those stupid stingrays came out

U got yourself a great bass.
Nobody can take that away from you.

...except by stealing it of course

 

Unless you point it out, I doubt half of the listeners will be able to tell.

Don't be an elitist. So what if they make a budget model to reach those bassists who can't, or don't want to, afford the higher prices for the Stingray. Your bass will only be less meaningful if you feel it is.

 

See, before you had to be above 5 feet tall to own a stingray....no longer! Anyone in the general public, even those weirdos under 5 feet, can own a stingray....my god, what has happened to my peaceful world.

 

Hey, I could get one of those, and put it next to my 3 MIM Fenders!




P@

 

Wow, a five for $250. Wonder how nice the B is.....

 

Good idea, I might get one to hang next to my Tobias Toby Pro-5.

 

I had been awaiting the release of these just to see the price and what was going to be offered. I like the Stingray look for 250, but what about the sound? I'd like to play one just to see how the pickups are and the neck. If it felt good, it'd be worth it to slap a SD PUP and tone circuit in there. Owning a Stingray is cool, but some of us are young and don't have lots of money. I'm glad that companies offer foreign made budget models of classic basses. I'm sure it will be a quality bass, for the money. Isn't the Music Man side good quality, why wouldn't they make the best they can make for that market? Owning a bass shouldn't make you part of any group. We're all bass players, why should be divided into groups because of the price range of our equipment. It's not the instrument, it's the player.

dirk

 

the same happens when you have a Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass and some kid that has a Squier Jazz Bass points out he has the same

 

Um.... the imitation Stingray looks nothing like the real one. There are tons of differences. What a joke, who actually believes that's a stingray? Those pickups only have 3 knobs to em and no 5 point switch, how ********.

 

I honestly can't remember where I found it, I copied it from a page or forum an age ago and I rediscovered it while sifting though my backup CDRs.

 

Well, don't ever forget, budget Laklands are on the way too. It's a Taliban plot.

 

Gibson Ripper... kinda looks like it eh?

Munji, i wanna try out one of those Budget Lakelands, see if they're any good... so sue me... I like to save a dollar here and there...

Side note: Whats with all the Budget models now? Budget PRS santana, and now Lakeland and Ernie Ball (I dont think the opel is part of Ernie ball, but whoever makes it obviously designed it to be a budget mass produced machine made version of the Stingray)

 

Well, if you think what you have is more important that who you are more power to you. I belong to the even more exclusive Steinberger club, and I ain't bitchin' about the Spirits, the Hohner and the Cort knockoffs...

The Pedulla club is still very exclusive.

It must be either a subsidiary of Ernie Ball or Licensed by EB, otherwise they wouldn't have that headstock shape.

Man, what's next, budget Rickenbackers?

 

Thats why I bought a Rickenbacker. They don't make a cheap one and they sue the pants off of anybody who trys to rip off the design.

Its MY job to keep punk rock elite!

 

I kind of like 'em...

I'm gonna buy one for my 2 year old so that he'll leave my real Stingray alone!

 

The Zon club is pretty exclusive too.

From a member of the Zon and Pedulla clubs.