Music Man StingRay Club | PART FIVE

[jefff100]

B. N. S. R. B. D. "Belated New Sting Ray Bass Day"

2017 Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 5H

very nice! I'd be afraid to get it dirty!!

 

[TheBass]

to the best of my knowledge the Ray 34/35 basses have always been single pickup instruments,

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Although the website says Sold Out they are still available on the market.

 

[jefff100]

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Although the website says Sold Out they are still available on the market.

I stand corrected!

Chicago Music Exchange has several in stock even.

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[LowEndLobster]

Project "Mold Smoothie" ($500 SUB Smoothie Copy) next to the genuine article.

 

[TheBass]

I stand corrected!

Chicago Music Exchange has several in stock even.

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I'd love to read some benchmarks EBMM vs. SBMM 5HH. There's nothing available in the net.

 

[outoftune]

Pretty stoked about my new Stingray. They really gave these things an overhaul but in a good way. Feel great, plays great and sounds great, but in a tamed Stingray kind of way.

 

[mouthmw]

I slap like crazy and I've never had any problem with my 2000 StingRay.

That's because your 2000 Stingray already has an updated bridge.

Look at the photos of pre-eb Stingrays and early 90s ones. Look at the bridge and the string alignment - they don't go straight over the saddles. Flea complained that he would knock the strings off the saddles because he played aggressively. Hence the updated "Flea bridge", EBMM listened to him and they redesigned the bridge so that the strings go straight over the saddles.

I'd suggest you check out musicmanbass.global site if you wanna read about various changes that happened to Stingray basses over the years.

 

[Bart Funk Bass]

That's because your 2000 Stingray already has an updated bridge.

Lucky me!

Thanks for the info!

 

[LowEndLobster]

That's because your 2000 Stingray already has an updated bridge.

Look at the photos of pre-eb Stingrays and early 90s ones. Look at the bridge and the string alignment - they don't go straight over the saddles. Flea complained that he would knock the strings off the saddles because he played aggressively. Hence the updated "Flea bridge", EBMM listened to him and they redesigned the bridge so that the strings go straight over the saddles.

I'd suggest you check out musicmanbass.global site if you wanna read about various changes that happened to Stingray basses over the years.

Thanks for the resource!

 

[LowEndLobster]

Here's a quick vid I did on my new 2020 BFR... I love this thing so much.

 

[Craig4003]

Hmm. The color of the roasted neck seems to me to clash with the color of the body/headstock paint. It would look better with either ordinary light maple or a good dark rosewood board. Or different paint.

 

[Bart Funk Bass]

Here's a quick vid I did on my new 2020 BFR... I love this thing so much.

Don't get me wrong, but it would suit her more than you

 

[JEDI BASS]

Here's a quick vid I did on my new 2020 BFR... I love this thing so much.

Beautiful!! Love everything about it, especially the matching headstock!

 

[byoung93888]

Here's a quick vid I did on my new 2020 BFR... I love this thing so much.

These are such fantastic basses, love mine!

 

[N4860]

These are such fantastic basses, love mine!

Me too! And from what I've seen, pics on the internet just don't do the bass justice. It's really hard to capture the true sparkliness of the bass.

 

[jefff100]

I'd love to read some benchmarks EBMM vs. SBMM 5HH. There's nothing available in the net.

Well if you take the plunge you're in the perfect position to fulfill that need !

 

[jefff100]

Pretty stoked about my new Stingray. They really gave these things an overhaul but in a good way. Feel great, plays great and sounds great, but in a tamed Stingray kind of way.
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Very nice. I'm a sucker for blacked out hardware.

 

[outoftune]

Very nice. I'm a sucker for blacked out hardware.

Same it looks so great on this bass.

 

[LowEndLobster]

Don't get me wrong, but it would suit her more than you

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LOOOOOOL

 

[LowEndLobster]

Me too! And from what I've seen, pics on the internet just don't do the bass justice. It's really hard to capture the true sparkliness of the bass.

Indeed. My girlfriend is SUPER into nail art and has a ton of holo/glitter and wants to photograph this in different ways to capture the glitteriness of it.