New Stingray Special or New Flea Bass?

[Stranger Danger]

They’re just a little bit better made.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I’m actually kinda surprised that Squier didn’t make this Flea bass. They could put a Stingray pickup on a Classic Vibe Jazz and sell a ton of them at $450 or so.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

Nice!!

What kinda case does it come with?

A black G&G, very nice.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

Can you feel the compound radius board?

Also, weight?

The more I look the more I like. It's checking a lot of boxes for me. I also love that the bridge is further up the body, which means my left had sits naturally further to the right in the area I play near the most.

Mow please make one in black with a matching headstock!

It weighs 9.1 lbs but is really well balanced. I would have guessed 8.1 lbs. The fingberboard and neck feel really good. I think this bass is extremely well built. I am sure the EBMM is too. I played one for twenty years and know they are solid. The argument about which is better built may be a wash.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

I love pink and Fenders But I also love EBMM Sooo.....

so tie?

 

[Double E]

FMIC is still making instruments that require you remove the neck to access the truss rod. This would be like Ford making vehicles you still have to get out and hand crank to start.

This only applies to their vintage, period correct, reissues. The rest of the current lineup has accessible truss rods. That is a tired argument against Fender.

 

[jackn1202]

I said Flea Jazz but only because I love the way it looks. Has to be the silver one though.

Honestly the Stingray is a better bass with more options. You’d be better off with one of those.

But I still voted Jazz

 

[donkeygrl]

so tie?

Ack I think so! Lol!

 

[FingerDub]

I’m actually kinda surprised that Squier didn’t make this Flea bass. They could put a Stingray pickup on a Classic Vibe Jazz and sell a ton of them at $450 or so.

They tried with the Dimension and failed.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

Ack I think so! Lol!

So undecided and non-committal. I love it.

 

[donkeygrl]

So undecided and non-committal. I love it.

I know I shoulda just not replied to your thread but I wanted to be part of the cool kids club hehe

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

I know I shoulda just not replied to your thread but I wanted to be part of the cool kids club hehe

I have good news. We discussed it and you are IN.

 

[5StringBlues]

I bent my Wookie...........

 

[Stranger Danger]

They tried with the Dimension and failed.

It wasn't the flea dimension though. And it didn't look a jazz bass.

 

[Stranger Danger]

This only applies to their vintage, period correct, reissues. The rest of the current lineup has accessible truss rods. That is a tired argument against Fender.

It was a joke. Kind of.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I am happy the OP got the bass he wanted. It's a beautiful instrument. I am surprised that TB favors the EBMM at 9:1 clip. That says a lot about the reputation of EBMM amongst bass players. It is not a knock on Fender. Most of that stuff was just kidding around. I do believe the Stingray is a superior instrument but that's my opinion (and apparently 9/10 dentists agree).

 

[Les Fret]

FMIC is still making instruments that require you remove the neck to access the truss rod. This would be like Ford making vehicles you still have to get out and hand crank to start.

Is that so? I think the truss rod of the Flea bass is accessible through the hole in the body at the end of the neck? It's hard to see on the pictures.

 

[FingerDub]

Is that so? I think the truss rod of the Flea bass is accessible through the hole in the body at the end of the neck? It's hard to see on the pictures.

It does adjust at the heel. But it does not have the wheel the EBMM does, requiring you to take it off it seems unless there is an allen wrench type set up where you can "plug in" and turn and adjust perpendicular.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

It does adjust at the heel. But it does not have the wheel the EBMM does, requiring you to take it off it seems unless there is an allen wrench type set up where you can "plug in" and turn and adjust perpendicular.

It comes with a nice wrench and the bolt is easy to access with out so much as loosening the neck. That wheel EBMM uses is fantastic though.

 

[Double E]

It does adjust at the heel. But it does not have the wheel the EBMM does, requiring you to take it off it seems unless there is an allen wrench type set up where you can "plug in" and turn and adjust perpendicular.

Fender has been providing a T-Handle, ball end wrench with their US basses for years. I’ve never had a problem adjusting the neck on an assembled Fender bass with the current configuration. Like I said, this is a tired argument.