Stingray Classic Returns

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

With a new name of course .

 

[Lammchop93]

Ernie ball and their confusing names…

cool bass though.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I’m good with my Old Smoothie. But I sure wouldn’t mind one of these on a 5 string!!! I’m not going to lie….. that white and natural are soooo tempting !!

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Retro '70s StingRay Bass | Basses | Ernie Ball Music Man

 

[jd50]

No fivers?!?!

 

[jd50]

Is that a contoured body? My only complaint with the Classic was the slab body.

 

[Michael Jewels]

I remember playing an Old Smoothie a few times in Sam Ash just before the pandemic.

Loved it, but didn’t buy it.

 

[eastcoasteddie]

I personally preferred the old classic’s with modern improvements like the truss wheel and six-screw neck attachment.
I agree that the slab body Sat rather uncomfortably, though. This one looks like it might be contoured…but I can’t tell….probably not.
I wonder if they’ll even do a 5 with a 3-screw neck attachment. I doubt it.

 

[smurfco]

Those are.... pretty dang cool actually.

 

[IronLung1986]

Yes, the 2 band returns! This is how it should be.

 

[Lo-E]

I was a little surprised the classic was discontinued in the first place, although if it wasn’t selling it wasn’t selling. I’ve always preferred the 2-band Rays and the lack of body contours never bothered me but, clearly, I was not in the majority.

For me, personally, the new price tag that comes with the new name would probably have me lean towards Classics on the used market. The lack of a rosewood board option clinches that in my case. I was tempted by the rosewood board classic when it first became available and I wish I had pulled the trigger then.

To be clear: I am not criticizing EBMM for their pricing. They are a small company paying highly skilled luthiers a living wage and using expensive materials to build basses to a high standard. I don’t think the price point is unreasonable in our current economy given the quality of the product; it’s just not an expense I could justify.

 

[eee]

I bought a legit pre-EB Stingray for less than the price of one of these new ones

wild

edit: I bought it *recently*

 

[grrg63]

Im drooling over the black & maple and the natural. My 2 favorite finishes.

 

[mikeswals]

Is that a contoured body? My only complaint with the Classic was the slab body.

Its slab.

It would not be a correct recreation if they went and put contours on it.

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

Well, that's about as close to this

as I could ever get but, my my! $3300?

Having never played the "genuine article", it makes me wonder how close my Ray34CA comes to something like this.

Here's hoping a stack of 100's falls out of the sky.

 

[JazznFunk]

$3,100 list. No fretless option. dang.

 

[JRT64]

They are cool, but not $3100 cool.

 

[Mike Vee]

That's not at all the same as a Classic. It's more like the retro '76. Those are gorgeous.

 

[Mike Vee]

Well, that's about as close to this

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Having never played the "genuine article", it makes me wonder how close my Ray34CA comes to something like this.

I have played both. The sound is close but the fit, finish, looks and entire experience is not. But the 34Ca is very nice indeed for the price, or at any price. Also, I tend to think a generic foam mute sounds better on a Ray than the real EBMM mutes, as cool looking as they are.

 

[Smoove-Groove]

So it’s just a classic with different truss adjust and neck plate. Glad I got my Classic,right near the end of its run.