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EBMM StingRay Special Club

#10,942
Chrome Dome said:
I have a Stingray 4HH pickguard that I bought thinking it would fit your standard Stingray 4HH. This pickguard will only fit the Stingray 4HH Special basses. Pickguard for the 4HH Special has a deeper cut to allow for the 22 fret neck so other 4HH don't have to be cut that way. View attachment 5297886 I have it advertised in the classified area for parts. Still has the plastic on it. And mounting screws. It is vintage tan pearl tint. If interested PM me,I accept Paypal F&F for payment.
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Might be a good look for my vintage tobacco finished Stingray Special 4HH. Pm sent.
 
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#10,943
walking_line said:
I’ve got a burnt ends, and replaced the pg with a black one from pickguardplanet.com without any trouble. Looks great.
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I replaced the stock white pickguards on both my Smoothie and Special with black : -
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#10,945
Tony G said:
Might be a good look for my vintage tobacco finished Stingray Special 4HH. Pm sent.
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Assuming the deal goes down, I'd love to see how it looks after the switch. It might prompt me to try the same thing.

FWIW, the previous owner of my Special had a tort pickguard on it which I've kept on it since I got it (same for the brand new Elixir Nanowebs he put in it - I like them). But he also included the original white, which does look pretty nice, and a brand new parchment pickguard that he never used. I do like the parchment because it's not as stark a "white" as the white one, but it still looks mostly white. If the tan pearl looks good on yours, I might be tempted to try it on mine.
 
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#10,948
LadyLoveStingRay5 said:
Looking good !!! I’d be interested to hear your take on Old Smoothie vs Special, especially since your Special is a 4H. With the exception of my short scale , all of my Specials are 5’s.
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Sparky Mark said:
I've had some time to compare the Special to the Old Smoothie. The Special has a much more flexible tone pallet due to the 3 band EQ. The neodymium pickup is much more mid present compared with the more mid scoop of the OS alnico pickup, probably accentuated by the off string pole positions.
The OS has a certain "zing" that is also present in my 1980 SR but if I was using flats I don't think it would be there. Both the Special and OS appear to have the factory roundwounds so should be very similar in that respect.
I don't play with flats, other than TIs on my CS Pino, but I don't think the OS would give you anything with flats that the Special couldn't. The lower weight combined with all the other improvements over previous SR generations make it the best player's choice in my opinion.
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dave64o said:
Assuming the deal goes down, I'd love to see how it looks after the switch. It might prompt me to try the same thing.

FWIW, the previous owner of my Special had a tort pickguard on it which I've kept on it since I got it (same for the brand new Elixir Nanowebs he put in it - I like them). But he also included the original white, which does look pretty nice, and a brand new parchment pickguard that he never used. I do like the parchment because it's not as stark a "white" as the white one, but it still looks mostly white. If the tan pearl looks good on yours, I might be tempted to try it on mine.
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Comparison pictures as requested! I think the vintage pearl looks pretty good on vintage tobacco! Definitely lots of vintage….:D

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They both look good but I'm leaning towards the pearl. Not only do I prefer the look, it shows off the black pickup cover plates etc but I'm not exactly crazy about plain black or white guards because they tend to show scratches more. With tort or pearl they kinda get hidden in the swirly mix. Of course if something like that doesn't bother you at all as it does me, it don't really matter.
 
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Tony G said:
Comparison pictures as requested! I think the vintage pearl looks pretty good on vintage tobacco! Definitely lots of vintage….:D

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Both nice, the black draws your eyes only to the burst/wood finish, where as the white catches the eye more. So IMO depends if you really like the wood grain in person inside the burst :P.
 
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#10,956
Tony G said:
Anyone care to comment about which looks better, the black or the vintage pearl?
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Yeah, I’ll comment….:D

The Pearl looks great!

So great that it has me considering a Pearl green pickguard for my Frost Green Pearl Stingray Special.

And here I thought I had finally written that idea off….:roflmao:
 
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Tony G said:
Comparison pictures as requested! I think the vintage pearl looks pretty good on vintage tobacco! Definitely lots of vintage….:D

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This is strictly my opinion and it’s worth what you’re paying for it. :D. But, since you asked …

I like the white pearl better, but there is NOTHING wrong with the black one. I think it’s pretty cool how much each pickguard affects the look of the neck and the look of the body. If I didn’t know that’s the same bass, you could convince me that they’re two different basses.
 
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