Mike Porcaro's... Stingray?

Hm, seems to look like a Status...

He's listed on their artists page:

 

I'd say just plain wrong. Look at the head stock, not just the 3+2, but that there isn't the MM hook, and the G is WAY to close to the neck. Not a MM neck.

And the MM's are have pot routings that run along the outer profile of the body, not closer in like those one. And the bridge pup is a soapbar type. Even if it was a replacement, he'd have a huge gap where the rest of the standard MM went.

And the PG would have left some serious holes from the screws. Not to mention the upper horn is flat the MM horn has some slope near the neck.

Not in any way related to SR5. Not even a heavily modded one.

 

Did you forget to check for extreme sarcasm?

Yep, I heard Porcaro's been playing Status. Looks like an S-2.

 

I noticed that a while back - definately not a Stingray. It's a Status Graphite Stealth bass. All graphite neck-through.

I haven't been able to get that one (yet), but I've got two of his other basses...a Status Graphite 2000 (by far, the best sounding/playing bass I've ever owned) and the red Ripley bass from those 80's videos....

 

I remember seeing their videos in the 80's, and wondering what the cool red bass with all the knobs was....Many years later, the opportunity to have THAT bass was something I couldn't pass up on.
There is even some marks along the side of the neck where Jeff Porcaro had been tapping the open B string w/ his sticks...now that is cool!

 

Yeah, sorry, let me clarify:

In the first picture, the bass mistaken for a Stingray is a Stealth all-graphite. The one he's playing in the picture below that is the S-2.

 

Have I mentioned that the Status' are the best basses around?

 

Yeah that black one is definitely a Status - I've tried ones just like that in the Bass Centre in London - they always have a good stock of Status basses. The tone is too bright and scratchy for me, but they do feel good - easy to play, nice necks.

 

I sure hope you're not talking about Kenneth and the Knutters!?