Excuse me... what the Bass?

[ObeyDaRiffness]

I'm speechless.

 

[JZQuantum]

Hmmm.

 

[GreaserMatt]

ICK

 

[two fingers]

I would be all about the swap if the P bass pickup were in the usual spot.

I'm not one of these people who thinks modding a Stingray gets you burned at the stake. It's just a bass.

Creative. I dig it other than the placement of the P pickup.

 

[ctmullins]

Actually that’s where Leo and his friends put it originally, on their prototype.

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The most shocking thing about those photos is the position of the bridge saddles on the fretless.

 

[JRA]

The most shocking thing about those photos is the position of the bridge saddles on the fretless.

shocking?

 

[S-Bigbottom]

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[ctmullins]

shocking?

Well, yes. I mean, if I had to find something about those basses to make me approach speechlessness, that would be it. Feeble, I know, but that’s the best I can do....

 

[Derry Murbles]

404 Error: P Bass not found.




404 Error: Stingray not found.

 

[BAG]

The most shocking thing about those photos is the position of the bridge saddles on the fretless.

Actually, with the last set of strings on my fretless the G was further back than the D to get good intonation.

 

[nilorius]

The p pickup teritory stinks.

 

[cdef]

I dig the tort, but the toggle switch just looks/feels wrong.

 

[Kubicki Fan]

404 Error: P Bass not found.




404 Error: Stingray not found.

... but not 403 or 401.

 

[Just_Ethan]

This is cursed

 

[BigBigGuy44]

They both look awesome to me.

 

[micguy]

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The neck on that bass is warped. That’s gonna be tough to play. I also think the scale(s) are a bit off.

 

[Rib 13]

P-pickup is a "Reverse P" and its well away from the P sweetspot....the bass with the MM in the P-sweetspot will have many P characteristics while the Ray with a Reverse P-pickup in that location will sound nothing like a P

 

[monsterthompson]

... but not 403 or 401.

Nope. Those are Ric models.

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

... but not 403 or 401.

 

[ObeyDaRiffness]

P-pickup is a "Reverse P" and its well away from the P sweetspot....the bass with the MM in the P-sweetspot will have many P characteristics while the Ray with a Reverse P-pickup in that location will sound nothing like a P

It will. It's gonna sound like a P in the musicman sweet spot, and that sounds like a pretty glorious tone to me.
And reversing it is just common sense in that position. A regular P slant is too unbalanced for a bridge position. Reversed makes more sense in ANY position actually, I really do think Leo got this small detail plain wrong.