice. I had been checking the L&M site for awhile before I bought mine and the only colour I saw I stock at any time was the smoked chrome. Cool… just not for me.
Mine’s 2021, so no mono case for me. I wish it did. The MM case is burly, but big and heavy. I usually roll with a gig bag when they go out anyway, so no biggie.
Oh yeah, and I’m curious to know what yours weighs (if you ever get around to weighing it). Mine’s under 8lbs. It’s one of the things I love most about it.
Yes, also under 8lbs. That's another one of the reasons I bought it too
The mono case is still pretty big by the way. I'm going to try it out this weekend - my band travels together in one vehicle and space is pretty tight, so we'll see if she fits! I might still need a gig bag solution too. We shall soon see.
So here is a serious question for all of you that favor the StingRay or Stingray Special as your number one player. What is your "significant other"? What bass do you have as a complimentary bass that you like reach for that gives you something different than your StingRay bass? Pics and details would be interesting.
It's got a familiar feel to my Stingrays but the 4 band preamp and pickup locations give it a nice modern sound. The Bongo also uses a blend pot instead of a pickup selector so it has some different tones with the blend compared to an hh StingRay.
This is my 2015 Warmoth/USACG mahogany and walnut fretless J-bass. It serves me well while I’m in the queue for a Wal Mk1 of similar timbers.
It’s actually been my primary for the last few months; but I grabbed the Stingray Special for my church gig yesterday morning and everything felt and sounded SO right.
You may have been able to guess that, after my two Stingrays, my L-2500 gets the next most gig time.
Like a Stingray, it has lots of tonal variety and, also like a Stingray, it can deliver as much beefy punch as you want from it. For my purposes, it's general character suits my band's playlist really well.
Funny thing is, that for all the versatility it has, I almost always leave the controls set the same way (passive mode, pickups in series, and just the neck pickup by itself). Then I might adjust the bass and treble knobs if I want to change the tone, though I don't tweak them on every song. The other settings are great and I find myself more likely to use them at home than I ever have at a gig. The only reason I can come up with for doing that is simply that I love what I get from that setting and have nothing driving me to do things differently. In contrast, I'll use all five settings on the pickup switch on my Stingrays on a typical gig and love what I get from them all. Yet I could also use one setting on the Stingrays (Position #4) all night and be equally happy with it.
Unfortunately the only action shot I have of the L-2500 on my phone is a selfie that a friend of our keys player took of himself and his wife a couple of months ago. You'll have to zoom in to see me.
But here's a good picture of the bass itself. I should take some new glamour shots of it, though. I replaced the black knobs with chromes and this series of pics I took just did not capture the burst very well.
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I don't have great pictures but it's either of these 3 Sire V7 2nd gen, Charvel PJ IV, or Geddy Lee.
Love the Crescendos. I need to give Bongos a serious look.
I need another blue bass in my life. That Charvel looks nice with pickups that match the fretboard.
G&L is one of those brands that I wish I got along with the neck because they sound so good.You may have been able to guess that, after my two Stingrays, my L-2500 gets the next most gig time.
Like a Stingray, it has lots of tonal variety and, also like a Stingray, it can deliver as much beefy punch as you want from it. For my purposes, it's general character suits my band's playlist really well.
Funny thing is, that for all the versatility it has, I almost always leave the controls set the same way (passive mode, pickups in series, and just the neck pickup by itself). Then I might adjust the bass and treble knobs if I want to change the tone, though I don't tweak them on every song. The other settings are great and I find myself more likely to use them at home than I ever have at a gig. The only reason I can come up with for doing that is simply that I love what I get from that setting and have nothing driving me to do things differently. In contrast, I'll use all five settings on the pickup switch on my Stingrays on a typical gig and love what I get from them all. Yet I could also use one setting on the Stingrays (Position #4) all night and be equally happy with it.
Unfortunately the only action shot I have of the L-2500 on my phone is a selfie that a friend of our keys player took of himself and his wife a couple of months ago. You'll have to zoom in to see me.
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But here's a good picture of the bass itself. I should take some new glamour shots of it, though. I replaced the black knobs with chromes and this series of pics I took just did not capture the burst very well.
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I’ve never had any experience with these. Another great 80’s bass.
These could be great basses the hardware and woods are fantastic. The electronics not so much. Swapped out the preamp for Audere Classic. The pickups are hot thus a little noisy not to point of unbearable just noticeable compared to my other bass. The neck on this bass is killer my favorite neck of all my basses.
Fender I.E. Charvel I hope they've fixed all the known electronic and grounding issues with these basses by now. If they made a 4 string Jazz bass I'd be all over it. Contemplating putting in quarter pounders to see if clears up some of the noise but retain some of the P aggressiveness.
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