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EBMM StingRay Special Club

#12,261
Mike Vee said:
I am still down to hot honey or purple sunset. I need my Stingray with wood grain. It just depends on which one comes up first with the grain pattern I like. It's SUCH a hard decision!!!

One one hand, the hot honey is much more like a classic, vintage Stingray. That is very attractive to me and you know it will age well and always look awesome. I did a photochop edit with both a black and white pickguard and it looks AMAZING, much better than the tort it comes with and much more classic MM. I am just not crazy about the unfinished roasted maple fretboard - that's my only reservation.

But then, on the purple sunset, I LOVE the rosewood board, white nut and roasted maple headstock look. So incredibly attractive. I also love the purple sunset body (I would add a classic white pg and remove the pearl) but i also wonder how it will age. It's essentially a vintage sunburst stingray but just a different color burst. But I can also see it being like one of those weird, bold new car colors that looks good for 1-2 years then you can't stand it anymore.

this might be the one though:

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I back this 100% - hot honey is timeless (and an easier re-sell IF you ever decided to sell)..as much as there are a groovin bunch of great peeps on here that love the differing colours, I think the percentage of resale interest would be lower - IMO. Black pickguard on this - FTW!
(I also love the maple FB..especially when it wears down and looks even more classic)
 
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#12,262
Mike Vee said:
I am still down to hot honey or purple sunset. I need my Stingray with wood grain. It just depends on which one comes up first with the grain pattern I like. It's SUCH a hard decision!!!

One one hand, the hot honey is much more like a classic, vintage Stingray. That is very attractive to me and you know it will age well and always look awesome. I did a photochop edit with both a black and white pickguard and it looks AMAZING, much better than the tort it comes with and much more classic MM. I am just not crazy about the unfinished roasted maple fretboard - that's my only reservation.

But then, on the purple sunset, I LOVE the rosewood board, white nut and roasted maple headstock look. So incredibly attractive. I also love the purple sunset body (I would add a classic white pg and remove the pearl) but i also wonder how it will age. It's essentially a vintage sunburst stingray but just a different color burst. But I can also see it being like one of those weird, bold new car colors that looks good for 1-2 years then you can't stand it anymore.

this might be the one though:

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With your history of Stingrays I would go with the Hot Honey. If you decide later to sell, it might be easier to sell compared to the Purple Sunset. I love the Purple Sunset but you would need to find a person that thinks the same whereas the Hot Honey I think is a little more generic.
 
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#12,264
Nekomata said:
Sexy, classy, classic. Irrestible.

(Although to my taste only the 'honey', without the 'burst', would be even better.)
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I agree. There should ALWAYS be a natural ash in the rotation. However, I dunno, with the roasted maple I think the hot honey looks better than plain natural would:

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That doesn't gel as well IMO. That honey burst ties it all together.
 
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#12,265
ics1974 said:
With your history of Stingrays I would go with the Hot Honey. If you decide later to sell, it might be easier to sell compared to the Purple Sunset. I love the Purple Sunset but you would need to find a person that thinks the same whereas the Hot Honey I think is a little more generic.
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meh, what's loosing a few more hundred - a drop in the bucket compared to all I've lost selling basses! HAHA
 
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#12,266
ics1974 said:
With your history of Stingrays I would go with the Hot Honey. If you decide later to sell, it might be easier to sell compared to the Purple Sunset. I love the Purple Sunset but you would need to find a person that thinks the same whereas the Hot Honey I think is a little more generic.
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That’s what I was thinking .


Mike Vee said:
meh, what's loosing a few more hundred - a drop in the bucket compared to all I've lost selling basses! HAHA
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Sounds like a win win situation to me.
 
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#12,267
Mike Vee said:
I agree. There should ALWAYS be a natural ash in the rotation. However, I dunno, with the roasted maple I think the hot honey looks better than plain natural would [...] That doesn't gel as well IMO. That honey burst ties it all together.
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I agree.

By the way, I'm the lucky owner of an (not special, but outright amazing) 4HH like this:

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The finish, according to the EBBM database, is called Translucent Gold.
 
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#12,270
Nekomata said:
I agree.

By the way, I'm the lucky owner of an (not special, but outright amazing) 4HH like this:

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The finish, according to the EBBM database, is called Translucent Gold.
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I always like the Translucent Gold. It sort of looked like a natural finish, but it had just enough coloring in it to make it pop a bit and it also helped to better see the grain.
 
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#12,274
Mike Vee said:
I am still down to hot honey or purple sunset. I need my Stingray with wood grain. It just depends on which one comes up first with the grain pattern I like. It's SUCH a hard decision!!!

One one hand, the hot honey is much more like a classic, vintage Stingray. That is very attractive to me and you know it will age well and always look awesome. I did a photochop edit with both a black and white pickguard and it looks AMAZING, much better than the tort it comes with and much more classic MM. I am just not crazy about the unfinished roasted maple fretboard - that's my only reservation.

But then, on the purple sunset, I LOVE the rosewood board, white nut and roasted maple headstock look. So incredibly attractive. I also love the purple sunset body (I would add a classic white pg and remove the pearl) but i also wonder how it will age. It's essentially a vintage sunburst stingray but just a different color burst. But I can also see it being like one of those weird, bold new car colors that looks good for 1-2 years then you can't stand it anymore.

this might be the one though:

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I have a roasted maple neck on my 5H & Charvel PJ IV I do not see any issues with aging that would be the least of my concerns.
 
#12,275
Derry Murbles said:
Really struggling with whether to hit up EBMM and ask for a SRS in Hot Honey with the Slo Special neck, or just order a Sterling in Hot Honey.

Want the lightweight tuners and 1.5 neck width, but love the ceramic pickup in the Sterling. I feel like I should have a Stingray to go with the Sterlings too.

Decisions decisions...
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The sterling isn’t available any longer unfortunately
 
#12,280
Derry Murbles said:
Really struggling with whether to hit up EBMM and ask for a SRS in Hot Honey with the Slo Special neck, or just order a Sterling in Hot Honey.

Want the lightweight tuners and 1.5 neck width, but love the ceramic pickup in the Sterling. I feel like I should have a Stingray to go with the Sterlings too.

Decisions decisions...
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Do you care about weight? In my experience the Sterlings were heavier compared to the Specials.
 

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