NBD! Musicman makes nice stuff.

[micguy]

Warmoth is just as mass produced.

Built one at a time, to your specifications. Not my definition of mass production. Yes, they use cnc machining, but that makes the end product better.

 

[BigBigGuy44]

Music Man does make some nice stuff. That neck is fantastic. Despite some of the laughable comments about pricing, the price isn’t unreasonable.

 

[Gothic]

What's laughable is some people's inability to understand that a comment (a personal preference) on the pricing policy of a company they're not even affiliated with, isn't usually considered casus belli, or a directed attack against those who choose to spend their money on that product.

 

[jeffb28451]

Yes, they make great pieces and they charge high enough prices that they should turn out a good product.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

View attachment 3569941 This bass played amazingly well. Not entirely sold on that pickup though. I miss having a neck pickup.

Still a really nice piece..

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I could get so lost in that neck...

I get lost looking for my car keys...

 

[bholder]

I get lost looking for my car keys...

...when they're in my left hand. Or the wrong pocket. Made a fool of myself at the grocery store last summer when my key card was merely in the wrong pocket of my cargo shorts - was about to get it towed when the cashier suggested I check all my pockets...

 

[selowitch]

[D]oes everybody here like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale?

I do.

 

[BigBigGuy44]

What's laughable is some people's inability to understand that a comment (a personal preference) on the pricing policy of a company they're not even affiliated with, isn't usually considered casus belli, or a directed attack against those who choose to spend their money on that product.

Thanks for the comedy gold, you gave me a good chuckle.

 

[Altitude]

Personally I like Stingrays rendered as everyman workhorse instruments. Give me a natural ash body or maybe black, maple board, black pickguard.

I do appreciate fancy woods but I just don’t envision them on Stingrays. That neck is sure pretty though.

 

[west al]

I don't think he bought it, since he said the neck was amazing.
It does look good, though...but I think it'd look better on a Firemist Gold or Dropped Copper StingRay.

I gotcha'.

 

[glocke1]

I gotcha'.

I ended up buying it. Thought about it all night long and took the train back up this morning.

played it fir a good 30 minutes. In terms of tone my fears about the single humbucker were unfounded.

what time was really sold on was the playability. The bass practically played itself and I really had very little difficulty finding the notes I wanted.

I had to do some creative funding on this but the store knocked 10% so it’ll all workout

 

[Jonithen]

Congrats! Time on the new bass is time you can't use spending money on anything else anyway. I swapped the stock (group 3?) strings for Chromes ECB81 and only thing I needed to do was get the intonation of the bass sorted now. Now I'm working my own intonation XD

Hope you have a lot of fun with the new bass!

 

[west al]

I ended up buying it. Thought about it all night long and took the train back up this morning.

played it fir a good 30 minutes. In terms of tone my fears about the single humbucker were unfounded.

what time was really sold on was the playability. The bass practically played itself and I really had very little difficulty finding the notes I wanted.

I had to do some creative funding on this but the store knocked 10% so it’ll all workout

Well,........... Outstanding!!!

 

[mikeswals]

Congrats!

 

[FirewalZ]

Congrats on the purchase.....while folks may or may not like sound, Ernie Ball has done a great job at having consistent high quality standards. I hear much less talk of inconsistencies in various years than other brands.

 

[ToneMonkey]

Looks like a G&L copy of a MusicMan bass. Or a MusicMan copy of a L1500 with the control plate of the L1000. With a toasted neck indeed.
Sorry to spoil the party, but I always admired MusicMan for not jumping on the vintage train and just offering contemporary instruments. Now - maybe due to financial reasons - they are just doing what everyone else is doing. I could still somehow accept the Classic series and have respect for Ernie Ball to openly admit that he did this for economic reasons.
Now this: Vintage instruments, copies of Fender instruments, endless combinations of the same old things just remixed. They are losing their identity. But - as mentioned before - maybe it is just necessary for them to survive or they think it is.

My only beef with new production Stings is that ridiculous naked gun oil neck finish thing. I hate the look and feel. I prefer high gloss poly, even on necks. I love my 2014 Sting 4, but the neck always looks dingy to me. Yeah, I know I can get gloss poly on a Classic, but I prefer everything else about the newer ones.

 

[Cantstandsya]

View attachment 3569941 This bass played amazingly well. Not entirely sold on that pickup though. I miss having a neck pickup.

Beautiful bass. I currently own five EBMM basses but have probably had at least twenty of them over the years. IME, they’ve all had very high build quality for a production bass. If I had $5k to spend all at once, I’d go with a Nordstrand. For what EBMM charges though, I believe you get an exceptional value for your money. I’m still in awe of this one every time I play it.

 

[Jonithen]

My only beef with new production Stings is that ridiculous naked gun oil neck finish thing. I hate the look and feel. I prefer high gloss poly, even on necks. I love my 2014 Sting 4, but the neck always looks dingy to me. Yeah, I know I can get gloss poly on a Classic, but I prefer everything else about the newer ones.

The neck on this BFR one is glossed, front, back, and sideways.

 

[nilorius]

The fingerboard is what i don't like and understand.