NBD: Wanted a fiver. Found a pretty one!

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.