What did you think of OLP basses.....

[stoo]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='463126' date='Apr 15 2009, 03:23 PM']Yes, the new Sterlings look nice, but the price is way higher, starting at over £600![/quote]

Ouch - just noticed they've appeared on the [url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk"]Strings & Things site[/url] - from £689 for the Ray (or from £749 for the 5 string) and from £639 for the Sterling

[url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk/sterlingbymusicman_page4.htm"]SB (Sterling)[/url]
[url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk/sterlingbymusicman_page5.htm"]Ray34 & Ray35[/url]

Bit too strongly priced to be anywhere near tempting for me - At that sort of money, I'd be looking at a used EBMM one... though maybe they'll end up selling for a fair bit less than RRP?

[quote]Stoo, if I do bother I'll do the Status graphite neck & get Norstrand pickups/preamp for it as well. Or at the end of the day I may just leave it as it is - The bass only owes me £175 after all![/quote]

Bargain!

[BLUEAARDVARK]

[quote]The overly tight string spacing put me off the 5 string. Shame, I'd like to have tried one.


[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-5-STRINGS-BRIDGE-CURVED-CHROME_W0QQitemZ160283519702QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item160283519702&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]This any good[/url]..?[/quote]

Thanks for the reply... But I was thinking of getting something more solid like a Hipshot A style. Just not sure it will fit? I didnt think the bridge was an exact copy of a musicman (and as a result the hole fixtures were slightly different)

[Rich]

In that case, you probably stand a whelk's chance in a supernova of replacing the bridge without drilling any holes. Your main problems will be maintaining the string spacing [i]and[/i] covering up any existing screw holes.

[rmorris]

[quote name='stoo' post='463140' date='Apr 15 2009, 04:34 PM']Ouch - just noticed they've appeared on the [url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk"]Strings & Things site[/url] - from £689 for the Ray (or from £749 for the 5 string) and from £639 for the Sterling

[url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk/sterlingbymusicman_page4.htm"]SB (Sterling)[/url]
[url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk/sterlingbymusicman_page5.htm"]Ray34 & Ray35[/url]

Bit too strongly priced to be anywhere near tempting for me - At that sort of money, I'd be looking at a used EBMM one... though maybe they'll end up selling for a fair bit less than RRP?



Bargain![/quote]

just looking up some OLP info and found out they are no more.

I was going to ask if people thought the necks ( I have an MM2 ) were more prone to movement than average.
I noticed mine taking a while to settle after truss rod adjustment. I know this is normal but I noticed it's significantly longer than , say, a Westone Thunder 1 and was wondering how big a factor is that the Westone neck is 3 piece laminate whilst the MM2 is one piece ?

[dlloyd]

I'm a bit late here, but I'd say the Sterling range is really aimed at competing with G&L Tribute. Once used Sterlings start filtering through, I'd imagine we'd be talking £300 - £400 for a decent Musicman. I probably will get one.

[Kongo]

[quote name='dlloyd' post='492357' date='May 19 2009, 02:02 PM']I'm a bit late here, but I'd say the Sterling range is really aimed at competing with G&L Tribute. Once used Sterlings start filtering through, I'd imagine we'd be talking £300 - £400 for a decent Musicman. I probably will get one.[/quote]

LOL yeah I think they are...they best push hard though, folks love them G&L Tributes.
Still...it's nice that MM are actually bothering to cater for the working class muso.
Maybe that's why they fall behind Fender...but with this range...well MM are more modern...I dunno the P and J bass will always be top but MM could become heavily popular with working class muso's with this range.