Hot dog, I might need a MusicMan.

[bigswifty1]

<<SNIP>>Listening to those guys, they simply have a ton of chops. When you play that well, you make anything sound good.

"Nathan" on the left is Nathan King, guitarist in Level 42 and little brother of Mark. I think he has dep'd for Norman Watt Roy in the Blockheads as well.
Mike

 

[Joeykun]

I always wanted a Stingray and bought one last year. I sold it within 5 months. G String was non existent compared to the other strings. Neck was nice and all but I was disappointed in the bass and went back to playing Sadowsky's exclusively.

 

[MMiller28]

When I find a suitcase full of money I'll be buying one.

A suitcase full of rolls of pennies?

 

[mesaplayer83]

I normally don't like white basses, but damn that thing is sexy!!

Thanks - those pics don't do it justice, since it's aged to start taking on that cream color some whites age to...

 

[AztecViking]

Obviously I didn't spend long working on this but you get the point.

 

[Son of Wobble]

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Obviously I didn't spend long working on this but you get the point.

Avatar-worthy!
Nice one.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

"Nathan" on the left is Nathan King, guitarist in Level 42 and little brother of Mark. I think he has dep'd for Norman Watt Roy in the Blockheads as well.
Mike

I'm not surprised, he is great.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I always wanted a Stingray and bought one last year. I sold it within 5 months. G String was non existent compared to the other strings. Neck was nice and all but I was disappointed in the bass and went back to playing Sadowsky's exclusively.

Different strokes, it's great you have gear that works for you.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

heres my classic 5!

 

[Lepparda]

Love this one.

 

[AztecViking]

Dude! Is that the Strawberry Sherbet version of the instrument?

Nice!

 

[devnulljp]

Jumping frog!

Albuquerque!

 

[alaskaleftybass]

I love how Tony Levin plays them and he's one of my heroes but I wouldn't own one. Personal preference..

I did that for too many years back when my funds and options were limited, and it bummed me out. I even played righty for about three years. But now I'm lefty again and I only do lefties.

Dusty gets nothing but love from me, though

In 2010 my wife bought me a lefty SR500 and I haven't flipped a bass since. It's all cool when you're a rock star and it's one of your arsenal but to play one all night is tedious. I'm so glad I switched and didn't 'flip.' Now, if Ibanez would start making more than just BLACK LEFTIES! LOL

I would have to agree with you, but from the opposite side of how you intended it.
Never owned a EBMM or a Sterling (for more than a day), but I just don't prefer their timbre. I've tried many. Granted, those in the OP sound good, maybe it's the rigs their running through...

Agreed. I find my Ibanez can get a pretty good MM tone at half the price and the quality is impeccable.

Funny you should bring that up. I had been watching videos on the new Soundgears only minutes prior. Fantastic sound -- Ibanez really knows how to make a bass. I owned an SR305F in pearl white, a five string fretless. That was a cool instrument!

Also agreed. I think Ibanez is one of the underrated companies that quietly just keeps selling thousands of excellent basses for all walks of life musicians. A starting player will still get an excellent starter for $200 that sounds awesome. The SR series is Ibanez' gift to the working musician.

 

[bigswifty1]

I guess you could say that I'm on board, since I currently own three Stingrays, which I'll admit is perhaps excessive although I'm rationalising the differences as follows:

1. 4H tuned to 440
2. 4H downtuned
3. Classic Stingray because .... because ..... just because.

I love them all. The Classic is an entirely different beast, really it's own "thing" so to speak.

Mike

 

[Mark76]

Albuquerque!

And it only took five pages

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

My '78 Stingray. Bought her brand new back in the day for $450. Still have all case candy, original strings, MM T-shirt, MM leather strap, original HSC and original MM brown vinyl gig bag. In the 90s I swapped out the electronics and replaced with Seymour Duncan Basslines. Plays/Sounds great but I am thinking about returning the electronics to the original. View attachment 2792846

I would love to see pics of all the original items.

 

[berklee46]

I always wanted a Stingray and bought one last year. I sold it within 5 months. G String was non existent compared to the other strings. Neck was nice and all but I was disappointed in the bass and went back to playing Sadowsky's exclusively.

Best of both worlds:

 

[muggsy]

I agree, you need one. Or four. But not these four, they're mine.

 

[Pandastylebass]

My first "real" bass was a 1993 Stingray, it was stolen so I saved my money and my Mother matched what I saved so I could get a new one (a '94 pictured below). It was my #1 bass for 20 years. It does not seem to make it out for gigs too much anymore. I should fix that!

 

[Geri O]

I agree, you need one. Or four. But not these four, they're mine.

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I have a buddy with a Big Al strat-style guitar and I swear, that guitar, to me, sounds better than all of his Fenders and Gibsons and on par with his gorgeous PRS guitar from the early 80s.

If that Big Al bass is similar in tone quality, I'd so love to hear it.

I hope the finish on your Big Al bass is intact. My buddy is having problems on the back of the Big Al Guitar where the finish was chipped from belt buckles and is now flaking and peeling away. He wasn't very prudent in letting a Music store tech attempt a repair on the finish and that guy butchered the area of the damage while doing nothing to stop the peeling. At least the damage in confined to the back of the guitar.