Notable MusicMan Stingray/Sterling users

[sucka]

Hi!
Write as many as you know MusicMan Stingray or Sterling or Bongo users (they have to be 4 stringers).

Peace.

 

[TheBasicBassist]

Flea!

 

[tahoebass92]

Tony Levin, Dave Larue, and recently John Myung come to mind. Granted, they all play Bongo's now, but I figure that's close enough to Stingrays and Sterlings

 

[sucka]

Yep. I remembered myself:

Roger Manganelli form Less Than Jake - Sterling
Murphy Karges form gayrock band who was cool on the beginning - Sugar Ray - Sterling
Cliff from AC/DC - Stingray
Louis Johnson of Brothers Johnson - Stingray

EDIT:
MM Bongos are good too!

 

[wagstaff]

Tony Levin, Dave Larue, and recently John Myung come to mind. Granted, they all play Bongo's now, but I figure that's close enough to Stingrays and Sterlings

JM used a sterling 4 HS for the begining of in the presence of enemies pt 2

Mark

 

[hgrind]

I think Craig Young deserves a mention. A fantastic Nashville studio musician. I understand he now plays a Stingray Classic 4.

 

[air_leech]

the 80's Pino played a fretless Stingray.

 

[buzzbass]

how about John Deacon or Rudy Sarzo (back in the Ozzy days)

 

[PrimitiveMan]

Squarepusher plays a HH stingray at a lot of his live shows. Lots of YouTube vids of him ripping it up on one

 

[faulknersj]

Stevie Wonders bass player Nate Watts played a Stingray in the late 70's / early 80's. U can hear his 79" Ray on 'Do I Do'.

 

[Arnold]

Bernard Edwards

 

[JTE]

Carl Radle was an early StingRay player, along with Louis Johnson. In fact, the first I heard of Music Man was a Carl Radle interview in Guitar Player Magazine. Summer of 1976 and he talks about his Precision with the Jazz bass neck, and the Alembic. Then he says something about a new bass coming on the market that combines the features of the Precision and the Alembic, made by Leo Fender and Tom Walker.

I don't recall his name, but the bassist on a lot of Steve Miller's stuff ("Swingtown", etc.) got a 'Ray.

Bernard Edwards

Freebo (Bonnie Raitt's original bassist from her early scufflin' days through "Sweet Forgiveness")

Teddy Gentry with Alabama. They had a MM endorsement deal because they all played MM guitars and amps until MM folded- then Teddy started playing his old Precison

John

 

[Din Of Win]

Joe Lally - Fugazi
Nate Newton - Converge
Philip Hall - Municipal Waste

 

[mg15]

Josh Gonzalez of Salvador

 

[danomite64]

Benjamin Orr (the Cars) used a silver Stingray, Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) used a Cutlass 2, and Davey Faragher (John Hiatt, Elvis Costello) used a red Sabre.

 

[73jbass]

Paul Denmon with Sade. The best MM tone on the planet!

 

[WhoSeyes]

Steve Severin with Siouxsie & the Banshees.

 

[eyeballkid]

Sean Meadows -Lungfish
Jeff Caxide - Isis.. did everytime Ive seen them.. but may use Sages now.. Ill know wednesday.

 

[garmenteros]

Big wig and A Wilhelm Scream bassist use stingrays,

i dont know if he always rocked one but, queens bassist can be seen here with one,

 

[van_gogh_bass]

Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo! Funky player - I really dig his playing.