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SBMM Stingray Short scale

#2,701
Treblefree said:
Indeed it is. But is beautiful.

The reason I ordered one was that I love my SBMM so much. Much more than basses that cost 4X as much as sad as that is to put into print.
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I would buy the EMBB short scale. But since I don’t even gig it would just be a collosal waste of my money and I would also potentioanlly he depriving someone who could put it to much better use.
I think I am the rare bassist that has no gas (for basses that is). I just can’t think of another bass available that checks all the boxes for me. The Spector Banshee comes close but it has the wider P style neck which I don’t want.

I do believe in time I’ll upgrade the wiring and maybe the pup but that’s like years away.
 
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WestyBassBob said:
I would buy the EMBB short scale. But since I don’t even gig it would just be a collosal waste of my money and I would also potentioanlly he depriving someone who could put it to much better use.
I think I am the rare bassist that has no gas (for basses that is). I just can’t think of another bass available that checks all the boxes for me. The Spector Banshee comes close but it has the wider P style neck which I don’t want.

I do believe in time I’ll upgrade the wiring and maybe the pup but that’s like years away.
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I wish I had no GAS. I went many years with just one bass. Right now I'm selling some to get the numbers back to manageable rotation.
 
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moderatelyfunky said:
I’m in the same boat and because I seem to be exclusively fretless these days, I’ve been debating having my starry night defretted. I think it would be a downgrade to its looks, and while me SBMM defret went okay, it’s not without its flaws.

Do you think about defretting your EBMM?
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For a very short time. Previously I played fretless exclusively. I quickly fell in love with the fretted sound and decided I needed to let it be.
I did think about searching for a 2nd EBMM to have defretted but I couldnt justify the cost for the unknown. Hence the SBMM.
As for the comparison... the EB clearly has more class. Materials, fit & finish, quality of electronic components are all obviously better. Neck shape and body contours are slightly different.
That said, you'd be hard pressed to hear much if any difference. While there is a difference in playability, it is not huge.
I love my EBMM and if something happened to it, I'd try to find another. While looking I'd gladly play an SB and I often think of picking one up as a back-up.
 
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Djadja said:
For a very short time. Previously I played fretless exclusively. I quickly fell in love with the fretted sound and decided I needed to let it be.
I did think about searching for a 2nd EBMM to have defretted but I couldnt justify the cost for the unknown. Hence the SBMM.
As for the comparison... the EB clearly has more class. Materials, fit & finish, quality of electronic components are all obviously better. Neck shape and body contours are slightly different.
That said, you'd be hard pressed to hear much if any difference. While there is a difference in playability, it is not huge.
I love my EBMM and if something happened to it, I'd try to find another. While looking I'd gladly play an SB and I often think of picking one up as a back-up.
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A fretted Ernie Ball Short Scale StingRay and a de fretted Sterling StingRay makes perfect sense.
I agree, not enough sound difference but the build quality and components are surely an upgrade.

I would not defret an Ernie Ball short scale .
 
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WestyBassBob said:
I would buy the EMBB short scale. But since I don’t even gig it would just be a collosal waste of my money and I would also potentioanlly he depriving someone who could put it to much better use.
I think I am the rare bassist that has no gas (for basses that is). I just can’t think of another bass available that checks all the boxes for me. The Spector Banshee comes close but it has the wider P style neck which I don’t want.

I do believe in time I’ll upgrade the wiring and maybe the pup but that’s like years away.
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Seems like the SBMM would be the answer to your conundrum then.
 
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LadyLoveStingRay5 said:
Looking forward to seeing end result .
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Well here it is. Not a perfect job but I think the effect was still achieved
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Anyone notice quality issues with these? I bought a Vintage Sunburst used off the MF site and no matter the setup anything above the 15th fret had horrible buzz and the fret job was bad (sharp frets above 12).

I returned it to the local Guitar Center and they had 2 in stock. The Vintage Burst they had in stock had similar issues, but the light blue one was almost perfect (not a fan of the color). I had a Ray34 before and it was a great bass. These just seem like a minor step above the SUB Series. I had high hopes and kinda bummed.
 
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fenderhutz said:
Anyone notice quality issues with these? I bought a Vintage Sunburst used off the MF site and no matter the setup anything above the 15th fret had horrible buzz and the fret job was bad (sharp frets above 12).

I returned it to the local Guitar Center and they had 2 in stock. The Vintage Burst they had in stock had similar issues, but the light blue one was almost perfect (not a fan of the color). I had a Ray34 before and it was a great bass. These just seem like a minor step above the SUB Series. I had high hopes and kinda bummed.
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My experience has been that you would be wise to cherry pick between as many as possible for QC , hardware , weight, and just to make sure all the components are there.
I’ve seen several with missing knobs & some have been too heavy for such a small bass.
The sunburst always seem to be the ones with the most shop wear and tear and missing knobs. The copper and sunburst models seem to be heaviest I’ve come across.

I went with blue . I got them to bring from the back still in box . Took 4 stores on different occasions for me to get a good one. My preference would have been for white.
 
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fenderhutz said:
Anyone notice quality issues with these? I bought a Vintage Sunburst used off the MF site and no matter the setup anything above the 15th fret had horrible buzz and the fret job was bad (sharp frets above 12).

I returned it to the local Guitar Center and they had 2 in stock. The Vintage Burst they had in stock had similar issues, but the light blue one was almost perfect (not a fan of the color). I had a Ray34 before and it was a great bass. These just seem like a minor step above the SUB Series. I had high hopes and kinda bummed.
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I bought a sunburst one when they were on sale a couple of months back to be a back-up. There were a lot of fret edges sticking out. Other than that it was fine but I decided I didn’t need it enough to do the needed work on it and returned it.

Recently I’ve been feeling the desire/need to have a backup of some sort to my EBMM and lo and behold, the blue ones are on sale at GC. So, I stopped at GC today and played a blue one. Set-up was terrible and it was very heavy. It just felt off to me and I wasn’t sure it could be made right. They had a copper one hanging on the top row with only one of three knobs. I didn’t try it. All in all it made me feel a bit unsure about ordering one.

I did throw out a trial balloon to my spouse, suggesting maybe I’ll get another EBMM. She was not positive about that idea. :roflmao:

I’m thinking now maybe a completely different direction for my backup… a Squier Mustang maybe?
 
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