Stingray 5 Club!

[dave64o]

Just weighed my 2007 SR5HH. I always thought it weighed 9.5 lbs. but it came up 9.8 lbs. It's a little heavy for me nowadays but it's not a bad being a non-Special SR5. Plus it balances very well.

I love my 2007 SR5HH. It weighs about what yours does and is close to 1.5 pounds heavier than my Stingray Special 5HH, but it has its own character that makes it worth having both to me.

I've said quite a few times that they're effectively my co- number one basses, but I've also acknowledged that I give the 2007 a slight edge. That extra snarl it gets from having the Sterling preamp and the Sterling 5's ceramic pickups sounds great on my band's playlist.

And, as you said, it also balances well so the extra weight isn't a problem. But that may also be because I'm also used to playing my L-2500 for four sets and that's even heavier than my 2007, which feels lighter in comparison. I don't play the L because of the weight, but in spite of it.

Well, DIDN'T play.... Having just bought a Big Al 5, I'm now planning to sell the L-2500.

 

[FeltTipPen]

I love my 2007 SR5HH. It weighs about what yours does and is close to 1.5 pounds heavier than my Stingray Special 5HH, but it has its own character that makes it worth having both to me.

I've said quite a few times that they're effectively my co- number one basses, but I've also acknowledged that I give the 2007 a slight edge. That extra snarl it gets from having the Sterling preamp and the Sterling 5's ceramic pickups sounds great on my band's playlist.

And, as you said, it also balances well so the extra weight isn't a problem. But that may also be because I'm also used to playing my L-2500 for four sets and that's even heavier than my 2007, which feels lighter in comparison. I don't play the L because of the weight, but in spite of it.

Well, DIDN'T play.... Having just bought a Big Al 5, I'm now planning to sell the L-2500.

Good choices for co-number ones! Yeah I love the ceramic pickups. I haven't found a Special that spoke to me yet and I GAS for one every time I see a great post about one!

I'm also selling my 10+lb. L-2500 but keeping the one that weighs 8.6 lbs.! The Big Al looks like a fun bass!

 

[dave64o]

Good choices for co-number ones! Yeah I love the ceramic pickups. I haven't found a Special that spoke to me yet and I GAS for one every time I see a great post about one!

I'm also selling my 10+lb. L-2500 but keeping the one that weighs 8.6 lbs.! The Big Al looks like a fun bass!

An 8.6 pound L-2500 might have made me think differently. Might. But I'm finding out I'm a big Musicman fan and the Big Al will defintely be a bass that gets regular play, even if it doesn't end up becoming a tri- number one with my Stingrays. It's just too cool of a bass.

 

[FeltTipPen]

An 8.6 pound L-2500 might have made me think differently. Might. But I'm finding out I'm a big Musicman fan and the Big Al will defintely be a bass that gets regular play, even if it doesn't end up becoming a tri- number one with my Stingrays. It's just too cool of a bass.

Musicman makes it really easy to be a fan!

 

[Chrome Dome]

Once again I couldn't resist after seeing this 2004 Stingray Honey Burst. Might get here before Christmas? Tracking is giving delivery date Dec 26th. So here we go again,moving one out and another coming. Pictures are previous owner.

 

[dave64o]

Lovely!

 

[Chrome Dome]

Once again I couldn't resist after seeing this 2004 Stingray Honey Burst. Might get here before Christmas? Tracking is giving delivery date Dec 26th. So here we go again,moving one out and another coming. Pictures are previous owner.View attachment 5285889

Sorry just now noticed Stingray 5 Club.

 

[PrimitiveMan]

Sorry just now noticed Stingray 5 Club.

We're lovers not haters here

Beautiful bass

 

[Ed455]

I'm a Stingray junky joining the thread.

 

[dave64o]

Very nice!

 

[BillyBrahBass]

Mine just arrived! My Pressurewounds are on the way.

 

[Strung_Low]

Mine just arrived! My Pressurewounds are on the way.View attachment 5332368

Man raspberry burst is my favorite of the current finishes, I got black bc it was on sale lol. Congrats!

 

[BillyBrahBass]

Man raspberry burst is my favorite of the current finishes, I got black bc it was on sale lol. Congrats!

Thanks, just in time! They discontinued the color according the EB site, so I jumped on it.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Heads up all you DarkRay fans. New finishes coming DarkRainbow and GoldBar.

 

[Ed455]

Heads up all you DarkRay fans. New finishes coming DarkRainbow and GoldBar.

That's a welcome development!

 

[ColdEye]

Any sources for pick guards for an SR5 (2006, slanted toggle)? Emailed EB but no response yet and I don’t see it on their web shop. WD music has a ton on reverb but it says it’s for the neck through version, not sure if that’s the same as what I need.

 

[Ed455]

Any sources for pick guards for an SR5 (2006, slanted toggle)? Emailed EB but no response yet and I don’t see it on their web shop. WD music has a ton on reverb but it says it’s for the neck through version, not sure if that’s the same as what I need.

Quick Guards
Pickguard Planet (WD Music) order direct from them, not Reverb.

 

[waynobass]

Any sources for pick guards for an SR5 (2006, slanted toggle)?

Ebay. The seller capitalmusicgear has a jillion WD pickguards.

You can ignore the "through neck" part of the description; I didn't even notice that when ordering mine.

 

[ColdEye]

Ebay. The seller capitalmusicgear has a jillion WD pickguards.

You can ignore the "through neck" part of the description; I didn't even notice that when ordering mine.

Oh nice thats good to know. That same seller offered me the color I want for like $30 on Reverb.

 

[David OnTheMoon]

Here is mine, on the right, with the rest of the arsenal. 1995, natural velvet, maple. I have had it about 25 years.