NBD: Wanted a fiver. Found a pretty one!

[tb-player]

Over the last two years, I’ve been buying & selling basses, trying to find what’s right for me. In the end, I ended up with all 4-strings, which is cool... but I like having a 5-string on-hand. A five is a different instrument than a four. In my thinking, it serves a different purpose. And it didn’t take long before I found myself missing having one.

So i decided, if I’m only gonna have one fiver, I want it to be a good one. After some diligent searching, I came across this beauty. It’s a 30th Anniversary EBMM Stingray 5 with one of the prettiest flame maple necks I’ve ever seen.

[Edit 7/13/2020] - Because I am a wishy-washy, G.A.S. filled bass player who is always looking for the next thing, this bass is (quite regrettably) now up for sale. I need the cash to fund a brand new double-bass being built by Upton Bass. Feel free to hit me up with questions. This bass is ridiculous, in the best possible ways.

 

[Samatza]

Wow! Really nice. Enjoy that bass, I’m a big fan of the Stingray.

 

[And I]

That's a beautiful thing right there... the neck / fretboard are stunning.

 

[tb-player]

That's a beautiful thing right there... the neck / fretboard are stunning.

Thanks. If you stare at it, you get sucked into this weird wood-grain bass vortex. It’s impossible to look away.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Those 30th anniversary SR5’s are something special indeed!

 

[bassdude51]

Ha ha ha, at first glance, I thought your tread said, "Needed a liver."

 

[tb-player]

Those 30th anniversary SR5’s are something special indeed!

Yeah, if they were about a pound lighter, they'd be perfect. Thank God for neoprene straps!

 

[Mastermold]

These are still the prettiest StingRays IMO. Congrats!

 

[Killing Floor]

Beautiful! Enjoy your newfound success and and rising tide of eternal joy.
Every time a Ray is sold an angel gets its wings.

 

[tb-player]

These are still the prettiest StingRays IMO. Congrats!

They're some of the best sounding too. The circuit they use in the 30th is voiced a little differently from my old 2009 Stingray. There's a definitely growl to this bass that I really like.

 

[OddSenses]

Musicman's flame maple necks are so stunning, in person even better. Congrats! If you're only going to have one 5 string a musicman is an excellent choice.

 

[tb-player]

Ha ha ha, at first glance, I thought your tread said, "Needed a liver."

If I keep buying and selling all these basses, I'm probably gonna start drinking! Then a new liver will be in the cards... lol.

 

[Marc valero]

Now you are ready to rock with some rock solid tone. My EBMM Stingray 5 had its 30th anniversary this month, it was built in June 1990.

 

[BarfanyShart]

White ... tort ... flame maple ... the perfect bass! Good job!

 

[dalkowski]

Thanks. If you stare at it, you get sucked into this weird wood-grain bass vortex. It’s impossible to look away.

Added value! Nice score, that thing is gawjuss.

 

[Altitude]

That's very nice.

I did the same thing, sold off an SR5 to free some funds for another bass. Told myself I could always buy another one whenever I was ready. That was 2009 and I sort of miss the bass.

Hold on to this one.

 

[MusicFungi]

One of the sexiest fretboards I've seen!

 

[tb-player]

That's very nice.

I did the same thing, sold off an SR5 to free some funds for another bass. Told myself I could always buy another one whenever I was ready. That was 2009 and I sort of miss the bass.

Hold on to this one.

Yeah, I had a 2009 Honey Burst SR5 that was perfect. I never should have gotten rid of it. That era was great for Stingrays. This one's amazing in its own right. The pre is definitely different. But it sounds fantastic.

 

[Mikey F]

These are amazing.

 

[GitmoMango]

Nice one! Dat neck doh.