Thanks! It’s trans red but seems to be a darker red than most I see online, doesn’t hide the lovely ash grain at all though.
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Stingray 5 Club!
- Thread starter armybass
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perfect!! Was having trouble telling if my bass is a 96 as advertised or was a 98 (as ebmm serial database stated) but this looks like it’s a 96! I’ve got an email waiting on an answer in to Ebmm
I have a 2019 NT 5H on it's way to me. I have had a few Stingray 4H and 4HH basses, but never a 5H. I have really been getting into 5s recently. How are the low B strings on the 5Hs being that they're 34" scale. The five I currently have is a fanned fret long scale B, 37" I think.
It's been many years since I had my Stingray (bought it new in 95) but a couple of things I remember about it.....I had the action super low and and I could really dig in before getting fretbuzz overload and the low B was always on point. It was a great bass!
I’ve never played a fanned fret multi scale bass but I can assume the B string on them is pretty much always going to be better than a regular 34in scale bass B string. But the stingray 5 will have the best B string of any production 34in bass. The B on my new SR5 is a lot better than it was on a Warwick I had a few years ago or any fender or ibanez I’ve borrowed or something. So it will be really good for a 34 but I imagine it won’t be as good as a multi scale, it’s just physics at that point.
I can attest, the B string on the SR5s are great! I’m on my 4th SR5 and I sold the others for various reasons, nothing to do with the bass itself.
I have 2 35”-scale 5-strings with fantastic B strings, but the SR5 B string definitely holds its own.
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
Just saw this on insta, and I love it, but, jeez... $3200? A bit rich for my blood.
Which begs the question; If you price your basses in the boutique price range, are your basses boutique basses?
Not my first stingray 5, but my first special…and it is.
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
Which begs the question; If you price your basses in the boutique price range, are your basses boutique basses?
In a way... There are only going to be 50 made worldwide. NGL, if I could afford it, I'd get one.
Assuming this thread covers both classic and original SR5, can you owners of both tell whether the outside trace of the bodies differ between the 2?
By "trace", i'm referring to a perpendicular projection of the outside body line or shadow on a flat plane parallel to the back.
For example, my impression is the classic has slightly wider cheeks by the bridge and horns are a little further apart from the neck but i may be wrong.
I would like to use the classic 5 trace as baseline for a custom build and so far have been able to trace the original, not the classic, and doubt i'd be able to find a classic in a local music store.
Thanks!
By "trace", i'm referring to a perpendicular projection of the outside body line or shadow on a flat plane parallel to the back.
For example, my impression is the classic has slightly wider cheeks by the bridge and horns are a little further apart from the neck but i may be wrong.
I would like to use the classic 5 trace as baseline for a custom build and so far have been able to trace the original, not the classic, and doubt i'd be able to find a classic in a local music store.
Thanks!
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I think they’re all a little different.
An option would be to get a tracing from an Ray 24CA which are all over guitar center in stock.
I believe that the dimensions match those of the classic
Random thought after being Stingray-less for a year. I miss my Stingray 5’s. I loved my most recent - an early production ‘88 model. But the late 90’s/early 2000’s with the ceramic pickups and single coil setting are where it’s at for me. My 2000 black cherry burst with a rosewood bird and matching headstock was an awesome bass. Would love to spend quality time with a special too at some point (especially in yellow!). Have liked the neodymium pickups I’ve tried in the past.
GAS is cruel. That is all.
GAS is cruel. That is all.
I can’t be sure. I had both a EBMM STINGRAY CLASSIC 5 and Ray 24CA at one point, but never bothered to compare the exact overlap of the body dimensions.
I might bet a dollar that they are the same but I wouldn’t bet my paycheck.
I do know that they fit in the fitted stingray classic case exactly the same…fwiw
I totally agree about the ceramic pups of that era as well as the 3-band preamps (I’m definitely out of majority on that one!). They have an edge that I really miss.
I have a 2011 SR5 that I sold, but is again in my possession for a while as the new owner gets settled into new digs. It has the alnico pups which do sound good, but on the rather polite side of things. No matter, I can tweak the highs on my amp or mixer channel and make it good and edgy again. Not to mention, it’s a positively gorgeous bass. I would love to buy it back someday, but we’ll see.
