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Just playing devil's advocate here . . . I often think, will there come a point in the not too distant future, where sales of brand new Stingrays just absolutely bottom out due to the year on year increases (for varying reasons of course) to the point where they are flat out un-affordable to most people? What will Ernie Ball do this scenario? In fairness to Ernie Ball, it's not just them. Many, many manufacturers (Warwick basses another culprit of insane pricing) are hiking prices at an alarming rate over the last few years (massively out of sync with inflation) Where does it stop? Will the UK just not be a concern of manufacturers in the not too distant future?

As much as I really love Stingays, even the previous prices of around £2200 were insane. Let alone £2700-3000.

I've never actually listed mine on any topic. This will be fun. Since I started in 2003, in order (sure I've forgotten a couple though). • Aria STB JB - Solid, functional, great starter instrument. • 1985 E-Series Squier Precision - Vintage, aged, resonant and growly. Neck as orange as Trump. •Warwick Rockbass Streamer 5 - Honky, funky, weak output. • Yamaha TRB4II - Heavy, professional, studio bass. Big presence in the mix. • Epiphone Thunderbird - Bizarrely the best slap tone I've ever had • Washburn AB10 - meh • Fender Geddy Lee Japan - 12lbs in weight and badly built. But still great. • Sterling Ray 34 - Identical to a Stingray for a third of the price. The brightest bass tone I've ever had. • 2010 Mexican Fender Jazz Bass - Beautiful weight, lovely smooth satin neck, could never make it sound anything but grindy. • Sandberg Basic 4 - Lovely, lovely, lovely. Will get another at some point. Like a classy Stingray. • Musicman SUB USA (Status necked for a while) - Still have it. Growl, thump, snarl. Indestructible. FUNK • Spector Euro 4 SE5 - The best of the best. Perfect in every way. EMG and Tonepump = sonic nirvana. • 2004 Modulus Flea (Black) - My first Flea. Had a synthy, electronic tone. • Warwick Streamer LX4 (Red) - Light, comfy, impeccably built. Growl in spades. • Warwick Streamer Stage One - Brittle and barky, found it hard to get usable tones. • Vintage Icon 74 Fretless - Perfectly serviceable fretless. • 97 Modulus Flea (Silver Flake) - Clean, clean, clean. Full-range tone. Masses of clarity. Gigged the life out of it. • Fender Marcus Miller Japan - Great for slap, not great for anything else. Zero midrange anywhere in it. • 2004 Modulus Flea (Blue Flake) - The most aggressive Flea of the 3. Absolutely insane poke and presence in a mix. The most individual tone of any bass on the planet. • Fender Classic Series 50's Precision - Classic rock sound. Total tonal authority and muscular delivery. Lovely baseball bat neck. Works for everything. • Warwick Streamer LX4 (Black) - Light, beautiful carving/shape. Super sweet, rich top end tone. Growly with a tonne of warm presence. 00s neck not as bad as people say. In short, I like Streamers and Flea Basses! 1 - Spector Euro SE5 2 - 2004 Modulus Flea 3 - Black Streamer LX4

I really like them. The colours are just so drab though. Some nice pastels and I'd be right on one!

It's really nice looking, but it is a lot of money for what is essentially a bitsa.

I'm in the same boat at the moment with my LX4. Although Warwick are my favourite brand, It it has to be said, the MEC preamp has a horrible treble freqency selection. It's just pure clank and brittleness. But, it's part of what gives Warwicks that signature tone in a live mix. I'd imagine an EMG preamp would make for good bedfellows as MEC p/u's are essentially EMG copies.

Without doubt one of the ugliest basses ever built. But, I still kinda want one.

Also, also reported.

Going slightly off topic, any other USA SUB owners noticed or have had an issue with how thin the Black paint on the neck is? Mines starting to wear away and I've seen so many online with the same issue.

Hopefully Trace have been sold. It's probably one of the top 3 most famous Bass brands of all time (IMO of course) The name still carries a lot of weight, (pun fully intended!) and I've always found it strange how such a internationally renown brand was mothballed (bar the Elf series) for no apparent reason. Imagine if they came out with a range of lightweight class D heads, using the SMX pre-amp, with some form of UV type lighting as a nod to their heritage. Coupled with modern, lightweight cabs with high performance design/drivers etc. They'd make an absolute killing.

Correct! I did buy it from you all those years ago! It's one of the very first ones built, within a month or so of manufacture beginning.

If I am correct, the USA SUBs are wired in series, as opposed to parallel on the Stingray? My SUBs definitely got a bigger, low mid, bottom end punch going on than my old Stingray did. My originals band members always ask me to use my SUB over and above my Modulus Flea, Warwick Streamer LX and Fender Classic 50's Precision.

I'm not a fan of slap bass on the whole, except when Larry and Louis (Johnson) are the ones doing it. They lay it all down with such huge gravity, rhythm, guts and groove to a degree that I don't think anyone subsequently has got anywhere near (for me). I'd term it the purest and best distillation of the form and way superior to the 'refined' machine gun style it became.

You are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you so much!

Evening all, I've recently acquired the aforementioned amp (After years of wanting one!) and it's truely stunning in every respect. The quality of tone FAR surpasses any other amp I've used to an almost laughable degree. I've began recording with it using the D.I (and beautiful the D.I tone is too) and have noticed a strange quirk in that the output level of the D.I seems to be linked to the actual output level of the master volume? This means that I have to attach a cab and crank the volume to get a decent level through my audio interface, which as you can probably guess, isn't good for my poor neighbours. Anyone know if this amp can be used without a speaker load attached? The fact is a hybrid tube head seems to muddy the waters on this. Many thanks in advance!

Although I have a Modulus Flea, my favourite Flea tone is the Spector NS2 JJ from Uplift Mofo!

I'm sorry, horses for courses and all that, but this is utterly souless and flat for me.

Bought a Mesa Boogie M-Pulse from Steve a few weeks back. Had some minor unforseen issues with the amp itself which are now resolved but Steve dealt with it in a truly exemplary manner and is a credit to the the community. A thoroughly pleasant and cracking bloke. Deal with complete confidence. Many thanks Steve!

Jay Kay and his cringeworthy faux-American accent.

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