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New Ernie Ball Tim Commerford Models

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eastcoasteddie said:
Because they don’t need to.
The Stingray Special (aside from the Neo pickups) is a Stingray in Sterling clothing…

I hope they actually keep the Sterling in production, though. Last year they whittled them down to only 2 color options…
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It has been longer than a year they only offered the two colors. I was looking at them for a while to get a 4 string version of my sterling 5. Was not interested in any of the two color offering so just kept waiting.
 
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eastcoasteddie said:
probably because the First two aren’t around to give feedback on what they’d want in an actual Signature model, and the second two aren’t that popular…
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Other companies have done it before through the artist family / estate. You just go with a replica . And you donate some proceeds to a charity of their choice.
Aren’t popular ??? What’s that got to do with anything ? But I don’t agree? Gail Ann Dorsey isn’t popular? Really ?o_O

Louis Johnson , Bernard Edwards , and Gail Ann Dorsey are legends. Paul S Denman …I might give you that one but to me these are all players that put the Stingray on the map. Tony Levin, Flea, and John Deacon too.
 
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LadyLoveStingRay5 said:
Other companies have done it before through the artist family / estate. You just go with a replica . And you donate some proceeds to a charity of their choice.
Aren’t popular ??? What’s that got to do with anything ? But I don’t agree? Gail Ann Dorsey isn’t popular? Really ?o_O

Louis Johnson , Bernard Edwards , and Gail Ann Dorsey are legends. Paul S Denman …I might give you that one but to me these are all players that put the Stingray on the map. Tony Levin, Flea, and John Deacon too.
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Touché
 
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I was hoping for more from the Timmy C model TBH. It seems like it's just a SR Special with the classic bridge and a numbered neckplate (for the active ones). Some different pickup/preamp combo IMO would have been nice. Was hoping for the classic preamp w/ 18v and the neo pickup or an alnico pickup with the 18v special pre... meh
 
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LadyLoveStingRay5 said:
Ernie Ball is really hitting it out of the park right now with their new models .

The 2 Short Scales really have my interest. Mutes, finger ramps…..yes!!



Glad to see these signature models but it makes me ask ….. Why haven’t we seen a Louis Johnson, Bernard Edwards, Gail Ann Dorsey , or Paul S Denman model?
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Louis Johnson should be a no-brainer, and maybe BE. Not sure about Gail (even with her track record), and don't know Paul.
 
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As a huge RATM and Timmy C. (picked up the bass because of him) fan, I rushed through the link and almost bought one. But it doesn't seem to be anything special or thought through, unlike the Yamaha Peter Hook I bought recently, for example. That is a real signature bass.

And it's quite expensive, for a stock bass with a ramp.

It's clearly aimed at guys like me, who were teenagers in the 90s and now have the means and nostalgy to buy a bass with a neck plate signature.

I would love one, but I won't buy it.

Because:

Tim has almost always played a natural wood bass, the Stingray with a maple neck and this one has a dark board. Doesn't make sense.
Never seen him with a black one.

Short scale? Tim would laugh heavily at that.


That's no signature model. Very disappointing.
 
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Makes me wonder how Flea is feeling about these, as Sterling Ball swore that he would never, never, ever make a signature model Stringray for ANYBODY so Flea went to Fender.

Sterling was adamant that a Stingray is a Stingray and it will never change. Now we have monthly signature models, short scales, Neo pickups....
 
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mmbongo said:
Makes me wonder how Flea is feeling about these, as Sterling Ball swore that he would never, never, ever make a signature model Stringray for ANYBODY so Flea went to Fender.

Sterling was adamant that a Stingray is a Stingray and it will never change. Now we have monthly signature models, short scales, Neo pickups....
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I look for an eventual TB19 five string model.
 
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