EBMM StingRay Special Club

[Pet Sounds]

EBMM made some great decisions with these colors! The only one that turns me off is the Kiwi, though YMMV. I especially dig the Ocean Sparkle and Purple Sunset, my personal favorite of the bunch! I may have to get the Purple Sunset, even though I already have a purple StingRay, my much loved Amethyst Sparkle. I always have thought that EBMM does the most appealing finishes among the major manufacturers, and this batch only reinforces that belief.

 

[jam.majors]

I’m hopeful it won’t be too expensive. To use Fender’s parlance, it’s not a full Custom Shop, but more like the Mod Shop; standard models with a fixed set of options to choose from. In fact it’s more limited than the Mod Shop, where you can choose body wood, bridge and tuners.

it will be cool if they do an online configurator like Fender’s.

There's a couple of configurators out there that are pretty nice. I've enjoyed wishing/hoping on Kiesel's and Sandberg's. Anything like that will generate a lot of traffic from my IP.

 

[Bevan777]

I hope they have transparent red in the custom finish options!

 

[Pet Sounds]

As I think about it, the Purple Sunset finish seems geared toward players that want a little pizzazz to their finishes, but without being "in your face" with, say, the Grape Crush look. That idea of offering tasteful with pizzazz also applies to many of the other new finishes, imo. Probably a winning strategy for EBMM.

 

[Maxi Funkl]

As long as they have roasted maple necks there are several colors I wouldn't mind at all.

 

[N4860]

There's a couple of configurators out there that are pretty nice. I've enjoyed wishing/hoping on Kiesel's and Sandberg's. Anything like that will generate a lot of traffic from my IP.

I seem to recall EBMM used to have a configurator back in the day around 2000. You could choose finish, pickguard, fretboard, and pickup configuration if I recall correctly.

 

[Paradilum]

I'm guessing a very drab olive green matte finish with black pickguard and chrome hardware.

 

[Geri O]

Kinda off topic here but...

How does your Stingray let you know that it needs a new battery? I've had other active basses in the past and typically when the battery gets drained, they just stopped working. However, with my Stingray Special I noticed that it'll give you a bit of a warning (if you're smart enough to heed it) before it totally craps out. I find this kinda helpful now that I know to look into this before I do anything else and I feel like one day it may help me to avoid the bass totally crapping out halfway through a set.
Interestingly enough, my Stingray's warnings have changed over time. One thing to keep in mind - I'm a lot poorer now then when I was when I bought my Stingray Special (go figure right?), so I'm using the cheapest 9 volts you can get on Amazon... At any rate, here they are in order of appearance:

1. When I first got my bass it stopped producing sound one day, I unplugged my pedal board, plugged it straight into the amp and things were right as rain. I troubleshot just about everything else, finally swapped the batteries, plugged it back into the pedal board and everything was groovy (literally).
2. Next, it started to scream like a banshee and again, I troubleshot just about everything else and then when I swapped out the batteries everything was copasetic.
3. This morning, I noticed that when I played the bottom two strings (5Her), it sounded like I blew a cab. Having gained some wisdom over the years, I swapped the batteries before I troubleshot and of course everything was fine.

How does your Stiingray let you know that it needs a freshie?

I don’t wait for any bass to tell me the battery is low.

I change all batteries after 4 months. Regardless.

 

[tremor100]

EBMM made some great decisions with these colors! The only one that turns me off is the Kiwi, though YMMV. I especially dig the Ocean Sparkle and Purple Sunset, my personal favorite of the bunch! I may have to get the Purple Sunset, even though I already have a purple StingRay, my much loved Amethyst Sparkle. I always have thought that EBMM does the most appealing finishes among the major manufacturers, and this batch only reinforces that belief.

How you feeling about the gold hardware on the ocean sparkle? I really dig the color and the sparkle but the gold hardware for me wasn't a great choice. I think normal chrome would have looked a bit nicer personally.

 

[PhinDog]

As I think about it, the Purple Sunset finish seems geared toward players that want a little pizzazz to their finishes, but without being "in your face" with, say, the Grape Crush look. That idea of offering tasteful with pizzazz also applies to many of the other new finishes, imo. Probably a winning strategy for EBMM.

The Grape Crush is my favorite, that and the Ocean.

 

[Wicked G]

I don’t wait for any bass to tell me the battery is low.

I change all batteries after 4 months. Regardless.

That's actually a bit overkill. Two of my Rays are already 2 years old and they are still on the same batteries. And I checked them a couple of weeks ago with my battery tester and they are still good. Just saying.

 

[tremor100]

That's actually a bit overkill. Two of my Rays are already 2 years old and they are still on the same batteries. And I checked them a couple of weeks ago with my battery tester and they are still good. Just saying.

I feel like this would obviously depend on if your playing alot and if its your main bass as well right? If your cylcing through like 2-5 basses frequently its probbably going to have some juice for quite some time.

 

[Wicked G]

I feel like this would obviously depend on if your playing alot and if its your main bass as well right? If your cylcing through like 2-5 basses frequently its probbably going to have some juice for quite some time.

True that, but even when I only owned one active bass it would still last about a year. It would be worth checking first before replacing IMHO.

Oh dayum. I just saw the Grape Crush . Oh I should not have seen that. Must resist.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I'm guessing a very drab olive green matte finish with black pickguard and chrome hardware.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

How you feeling about the gold hardware on the ocean sparkle? I really dig the color and the sparkle but the gold hardware for me wasn't a great choice. I think normal chrome would have looked a bit nicer personally.

Personally , I think it is perfect !!

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Looks like they are offering black pickup magnets with either black or white covers. Thats new. There is also an Instagram link showing the finish / neck/ hardware options .

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/music-man-custom-design-experience-coming.1637952/

 

[Scufflegrit]

Grape Crush with the black hardware...

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

EBMM made some great decisions with these colors! The only one that turns me off is the Kiwi, though YMMV. I especially dig the Ocean Sparkle and Purple Sunset, my personal favorite of the bunch! I may have to get the Purple Sunset, even though I already have a purple StingRay, my much loved Amethyst Sparkle. I always have thought that EBMM does the most appealing finishes among the major manufacturers, and this batch only reinforces that belief.

I’m waffling between those 2 myself. That BFR is quite appealing too.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I saw silver, black, SeaFoam green, amethyst Sparkle and gold for the sparkle finish options.

 

[Pet Sounds]

The Grape Crush is my favorite, that and the Ocean.

I'm not saying the Grape Crush isn't a cool color, just that it may be too vibrant for some fans of more traditional finishes, just to be clear. The Purple Sunset sort of splits the difference between traditional and flashy. Just my opinion.