Nice, but frankly I still prefer the 2019 BFR fretless.
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Gorgeous Stingray Special
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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How do the BFR instruments get their genesis? Are they experiments the Ball family/builders are interested in doing? Are they artist requests that turn out well and warrant a limited run? Just curious where the inspiration comes from.
And just one man’s opinion - I hope you guys decide to expand the SLO neck offering to more StingRay colors
The wood seems to have a nice grain with a nice finish. So removing the scratch plate would be a huge improvement.
Yes goodness, that bass as a five would make me daydream.
It's pretty similar to the 30th anniversary StingRay5, aesthetically at least.
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Edit : actually, I take that back.
I didn't bother clicking on the link in the OP, having already seen this BFR a few days back, and had forgotten it's more of a barley sugar colour.
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Its nice But I never really thought Naturally finsh instruments looked all that great, Th ey look unfinished, incomplete, Sure a Muscle man Looks great half Naked, but still looks bare not complete with out reuglar clothes on.Same for me with basses unless it beautiful Quilt maple, but even a dark finish enhances its beauty, even Mr. universes' get oiled up & spray tanned! Put some clothes on! get a Paint job! that natural Finish just looks boring Im Sorry!
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All fours have 19mm spacing.If it only had 19mm spacing.
Just before I read your post, I was thinking how similar okume looked to mahogany.
I generally prefer the look of not too busy natural woods. Natural alder, ash, cocobolo, mahogany and those types. Flames and quilts can sometimes be nice too.
This was my favorite of this month's Ball Family reserve. Love the okume body and passive electronics. I think Sweetwater got four of them. One (the first to sell) had nice figuring on the body. Okume has that shimmery effect that is technically called chatoyancy.
As for swamp ash, another reason it is becoming harder to find is the emerald ash borer beetle whose larva is attacking ash trees at an alarming rate.
Looks good and probably looks even better if you look at it with your ears, but I don’t consider it gorgeous. It looks like a lower trim level model. The wood looks to be perfect for an opaque paint finish.
