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i've ordered a stingray, but trouble

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drmckool

Jun 15, 2007
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Toronto, Ontario
#1
sorry for the cryptic name

hi i just ordered my first stingray to long and mcquade from the warehouse and once it get's there i have 30 days to pay for it. only problem is, i'm $1000 short of the final price.

it's a 20th Anniversary stingray 5 HH with a maple fretboard and a matching headstock.

so right now i need a job and i'm probably still going to have to finance it for a few months. i figure by the time i have to pay i'll have $2,500 and'll only be $200 0ff, i'll see if i can get a loan for the rest. but anysuggestions on how to carry the rest of the money i won't be able to make

the reason it's so expensive is i'm a canadian and i live in my most taxed province in the country

sorry if i've broken a rule by placing price amounts
 
#6
no i'm looking for really high end bass and it's not like i won't have the cash ever. i could repay any loan i'd take out within september. it's just i can't get all the cash right now. but i have a month to scrounge.

i hate cheap basses and after having played this one i'll never be able to sit with an OLP. plus i have more than 1/2 of the money needed. i have 2/3 not including the tax
 
#7
lefty007 said:
Why did you order it in the first place, if you ain't got the money. . . ? :rollno:

Here:

http://www.suzeorman.com/

Although, if you are willing to make a trip to Mexico and then to Miami, I have a "contact" that might have a job for you. He'll provide the car, just drive and don't ask any questions. :cool:
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i'm not goign to run drugs but i've ordered it to the store. if after 30 days i cannot pay for it the bass'll just go on the floor to whomever wants to buy it
 
#8
I've usually gone for bargain gear but the one time I borrowed to buy my George Benson guitar ($900 used)it was well worth it. Just don't be irresponsible by buying gear you can easily live without or by not paying off your debts.
 
#12
eedre said:
What's so great about the 20th Anniversary Edition that the standard MM doesn't have - must be pretty badass to ask over $1k more for it?
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well $700 more actually because i live in Ontario Canada so our dolalr is worth less and we have a 14% sales tax. but it just sounds that much better. it has better pickups, better pre-amp, a different construction (slightly/tone block) and has a more expensive finish
 
#17
There are a few small but pretty cool improvements - one thing is that it's a convertible bridge design (or just string-thru :( ? ) which I'm pretty sure has been quite a desireable upgrade for Music Man owners for a long time - I think they also have some sort of tone chamber design? The body is chambered with a mahogany tone block running down the middle or something to that effect, clever stuff - there is a FANTASTIC video review of it on YouTube and some effective research should dig it up.
 
#18
sockdeluxe_mike said:
There are a few small but pretty cool improvements - one thing is that it's a convertible bridge design (or just string-thru :( ? ) which I'm pretty sure has been quite a desireable upgrade for Music Man owners for a long time - I think they also have some sort of tone chamber design? The body is chambered with a mahogany tone block running down the middle or something to that effect, clever stuff - there is a FANTASTIC video review of it on YouTube and some effective research should dig it up.
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don't forget the alnico magnets in the pickups and a re designed pre-amp
 

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