NBD: My first Stingray! Guitar Center clearance.

[sourcehill]

Walked into GC to get strings. Left with this. $1199 plus tax out the door. I’ve been a Fender guy my whole life. Do you think it’s worth keeping for the price? Or could I have done better buying used?

 

[mpdd]

Nice, they had a brand new musicman caprice in Pasadena for that price yesterday too

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Great price new!! Great color!! Great basses!!
You did good !!
Enjoy !!
Is that mint green or powder blue?

 

[2cooltoolz]

Should have bought two!!

 

[sourcehill]

The Guitar Center slip lists it as mint green. I thought it was powder blue. Lol. Not sure...

Is there an easy way to find the manufacture date?

Thanks everyone! Very excited!

 

[murmur70]

The Guitar Center slip lists it as mint green. I thought it was powder blue. Lol. Not sure...

Is there an easy way to find the manufacture date?

Thanks everyone! Very excited!

If you go to the EBMM company forums, you can give them you SN and they will give you the manufacture date and such.

 

[arbiterusa]

The “worth it” question I can’t answer as that’s pretty subjective. And it’s both fretted and a maple neck, which are not my things. That being said, that’s a damn fine bass by any standard and if I woke up one day and found one gift wrapped at the foot of the bed I wouldn’t consider selling it. Would probably start hunting real hard for an EB fretless rosewood neck for it so I could live out my lifelong dream of failing to be as cool as Tony Levin.

 

[brocco]

That is a great bass, new or used a great price .

 

[Phlipper]

I'm an Ibanez guy but I like the Sting Rays and I LOVE that mint/maple combo.

 

[Badwater]

Good deal for the clearance. Used would have saved about 25 to 30%. With used, there is no warranty. And being the original owner is better if you plan to sell it later.

So... how do you like the sound and playability? Worth it?

 

[sourcehill]

Plays soooo nice and loving the flexibility of the sound. Beafcake.

 

[alack]

Done real good!

 

[el jeffe bass]

Beautiful bass, enjoy

 

[Tori2013]

Well, it's still a Fender you know?

 

[DeliriumTremens]

They were a special run in 2016 for GC. Mint green finish with tinted neck

 

[Basshappi]

Beautiful Stingray, great price, Congrats!

 

[MobileHolmes]

You got a new one for about what a used one costs. Good score!

 

[JRA]

Do you think it’s worth keeping for the price? Or could I have done better buying used?

who cares? it's yours now...yay! the bass looks like a player to me. congratulations on your new instrument!

 

[maplenecked]

Sweetness congrats, love that tinted maple neck

 

[SirMjac28]

That's a beauty congrats and I would keep it.