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Frankly the Sterling by MM basses, manufactured in a good facility in Indonesia, are finished and set up in the regular MM factury in SLO-California. With the same stuff as is used for the US MMs. The overall quality is only marginaly lower, the wood selection for example. They outclass MIM fenders without breaking a sweat. IMO etc etc

Try the MusicMan f.a.q. http://www.music-man.com/faq/music-man-basses/what-are-the-differences-between-the-stingray-and-the-sterling.html Don't fix it if it isn't broken.

Does a Dean Stylist cabbie count? [Img]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/micolao/DSCI0042.jpg?t=1283877781" class="ipsImage" /> This one isn't mine though. Internet pic.

The design looks solid. Showing it with a bass and/or on a person may help things along. Also, as a handcrafted premium product, it's a niche market. For the work put in, the price is certainly fair. However they are more costly than many other designs currently available. A highly custom product like this will need to prove itself 'in the flesh'. I'm sure the difference in comfort with ordinary straps is huge!

I can't make you like what you have decided not to like, but try a MM Sterling. Slimmer neck, different body and electronics. It may just not be your bag though. Shame, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1408449967' post='2530216'] [size=5][font=times new roman,times,serif] “...Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannise their teachers...” [color=#181818]― [/color]Socrates[/font][/size] [/quote] 😂

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1408397131' post='2529862'] We tend to like the music that was playing when we were most impressionable and new experiences were a regular occurrence... who can forget that song that was playing when you met your first love, had your first drink, drove your first car, smoked your first joint, went to your first gig..? Important events indeed and the soundtrack to them is burnt into our minds and have special significance. I'm sure it is no different for today's teenagers. [/quote] This. Music and movies are as important to teens & early twenties as they were in my time (90's) and every decade before that. The first half of the previous century these influences came more from religious, political and class of the neighbourhood one grew up in. After WW2 media and technology became rapidly available to more and more people, so they were affected by influences beyond their normal surroundings. Pop culture emerged as a new way to define oneself, and has only developed and professionalised since. Errmm where was I going with this again?

I won't be parted with DR DDT strings anymore. Used to play their Lo-riders, but the DDTs are more tonally alike across all five strings. They're rounds though.

Try a local (if any) MM dealership. Bring the serial of your stingray. EB keeps the details of all their basses on stock, so they can manufacture a pickguard to match your bass.

Get a centre speaker that matches the B&Ws. I have stereo floorstanders, so no lack of bass response, but the voices improved dramatically when I added a dedicated centre. I drive this 3.0 setup with a Marantz av receiver (6003 I think?)

MTD. My 5string mtd kingston was very dark sounding. Single passive humbucker. They make killer 6 stringers.

Great that it worked out for you!

Two fumps up!👍

I think a pvc slide buckle will be a time saver, as you do not have to punch out all the holes that are in conventional straps

Didn't she tour with Jamiroqai or whatever after these vids?

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1407166216' post='2517965'] Happily agree on that, they are amazing quality basses, I had one and a "real" Stingray at the time. Aside from the worn neck of the `98 Stingray, playability, sound, and construction quality I couldn`t tell them apart. [/quote] +1

The thread title asks for our favourites, not best. For example, I hate all bass players who are better than me. This means nearly all of you bastards.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1407019281' post='2516768'] Just don't use a Dutch masterpiece as it will come in a bit pricy..... [/quote] A Rubens sounds fatter😈

Google them. If you like that music just go nuts

Running with the Devil. Plod plod plod plod yawwwn wonder whats on telly...

Try cutting before you boost anything

Jo Bench Tal Wilkenfeld Rhonda Smith Marloes - Izegrim Corinne - Acrostichon Etc etc

My special one was an Anthrax 'Fist full of Metal' shirt I got for my 14th birthday. Treasured it until only the bit with the print on was left ^_^ A mate gathered all his old tourshirts, stitched them all together and now owns the world's awesomest ( and probably most expensive) picnic blanket.

Some death metal noise my drummer and I wrote.

Only sold my first two basses, The first one sucked for me (P bass named Flasher). A mate enjoyed it for years after a proper setup. Second bass was a Ibanez soundgear 500, served me well untill I switched to 5 strings.