Passive Stingray Specials at Sweetwater!

[Geri O]

If you're going to keep paying these rising prices, they'll just keep raising them.

Sure will.

Just like utility bills and home mortgages.

We all have two choices.

Neither choice needs approval nor admonishment from you about it.

 

[iammr2]

Sure will.

Just like utility bills and home mortgages.

We all have two choices.

Neither choice needs approval nor admonishment from you about it.

Where did I indicate you need my approval? It's just my opinion. Do I need your approval to state that? Are you just here to admonish me?

 

[Geri O]

Where did I indicate you need my approval? It's just my opinion. Do I need your approval to state that? Are you just here to admonish me?

Oh, come, what do you think goes on here? You make what some might consider a pointless assertion that the adults in the room know as common sense, you get, in a nutshell, a "no sh$t" kind of response.

Done here. Have fun.

 

[FightMilk]

I have played a passive Stingray.

The difference that I hear (read that again) is substantial enough that I will not own a passive Stingray.

I don’t need anyone telling me what I hear or don’t/can’t hear.

You do you.

(Prepared for snarky response. Have at it)

lol no snark needed we all allowed to have opinions.

 

[Cory rich40]

People expecting to pay yesterdays new prices are not living in reality .

Go buy a vintage Fender that isn’t half as well made and was considered junk in the 70’s or an import Chinese made Dingwall or MTD and compare prices for a new US made StingRay.
What does a new US made Rickenbacker cost with as nice a variety of sparkle , burst, translucent finishes that aren’t your everyday same old drab offerings cost? $4K last I checked.

EBMM has no problem selling their instruments . When they do they get discontinued.

EBMM isn’t G&L and they aren’t Fender. It’s in their history but they are doing just fine and their quality rivals boutique.

The complaints about their pricing is just getting old.

Compared to a USA Spector,$2500-$3000 is not that bad for a USA made bass. A lot of these price increases over the last 20 years have seen upgrades to the instruments come with them. To me with the stingray special, the 18v preamp is a huge upgrade, amongst the other upgrades they did to the bass.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Compared to a USA Spector,$2500-$3000 is not that bad for a USA made bass. A lot of these price increases over the last 20 years have seen upgrades to the instruments come with them. To me with the stingray special, the 18v preamp is a huge upgrade, amongst the other upgrades they did to the bass.

Making improvements along with price increases is good business. Unless you are in the “relic, just like 1959” business, modest improvements make price increases palatable. That said, EBMM ha released a few vintage style models a premium, and frankly, I would rather have a new vintage bass than a bass beat up at the factory, trying to look like an old bass.

 

[Cory rich40]

Making improvements along with price increases is good business. Unless you are in the “relic, just like 1959” business, modest improvements make price increases palatable. That said, EBMM ha released a few vintage style models a premium, and frankly, I would have a new vintage bass than a bass beat up at the factory, trying to look old bass.

The Pino signature is one of those vintage basses I believe.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

The Pino signature is one of those vintage basses I believe.

They are wonderful! I wish I had the $3,200 to buy it.

 

[Cory rich40]

They are wonderful! I wish I had the $3,200 to buy it.

Me too. Question though. If you had your choice between that and the BFR fretless stingray special, which one would you choose? Personally I’m hoping a fretless USA SUB bass will pop up at one of our local shops that specializes in used basses. He has had some USA SUB’s in the past in excellent condition that went for $850.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Me too. Question though. If you had your choice between that and the BFR fretless stingray special, which one would you choose? Personally I’m hoping a fretless USA SUB bass will pop up at one of our local shops that specializes in used basses. He has had some USA SUB’s in the past in excellent condition that went for $850.

I could play both, I would simply buy the one that sounded and played the best.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

This passive Stingray that doesn’t have coil switching or a tone knob sounds great to me. It has one sound, but it is a classic sound.

 

[Cory rich40]

A passive stingray can work well. Several bass manufacturers that mainly use active electronics have passive basses that are awesome. The Dingwall DRoc is one example. Stingrays are quality instruments so just because one might be passive doesn’t mean it’s not going to pack a punch. Small correction to my statement. The active Dingwalls are active/passive and the DRoc is strictly passive.

 

[iammr2]

Oh, come, what do you think goes on here? You make what some might consider a pointless assertion that the adults in the room know as common sense, you get, in a nutshell, a "no sh$t" kind of response.

Done here. Have fun.

"What some might consider..." Oh, the geniuses like YOU right? Thanks for the "admonishment", hypocrite.

 

[Dasgre0g]

"What some might consider..." Oh, the geniuses like YOU right? Thanks for the "admonishment", hypocrite.

 

[WG Plum]

Lol! Stingrays have a metallic edge to their tone. If you own a Stingray you know what I'm talking about. Its what makes them a great slap machine. They are not known for being warm and organic. And, from experience, I found the 3 band EQ to be worse than the 2 band.

Flats warm up Stingrays just fine.

 

[WG Plum]

The Pino signature is one of those vintage basses I believe.

I absolutely love my non-relic Pino fretless. Worth every penny to me.

 

[SJan3]

Flats warm up Stingrays just fine.

Well, that's true. Bernard Edwards had it figured out.

 

[jd56hawk]

Scoville Red, because it's hot?
Wouldn't that be a better name for an active bass?
Other than that, maybe they'll come out with a Sterling version for only $1,000 or so.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Flats warm up Stingrays just fine.

Well, that's true. Bernard Edwards had it figured out.

I had Chromes on my Stingray; to me it sounded so much better than with rounds.

 

[SJan3]

I had Chromes on my Stingray; to me it sounded so much better than with rounds.

When I had my Stingray, I preferred a cabinet with no horn. Let's not forget that the Stingray came BEFORE bass cabs with horns. I used a 2x15" JBL loaded cabinet back in the day. Sounded great! Flats would move the tone even more towards a classic vibe.