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Official EBMM club thread!

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lowmid said:
hey MR matt, I have your bass's little sister, a 1996 stingray4 in original sunburst with maple (SUNbst is sunburst in fact before it was named honeyburst and got a little darker)

greaaat baassess
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Awesome! Love to see her, post some pics of her there’s never enough bass porn. ;)


lildrgn said:
I'm gettin' jealous of my old bass!

Matt: if you switch out that pup, I get the bass back! And regarding the DD, after Pleking it, it plays like a dream. Sounds great, looks great, will miss the Sterling. Just let me know if/when you're looking to move it. ;)

Oh yeah. You want my member #? #94?
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Gwon, no worries, after I put a fresh set on & pumped it thru the big rig (and little) I see no reason to swap the pup.
If it goes up on the block, you’ll be the first to know! Don't hold your breath tho :D
Glad Mike was able to help you out, that’s an awesome machine, very precise.

Yeah, #94 would be perfect! If’n that’s cool with the club organizer, Figjam?
 
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Mr Matt said:
Here's my first MM ever!
It took 30 some years, but I got one now. :)
A 1994 Sterling I got in a trade for another local TB'er this weekend.
Plays & sounds fantastic and looks amazing!
It has the most insane birdseye maple neck & fingerboard I've seen. :eek:
I'm real happy with it as it sits right now, but may replace the pickup at some point.
Still need to do some research on that and/or if there are any suggestions I'm all ears.

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very nice! it's got birdseye, the recessed backing plate and the mutes. that's the sort of sterling i'd be interested in.
 
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Coelho said:
Just to let you guys know, I played yesterday with my alnico SR5, it kills. :)
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Yeah there's definitely a difference to the ceramic. To be honest, if anything ever happened to my Ceramic SR5, I'd probably replace it with a Sterling 5. After all these years, I'm so familiar with the sound of the ceramic I don't want to change.

....and I'd probably go for a HS..
 
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Calaverasgrande said:
sorry if I am not in the know on this. But which MM basses are Alnico and which ceramic?
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There's 2 answers to this question:-

* From 2008 onwards -All Stingrays are alnico, all Sterlings are ceramic. Nice and Easy.

* Prior to 2008 - Stingray 4's are alnico, but the Stingray 5 and all Sterlings are Ceramic. As far as I know, this is correct as far back as Ernie Ball have been in the picture. Pre EB, I'm not sure........

It's really only an issue if you're looking at a SR5. The 4's and sterlings have remained consistent all along, but a SR5 could be either ceramic or alnico depending on when it was made. I jokingly refer to mine as a Stingling (Half Stingray, Half Sterling) and you'll often hear pre 2008 SR5's referred to this way.
 
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bovinehost said:
Sounds big and thick, doesn't it?
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Sounds like my SR4 with one more string. :)

Question (I couldn't find the answer anywhere...):

The 3 way switch selects between parallel, series and "parallel+filter". What the hell is this parallel+filter position? Only thing I know is that it sounds more like my '83 ray in this position, and more like my 2007 ray in the parallel position.

Anybody knows what the "filter" is?

PS: There are diagrams with the switch positions on the EBMM site.
 
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