SBMM Stingray Short scale

[RodRy]

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Here is SBMM’s Daphne Blue next to Fender’s Daphne Blue. These distant cousins like nice together!

Good comparison, I certainly like the blue of the StingRay better than of the Mustang.

I have a Hartke 7000 that looks very much like that Hartke 3500 amp!

 

[Texican]

Beautiful duo. Do you know if you can get Precision tones out of that Mustang? I’m looking for a Precision short scale but don’t like the Squier Mini P.

I would suggest the MIM PJ mustangs. They are around $600 out the door and will give you a few different tones, including Precision.

...or you can install a p pickup on the stingray like I might do.

 

[RodRy]

Oh damn, that's sweet. Don't regret buying the white, but the red would make me think. Not a fan of the Daphne/baby blue, however that does seem to be the more popular option.

Respectful differences of opinion are indeed fine things! I would have been drawn to the white if it had a maple neck. Or a black ebony one.

But blue has been one of my favorite colors since childhood.

 

[Aiden1382]

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[Texican]

Oh damn, that's sweet. Don't regret buying the white, but the red would make me think. Not a fan of the Daphne/baby blue, however that does seem to be the more popular option.

White should have had a black pickguard and maple neck in my opinion. I’d love to get a white one and swap necks with my Daphne Blue.

 

[Aiden1382]

I would suggest the MIM PJ mustangs. They are around $600 out the door and will give you a few different tones, including Precision.

...or you can install a p pickup on the stingray like I might do.

Thank you for the suggestion. I had one but I didn’t really bond with it. Also I was looking for a bass with a belly cut and without the J pup.

 

[Texican]

Can’t wait to see these out in the wild!

 

[Aiden1382]

Don't rule out the Schecter Banshee.

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I never played one and I like everything except the headstock. Maybe it would grow on me.

 

[Aiden1382]

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Can’t wait to see these out in the wild!

For some reason I’m really digging that hot pink.

 

[Doctor Morbius]

I never played one and I like everything except the headstock. Maybe it would grow on me.

It has some nice features for its price range - contoured neck pocket, light weight tuners, hi mass bridge, option of a string through body. I kind of like the headstock.

The thing that is a negative for me is how slim the neck is. If they're too slim it bothers my thumb. It seems like I'm always trying to pop the knuckle on my thumb if I play a too slim neck.

 

[WestyBassBob]

White should have had a black pickguard and maple neck in my opinion. I’d love to get a white one and swap necks with my Daphne Blue.

Funny, one of the reasons I went with white was because I wanted the rosewood fretboard.

 

[richwag]

Looks possibly a new color coming-dropped copper. Listed on SBMM website but no pictures there.

edit: found pic STERLING SS4 SHORT SCALE STINGRAY - DROPPED COPPER - MN - 4 STRING BASS - STERLING BY MUSIC MAN

It’s a nicer color than shown in the picture. Copper metallic.

 

[Aiden1382]

White should have had a black pickguard and maple neck in my opinion. I’d love to get a white one and swap necks with my Daphne Blue.

I totally agree. If SBMM doesn’t come out with any new colors this year I might do that.

 

[tbuslewicz]

Added a new pickguard to mine today. Thoughts?

 

[bassplace]

And the Sterling?

 

[richwag]

Added a new pickguard to mine today. Thoughts?

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Nice! I’ve got one coming too. Color is called abalone. Sort of a black pearl. I’ll post a pic when done.

 

[RodRy]

White should have had a black pickguard and maple neck in my opinion. I’d love to get a white one and swap necks with my Daphne Blue.

@Protagonist you seeing this?

 

[RodRy]

I totally agree. If SBMM doesn’t come out with any new colors this year I might do that.

@Protagonist are you seeing this one too? I tell ya, you have a winner. You got 3 people here who like the white with maple look, and if you get three people saying a thing is so, then that makes it a fact!

 

[RodRy]

Added a new pickguard to mine today. Thoughts?

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Hmm. Is it just the photo, or is the new pickguard slightly more cool tone white than the body? Not sure that quite works for my eye. But it's making me think a pearl pg would look good on a blue bass.

Much more important than my opinion, what are your thoughts?

 

[Protagonist]

Really? I like your bass better. That maple/white combo looks super classy to me.

I don't dislike mine, but I have a thing for metallic reds and oranges.