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NBD-Stingray 5 Anniversary Edition

#62
SirMjac28 said:
Great video thanks for taking the time to make it.
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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. And thank you for not judging my awful playing. I think that not only does this bass have a fatter neck and extra string, but I think the string spacing may be slightly wider.

I guess that's just another reason to keep playing the bass more so I can adapt to it faster and get better as a player.
 
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#63
liverbird said:
The Classic SR5 has a thicker neck than the regular SR5? I do realise they have a different fingerboard radius but thicker?
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Yes, it's a profile more similar to a Stingray 4 string. Both Sterlings (4 and 5 string) and non Classic Sringray5s (paradoxically the real classic one, the only 5 string Musicman there was since 1987 to the introduction of Bongos) have a thinner neck profile that's also a flatter C shape. I know as I only play those (2 Stingray5s and one Sterling5) and am a b*#@h for thin necks. AFAIK Bongos and Caprice/Cutlass are an in between as per thickness, although I don't know first hand about Caprice/Cutlass as I haven't tried one yet.
 
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Bassist Jay said:
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. And thank you for not judging my awful playing. I think that not only does this bass have a fatter neck and extra string, but I think the string spacing may be slightly wider.

I guess that's just another reason to keep playing the bass more so I can adapt to it faster and get better as a player.
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You should hear me play :) I appreciate the video because I'm thinking about getting either the Classic or the Anniversary model and I love the string spacing of the Anniversary it looks a little wider to me also.
 
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#66
rmars said:
After I saw the promo pics of this bass I've been contemplating ordering the parts from Warmoth to do a J Bass in the same color combo. That roasted maple is gorgeous and that Birchwood Caseys Tru-oil finish (gunstock oil) just makes the grain pop....FWIW I don't know if EB is still using Birchwood Caseys but that what a rep told me in the late 90's. Even on regular maple it will really give the grain some dimension if you build up some coats.
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On this 30th-Anniversary-Stingray 5 they use ultra-light satin polyurethane finish.
Since 1994-95 the necks were oiled/waxed, but the tru-oil makes them shine.
 
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#67
FenderOli said:
On this 30th-Anniversary-Stingray 5 they use ultra-light satin polyurethane finish.
Since 1994-95 the necks were oiled/waxed, but the tru-oil makes them shine.
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Ok, thought the OP said it was gun stock oil(Tru-oil) on this model. My late 90's early 2001 models had extremely nice, smooth Tru-oil finishes and I've adopted that method of finishing necks since talking with the EB rep. Yes Tru-oil can make a neck shine but only if you build up some coats; one thin coat almost looks and feels like raw wood.

Not sure what they changed in production but from the mid 2000's until about 4 years ago my local GC was still carrying EB and the finish was very different; it didn't have that slightly amber look of a Tru-oiled neck on my late 90's and 2001 models (they looked like raw maple). The necks were really rough and you could feel the broken fibers standing up like they were not dewhiskering the wood. As many of these basses hung on the wall for years the neck got even more rough. I know they claimed that it was gunstock oil/wax (some other boiled linseed oil variant?) but it must have been super thin coats that didn't lock down those fiber. Honestly I assumed they had changed to tung oil.

The neck looks amazing on this new model. Was hoping they were going back to the old finish. Roasted maple is neat stuff and really doesn't require any finish.
 
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#69
Fender_Bender said:
Is it just me or are the B and G strings really close to the fretboard edges?. Probably not a problem with the B, but I'd be wary of pulling the G right off the board.
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Honestly, it doesn't feel to close to me. I'm sure if I pulled hard enough I could I could pull it off the fretboard but in my few days of playing it, I haven't had any issues.
 

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