MUSICMAN PORN THREAD

[jazseven]

Summer '91 stingray 4, birdseye maple neck and the string mutes. EASILY the best sounding bass I'ver played, seriously in love with her!

[Alex Spencer]

[quote name='jazseven' timestamp='1331125092' post='1568004']
Summer '91 stingray 4, birdseye maple neck and the string mutes, seriously in love with her!
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Don't blame you, she's a beaut!

[jazseven]

[quote name='Alex Spencer' timestamp='1331125717' post='1568018']


Don't blame you, she's a beaut!
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Aww shucks

[Serginhobass]

Hi guys i am new to the musicman family... This is mu Stingray 5 Stealth finish.
Love at first sight! I went to the London Bass Show this year and i saw this beauty at the ernie ball stand, all black in stealth finish.
I just love it and the sound you guys know it... sounds amazing!

[budget bassist]

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1328200780' post='1523561']
Here are my three...











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Phwooooar, really want that 100th NAMM 'ray!

[drTStingray]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1322679178' post='1454473']
Im not sure then, we need a Classic 4 owner
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Hi guys - on my 2010 Classic SR4 - centre to centre - 93 mm; inner - 82 mm both approx.

The saddles are hollow but look a larger diameter than I remember on my pre EB Ray.

[drTStingray]

[quote name='Magnolia' timestamp='1328201571' post='1523590']
Not sure if I have posted this before...

Here is the one that got away. I stupidly sold it a few years ago and have regretted it pretty much everyday since. If I knew where it was now I'd do almost anything to get it back! It had one of the best maple necks I have ever seen.






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[quote name='Bobby K' timestamp='1324724882' post='1477310']
I recently became a member in the Musicman owner's club

Here's my fretless Stingray 5 from 1993, in the trans white (Mary kay) finish. Can't stop playing the damn thing



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There are some droolworthy basses on this thread but these two are v special indeed.

If anyone has one in either of these colours or peach that they want to sell, I'll be very interested!

[Linus27]

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1333304706' post='1599818']
Here's my latest toy, bought from Stealth on Basschat.

It's a 2003 Fretless with the most wonderful figuring on the neck and a superb bass to play too
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Blimey Nick, that is gorgeous in a big way. Hope you like and stick with it. Very sweet looking bass indeed.

[Higgie]

Here is the bass that made me sell my 1999 Teal SR4.

1989 (birth year - woohoo!) Stingray 4 - Trans red, clear pickguard, 2EQ, stunningly beautiful birdseye maple neck and fingerboard, plus Hipshot Detuner and Dunlop Straplocks added by me:

[martthebass]

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1333304706' post='1599818']
Here's my latest toy, bought from Stealth on Basschat.

It's a 2003 Fretless with the most wonderful figuring on the neck and a superb bass to play too
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Nice one Nick. Must have made a batch of these figured fretless necks around 2002/3 - looks just like mine.

[gilmour]

[quote name='Bobby K' timestamp='1324724882' post='1477310']
I recently became a member in the Musicman owner's club

Here's my fretless Stingray 5 from 1993, in the trans white (Mary kay) finish. Can't stop playing the damn thing



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That's a thing of beauty.

[Bobby K]

Cheers gilmour

Sounds pretty good too!

[BigBassBob]

Here's the Teal Stingray that I recently bought from Higgie:

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I changed the black pearl pickguard to abalone today but I'm not sure I'm feeling it. What do you guys reckon?

[waynepunkdude]

NBD

[waynepunkdude]

Brothers

[waynepunkdude]

The Stingray is going in for a re-fin next week and won't be back for 2 months.

[Horizontalste]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1334240115' post='1613066']
The Stingray is going in for a re-fin next week and won't be back for 2 months.
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Colour dude?

[waynepunkdude]

Not sure

Thread here

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/173422-colour-help/page__pid__1613600#entry1613600"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/173422-colour-help/page__pid__1613600#entry1613600[/url]

[lowregisterhead]

My old much-modded '79 pre-EB Stingray, which I parted company with in 1986 when I couldn't pay the rent one month. Regretted it ever since. If anyone knows of its whereabouts, I'd be keen to get it back...

Edited April 30, 2012 by lowregisterhead

[TheGreek]

[quote name='BigBassBob' timestamp='1333837929' post='1607309']
Here's the Teal Stingray that I recently bought from Higgie:



I changed the black pearl pickguard to abalone today but I'm not sure I'm feeling it. What do you guys reckon?
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I love that Abalone plate - put me down as first on the list if you choose to take it off..

[TheGreek]

Here's my 2001 'Ray - nicer looking than my 1994 (now with Sshorepunk) but somehow lacks something that the old girl had..this has a plain Maple neck as opposed to Bird's Eye on the '94, later 'Rays don't have the string dampeners and this lacks the Detuner, which I didn't use anyway..eevn so I find myself reminiscing for the '94..

[url="http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/Musicman%20Stingrays/2001MMRay008.jpg"]http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/Musicman%20Stingrays/2001MMRay008.jpg[/url]

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[url="http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/Musicman%20Stingrays/2001MMRay006.jpg"]http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/Musicman%20Stingrays/2001MMRay006.jpg[/url]

[url="http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/Musicman%20Stingrays/2001MMRay003.jpg"]http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/Musicman%20Stingrays/2001MMRay003.jpg[/url]

I probably need to get some better pics taken..

[Guitar-restaurant]

MMSR5 1993:)

[Stingray5]

[quote name='Mathew Piotrowski' timestamp='1336848788' post='1651978']
MMSR5 1993:)
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Nice to see another 'whitey'. Mine's an '89 model but I changed the guard for a white pearl one.
I was just wondering, is that a hair-line crack in the body - or (hopefully) just a hair on the photo?!

Steve

[Guitar-restaurant]

big lacquer crack, but i don't care:) I own this bas for over 5 years and nothng is happening. I bought it with this crack.

[Stingray5]

[quote name='Mathew Piotrowski' timestamp='1336895066' post='1652301']
big lacquer crack, but i don't care:) I own this bas for over 5 years and nothng is happening. I bought it with this crack.
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Ah, thanks for clarifying. Mind you, it's not as though it will seriously affect the sound of what is a superb bass.
I should also say my own SR5 is far from perfect with it's own share of digs and blemishes.
As far as I'm concerned, it all adds to the mojo...

I have a couple of digs at the bottom end and a black "stain" on the back... (possibly a result of years of wearing dark shirts at sweaty gigs!! )

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