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!
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SBMM Stingray Short scale
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I have a Hartke 7000 that looks very much like that Hartke 3500 amp!
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Can’t wait to see these out in the wild!
I never played one and I like everything except the headstock. Maybe it would grow on me.
For some reason I’m really digging that hot pink.
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.
Funny, one of the reasons I went with white was because I wanted the rosewood fretboard.
It’s a nicer color than shown in the picture. Copper metallic.
I totally agree. If SBMM doesn’t come out with any new colors this year I might do that.
Added a new pickguard to mine today. Thoughts?
Nice! I’ve got one coming too. Color is called abalone. Sort of a black pearl. I’ll post a pic when done.
@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!
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?
I don't dislike mine, but I have a thing for metallic reds and oranges.Really? I like your bass better. That maple/white combo looks super classy to me.
