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If you love Stingrays or green basses, check this out!

Dr. Cheese

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Mar 3, 2004
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I think this finish is absolutely gorgeous!
 
I'm glad you said it's green, because the design team dubbed it Mean Blue.

Music Man StingRay Special Bass Mean Blue Burst

Seriously, Mean Green is definitely a better name.
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The folks at Ernie Ball should change it.
Is there also a different mean blue finish? I'm starting to get confused. Those examples are clearly more blue than what I've seen.
Look at the green in this demo:
 
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Is there also a different mean blue finish? I'm starting to get confused. Those examples are clearly more blue than what I've seen.
Look at the green in this demo:

I think the photo colors on the Sweetwater page aren't true.
The blue doesn't look right...even the natural color looks off, compared to the photo on the right from Reverb or the video, and he definitely said Mean Green.
Doesn't mention Mean Green on the Musicman page, though.
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