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Oh crap! New Musicman Basses
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- ernie ball music man
I'm guessing they cut the Sabre and the rest simply because they didn't sell sufficiently well, which is fair enough. Glad I got my Sabre before they pulled the plug, though. These new offerings look a little lacklustre in pictures, perhaps, but I've had the opportunity to try them both, and they're very nice instruments indeed, and sound great. If I was being uncharitable, I'd say that the main gripe of the "mehsayers" is that they look too much like Fenders. But they have their own tone and personality, and I hope EBMM will do well with them. They would certainly do a great job for many working bassists. But between my Sabre and AmStd P, I don't really need either of them myself.
I knew they did some culling, but didn't quite realise the extent of it. There are only 6 colours for the Stingray now? Glad I already own a (Pre-EB) Sabre, at any rate, since that seems to have gone as well.
Still, I stand by my comments, and would definitely like to at least test drive the Caprice. A PJ with MM build quality is pretty tempting.
I haven't seen this mentioned in the first few pages - I was looking at a Cdn music store (Long & McQuade) and saw a Fender bass that looked oddly like a MusicMan shaped bass. I thought that was strange but now I see MusicMan is picking the pocket of Fender for shapes.
Maybe you're right. We shall see how this pans out - who knows what those things will be worth. But at least they'll go for $1200 used - or $500...
What do they want what this initiative? The neck-throughs aren't selling? Are these the first passive MM's?
As for poles lining up, you'd have to see it in person as an angle change makes all the difference in a photo. 7.5" radius is a bit small for me too. Most all my basses are 12" though I could live with a 9". Headstock? We'll wait to see what they put on a 5er.
I really DO like the sound in the video though it doesn't really show the range of the bass. Certainly inspiring enough for me to consider a used one to replace my modded Squier PJ, but I don't think it's inspiring enough to have me fork out for a brand new one.
And this DOES seem to me to be a "modern" take on PJ except for the classic look, of course. And while normally I would prefer a dual coil bridge to a jazz pickup for better balance between P and J in this case the J pickup is humbucking (important) and for tone you really want the CLARITY of an inline J to a dual humbucker IF You can get the output to match the P pickup. You'd actually have to play this thing to see if it actually works or not.
The biggest problem here is that while the world is flooded with 4 string P basses with tiny variations between them, everyone treats a 5 string PJ as taboo. This thing in 5 string where the "oversize" headstock is taken up with the extra tuner and maybe the neck radius reduced to 9" would really be the shiznit in my opinion. But obviously another 4 string p-bass is what all bass makers think the world needs because "Leo got it right".
They want to sell basses. Ill buy one. Many others will as well. They won't sell as much as Stingrays and maybe they'll get discontinued fast, but I'll get one while I can.
They whacked a bunch of stuff that wasn't selling and made no economic sense to continue making. If people actually bought the big al or the puke green transparent stingray those options would still be there.
color me interested. the passive electronics are a win for me. the styling is great, and build quality should be awesome. ill be excited to try one out for sure!
Honestly, if I were going to drop that kind of cash on a P or P/J with that sort of body style, I'd probably just save money and snag a Guild/DeArmond Pilot bass. Not totally the same body style, but they both give me the same kind of vibe.
Is this a reply to Fender for coming up with the Dimension? I mean, Fender did come up with some kind of StingRay clone.
Nope, the USA SUB bass made from 2003-06 was available passive.
Take that Caprice, put a Stingray humbucker in the MM sweet spot and reverse the split coil so that the D/G side is closer to the neck...now you're talking. Otherwise it's just another PJ.
