What's Up With The 10lb EBMM Sterlings?

It seems to me that there are more Music Man's that are 10lbs and over than are under regardless of model.

 

My sterling 4 is a pig compared to the fretless sterling I have. I have never weighed them but the fretless is noticeably lighter which is good for my neck. I might consider switchiing the necks if possible. Seems like most of them are on the heavier side.

 

the sterling ray i had was pretty heavy and just big for me compared to the american jazz i traded it in for!

 

it's all those frets!

 

The Basswood version is fairly light

 

I don't see a problem. They weigh exactly what EBMM says they will weigh. Why should they weigh less than what ernie ball says they'll weigh? The point of the sterling is the smaller body and neck, they never mention anything about weight as a selling point. Almost all single H models come in between 9-9.5lbs. I've owned Stingrays that tip 11lbs, so I would say the sterling is in fact a weight saver, even though it's not advertised as one. I find that the weight of the sterling is my comfort threshold. When you start getting past 9.5lbs my shoulder won't like it if it's not perfectly balanced.

 

I lucked out with an 8.8lb stingray!!

 

I doubt the frets add up to nearly an additional pound but I could be wrong. My fretless is 8.8 and my fretted is 9.7.

 

I see people talking about how the Sterling is "lighter" all the time; that's Internet Wisdom. Someone repeating something they heard from someone who knew someone who had a cousin who worked part-time at a 7-11 down the street from the Music Man Factory.

I have never found Sterlings to be any lighter in general than Stingrays.

But neither have I encountered a bunch of 10 lb plus Sterlings or Stingrays.

I mean, for whatever that's worth.

 

condescension aside, ernie ball advertises the sterling as being lighter. ive seen probably more 10 pound stingrays than 9 pound. totally bummed that the natural stingray classic that came in to the shop i work at is a 9 pounder. if it was heavy id be working my hours to pay off a stingray!

 

I should weigh my Sterling... It's a featherweight compared to my other basses.. But I don't know how much the others weigh either so that's a pretty useless reference.

 

My fretless Stingray is lighter then my fretless Sterling which is surprising. That little Sterling is a heavy beast!

 

Here's the official instrument page:

http://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/sterling.html

And I wasn't being condescending. I was pointing out in a humorous way that a lot of weird information gets passed around the internet because someone read it somewhere.

If you have an example of Music Man advertising the Sterling as "lighter" than a Stingray, I'd like to see it. Not saying it ain't out there.......just sayin'.

 

have you looked at the stingray page and read the weight?