cardinaljay Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Hey everyone, I’m selling my Musicman Stingray sub 5 Bass. I have owned this for a few years now. It is an incredible bass but sadly it’s not being used. If you know your basses then you will understand what you are looking at. If you’re not familiar with them; The original Sub series are like an original USA made bass that didn’t pass the “A Grade” in cosmetics so subsequently they were covered in a solid paint finish and sold as a Sub series... This bass is basically a USA Stingray... cool, huh!? 😁 The neck is black and the body a dark blue very resistant tough paint finish. The body does have some natural blemish/paint wear from being played, nothing major though. The bass is in great condition otherwise and a stunner to play. Please feel free to ask any questions. cheers jay
BaggyMan Posted August 29, 2019 Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) hi, slight correction if I may. The SUB series was brought out as an initial attempt to produce a cheaper US built alternative, same factory, same hardware (although not stamped) 2 band EQ from the stingray and a body made from Poplar. So what you really have here is a Stingray classic, |(the scratcplate from a classic actually fits these, I know because I changed it out) before they actually made one, poplar body, painted neck (saved money) and hard wearing tough as old boots paint job (also cheaper as it didn't require polishing or the wood to look fancy) slab cut body (saved on body finishing). I have this exact model (and have owned a few other from the same era..). A classic Musicman bass, don't be fooled by the SUB label or associate it with the later SUB models built outside the USA. So, there is nothing SUB standard (sic) these are excellent basses and well worth the money GLWTS! (apologies is this sounded like a soapbox rant or whatever lol) Edited August 29, 2019 by BaggyMan 1 1
LewisK1975 Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 I had one of these a while back too, it was a back up to a Sandberg VM5 but actually had a better B string than the Sandberg! Great Basses, GLWTS.
ikay Posted October 2, 2019 Posted October 2, 2019 Is this still for sale? I've PM'd twice but no reply...
cardinaljay Posted October 3, 2019 Author Posted October 3, 2019 Ohhh, super sorry I haven’t updated the advert - bass has sold. Looks like i replied plied to you on the 24th Sept. Ikay?
ikay Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Hmm, just checked my messages and I never received a reply. Wonder if something's wrong with BC messenger? Thanks for updating the ad anyway.
Black Coffee Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 These are the mutts nutts of basses for this price. I owned a blue one and it sounded sweeter than my 25th anniv stingray. Lovely instruments.
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