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#462
odarellmc said:
Okay guys I put my bid in to have the bass held until friday (payday) so im trusting my TB brothers that this will be a kick ass bass...
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the ONLY thing that the SBMM have over the SUB series is the contour body style.
The OG SUB basses are "slab" style with rounded edges. Like the pre-EBMM Stingrays actually.
The SbMM basses have similar forearm and "beer belly" contours in the body.
I still prefer the old SUB series.
The diamond plate scratch plate is cheesy, but I dig the non-glossy body finish.
 
#463
Calaverasgrande said:
the ONLY thing that the SBMM have over the SUB series is the contour body style.
The OG SUB basses are "slab" style with rounded edges. Like the pre-EBMM Stingrays actually.
The SbMM basses have similar forearm and "beer belly" contours in the body.
I still prefer the old SUB series.
The diamond plate scratch plate is cheesy, but I dig the non-glossy body finish.
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Surprisingly, the diamond plate PG is what draws the most compliments whenever I play my SUB5 out...



- georgestrings
 
#465
georgestrings said:
Yup - I currently have a Sterling5 HS, before that was a BFR SR5 HH, and my SUB5 is every bit their equal regarding tone, playability, and quality of construction...


- georgestrings
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Wow thx guys im looking forward to getting it now. Not that I wasn't excited before but I know what a ray is supposed to sound like..just was hoping for the best..but now im super stoked. Im sure this would need some new strings, any suggestions what would bring out the ray "sound"?
 
#470
I know you weren't asking me, but in my case mine are both
- 2 band eq which is (a) the rage right now and (b) just better sounding
- lighter than the stingrays I've played
- more durable finish-wise
- 5 strings with stingray-4 shaped pick guards instead of a growth coming off the pick guard like most actual stingray 5s
 
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#471
dkelley said:
I know you weren't asking me, but in my case mine are both
- 2 band eq which is (a) the rage right now and (b) just better sounding
- lighter than the stingrays I've played
- more durable finish-wise
- 5 strings with stingray-4 shaped pick guards instead of a growth coming off the pick guard like most actual stingray 5s
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Thx..insights are always welcomed, but I didn't get the last part about the pickguard
 
#473
dkelley said:
I know you weren't asking me, but in my case mine are both
- 2 band eq which is (a) the rage right now and (b) just better sounding
- lighter than the stingrays I've played
- more durable finish-wise
- 5 strings with stingray-4 shaped pick guards instead of a growth coming off the pick guard like most actual stingray 5s
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Totally with you on the 5 string look. The oval pickguard looks so much better than the extended one on 5string Stingrays!

I have preferred my white SUB to my Stingray for long periods, but it comes and goes. Just a matter of preference to me, I could not tell you one is better than the other.

I have just put a colourless pickguard on the wine red SUB... lovely!
 
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#474
Almost bought a graphite 4 sub today for $500. Didn't get the chance due to work but would be pointless anyhow as I'm moving away from fours and have the same exact 5 already.

And to the O.P., what I meant about pick guards is subs have ovals on 5 while stingrays have a strange growth at bottom for controls LoL... Fugly
 
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#475
mcnach said:
Totally with you on the 5 string look. The oval pickguard looks so much better than the extended one on 5string Stingrays!

I have preferred my white SUB to my Stingray for long periods, but it comes and goes. Just a matter of preference to me, I could not tell you one is better than the other.

I have just put a colourless pickguard on the wine red SUB... lovely!
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Glad I'm not alone :-)
 
#476
dkelley said:
Almost bought a graphite 4 sub today for $500. Didn't get the chance due to work but would be pointless anyhow as I'm moving away from fours and have the same exact 5 already.

And to the O.P., what I meant about pick guards is subs have ovals on 5 while stingrays have a strange growth at bottom for controls LoL... Fugly
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I get ill have to see one to get it...lol
 
#477
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I like my SUB so much more without the cheesy "metal" pickguard. I may pick up a B/W/B pickguard but I'm in no rush.
 
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That gives me an idea... There's a black pg on my graphite 5 and a sub metal pg on my wine vomit purple fretless 5...
I should lose the pg entirely on the graphite and put it on the wvp! That graphite looks good naked.... But I've seen a WVP model naked and it was too much WVP even for a fan like me :-)
 

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