Bought this recently becuase I needed a 2nd bass, I have my P (first ever bass) but wanted something with a different tone, and my favourite ever bassist (Roger Lima from Less Than Jake) plays them pretty much exclusively.
I was going to get a Stingray but when I found out that Roger plays a USA Sterling I started looking into it. I have quite short arms and fingers so thought the smaller body and slimmer neck might be good (tried a jazz bass and hated it). Went to try this one and it fitted like a glove, I just couldn’t believe how comfy it was.
Considered it for a day or so as this is only my second bass and a lot of money for me but in the end I went for it.
In very good condition for a 2007 bass, the body has some minor marks and a couple of chips in the back (which I will touch up) but the frets are almost perfect and the neck/head perfect.
it came with a pearl pick guard but included the original black one too so I fitted the black one which I prefer.
Took it apart a bit to polish the frets and all the metalwork, set the neck and check the intonation, everything works perfectly
And it sounds AMAZING. Apparently the pickup/preamp drives harder than a Stingray but never played a Ray a/B with this one so wouldn’t know. Turn the bass and mids up a bit and it’s just wonderful (novice so not sure how to describe it - just fat with a rounded zing?).
Not really sure there’s a lot of difference between the 3 pickup selector options, it doesn’t drastically change the sound.
Unfortunately one of the strap lock button on the Schaller locks I bought for it was faulty so waiting for Bass Direct to send me another (they were great) and some new strings on the way too.
Need to raise the action on the A string as it’s a bit low compared to the rest but need to get the proper imperial size Allen key for it.