Stingray Lovers....Behold! ;-)

[Quadzilla]

Check out this stunner!

Bought this 1995 body that had an early 2000's USA Stingray SUB neck mounted to her. I'm not a fan of rosewood necks on Stingrays, so I tracked down a maple neck for her.

Body is a transitional period 1995 Stingray with the transition "Flea Bridge", neck plate, battery cover, 2 band EQ, etc. Neck is a 2007 USA.

Bass is really light at 8.5 lbs. Personally, I prefer the 2 band pre over the 3 band on a ray and this one sings. No dead-spot on the D&G strings (that many Stingrays are plagued with). I'm a happy camper.

 

[Moving Pictures]

That is stunning!!

 

[mmbongo]

Needs a Tort guard!!

 

[Quadzilla]

Needs a Tort guard!!

Personally, I'm digging the clear guard.

 

[msb]

Yup , like it . A lot .

 

[Parzival]

She’s a beaut Clark!

 

[Tubehed]

Drool.......

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Check out this stunner!

Bought this 1995 body that had an early 2000's USA Stingray neck mounted to her. I'm not a fan of rosewood necks on Stingrays, so I tracked down a maple neck for her.

Body is a transitional period 1995 Stingray with the transition "Flea Bridge", neck plate, battery cover, 2 band EQ, etc. Neck is a 2007 USA.

Bass is really light at 8.5 lbs. Personally, I prefer the 2 band pre over the 3 band on a ray and this one sings. No dead-spot on the D&G strings (that many Stingrays are plagued with). I'm a happy camper.

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That thing is beautiful. I have seen cute women who didn’t make me stare as hard.

 

[selowitch]

Lovely!

 

[Nighttrain1127]

Just WOW that is a real Beauty.

 

[cnltb]

8.5 lbs = 'really light' ?!

Nice looking instrument, I think.

 

[songofthewind]

Very lovely. But I would love to see how it would look with a tort guard!

 

[Yahboy]

Surprised me that USA SR use similar tuning machine which found on china made Squier CV60P.

 

[maxschrek]

Good job, my man!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Surprised me that USA SR use similar tuning machine which found on china made Squier CV60P.
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Why would that surprise you? Squier is a Fender copy. Tuners looking a like does not mean they are built to the same standard or use the same materials.

 

[Yahboy]

Why would that surprise you? Squier is a Fender copy. Tuners looking a like does mean they are built to the same standard or use the same materials.

Surprise because those tuning machine are fairly cheap in price. Lot different than regular Musicman Stingray tuning machine.

Apologies about my sharp eyes.

 

[Frank77]

Needs a Tort guard!!

You've got to be joking.

 

[Fat Nermil]

Surprise because those tuning machine are fairly cheap in price. Lot different than regular Musicman Stingray tuning machine.

Apologies about my sharp eyes.

I agree, the bass is gorgeous, but I am surprised to see tuning machines without the musicman guys stamped on them. @Quadzilla, do you know if they were swapped out at some point?

Edit: I just noticed my 2005 EBMM SUB bass (the MIA SUB, not the S.U.B. line from SBMM) used non-stamped tuning machines, so go figure.

 

[mdogs]

You've got to be joking.

The tort thing is soooooo old and tired, it should be banned with “fire the drummer.” Seriously.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

The stems on the tuning machines are also longer than the MusicMan stamped Schallers of that period. I changed mine out on an SR5 for lighter weight Hipshots (HB1) and the stems are a little longer also. They are stamped as Hipshots though.

Nice bass, by the way!