Squier Dimension Deluxe.

[Painy]

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When I was chasing the MM tone I found out that the easiest way to obtain it was to save up and buy a musicman. It will save you money in the long run.
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99 times out of 100 this would actually be the advice I would normally give myself. In my case however there are 2 mitigating factors:
1. As much as I like the MM tone, I've sadly never been able to get on with the ergonomics of Stingrays - neither the way the body sits against me or the feel of the neck in my hand.
2. Like mattbass6, this wouldn't be my main bass - just another string to my bow that's nice to have available - so justifying that kind of outlay on a bass that might get used for say 2 songs out of our whole set (and then only on nights when the drummer doesn't start us off into that number before I have a chance to swap over guitars) is gonna be pretty difficult.

[inate_hex]

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99 times out of 100 this would actually be the advice I would normally give myself. In my case however there are 2 mitigating factors:
1. As much as I like the MM tone, I've sadly never been able to get on with the ergonomics of Stingrays - neither the way the body sits against me or the feel of the neck in my hand.
2. Like mattbass6, this wouldn't be my main bass - just another string to my bow that's nice to have available - so justifying that kind of outlay on a bass that might get used for say 2 songs out of our whole set (and then only on nights when the drummer doesn't start us off into that number before I have a chance to swap over guitars) is gonna be pretty difficult.
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Have you tried the EBMM sterling? It has a smaller body than the Stingray and a thin neck like a jazz bass. It also has a 3 way switch for series, parallel and Single coil mode. The Sterling by Musicman do a cheaper version (the SB14). I think they are around £650 new, so probably could be had on the used market for around £400.

[Painy]

The Sterling could be worth a look used as well then (although it would have to be a fiver - get completely lost on 4 strings these days).

[inate_hex]

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The Sterling could be worth a look used as well then (although it would have to be a fiver - get completely lost on 4 strings these days).
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They don't do a 5 string version. The squier will probably get you close enough for your needs.

[Painy]

Ah! That explains why I couldn't find a 5 string version anywhere on line then.

[mattbass6]

I know I promised a review of the Squier Dimension Dlx V but I've been having way too much fun with it to write something but, that will be coming soon. Suffice to say, after a few tweaks, this is a star of a bass

[TheGreek]

Thread resurrection!!

 

I'm thinking about a Squier Dimension V with RW fretboard - update me fellas!!