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New Retro '70s StingRay

#61
dustinymichaels said:
I'm not in the market for a Sterling Stingray, but it seems idiotic that Ernie wouldn't have come up with a different name for that line of guitars.
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Those are not EBMM product. They didnt name it. EBMM doesn't do imports.
They're made by Praxis and are a licensed copy: Guitar Center wanted these to exist and have a more 'associated' name and came up with it, because the former OLP was a failure. GC is EBMM's biggest retailer and GC really wanted an import line to exist, so EBMM agreed to license as long as the line actually looked like the US ones and actually be quality. The OLP line was horrible.
 
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#63
tvbop said:
Anyway that natural finish on the Vault isnt great at all, the original naturals were much brighter, more natural if you will.
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I absolutely love my Vault Natural. The grain is really nice and the fit & finish is truly perfect. I have compared it to some original 70's Rays and it's very close(at least to my eyes). Can't please everyone I guess but I'm stoked.
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I just bought one. It was just delivered to my home. I am taking lunch at work and I am just dying to get home and play it. I had an early ‘77 natural with white pickups that I modified in the Eighties with EMG jazz pickups. The neck and body were stamped Jan and Feb of 76. It is still one of the best playing basses I’ve ever played but I sinned hard scalloped the 15th fret and up also contoured the body. I’m a woodworker and even as a teen I did a real fine job but I still feel like Abdullah The Butcher. My redemption is nigh!
 
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DanieljJ said:
I just bought one. It was just delivered to my home. I am taking lunch at work and I am just dying to get home and play it. I had an early ‘77 natural with white pickups that I modified in the Eighties with EMG jazz pickups. The neck and body were stamped Jan and Feb of 76. It is still one of the best playing basses I’ve ever played but I sinned hard scalloped the 15th fret and up also contoured the body. I’m a woodworker and even as a teen I did a real fine job but I still feel like Abdullah The Butcher. My redemption is nigh!
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How do you like it? I have one of the white ones and absolutely love the sound and everything else -- except the weight! It's a bruiser.
 

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