drTStingray Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) No frets here and what a gorgeous bass. I got this from @jhk at the weekend and I’m very happy. It weighs just under 10 lbs and sounds huge!! It’s a 1992 bass, so over 30 yrs old. The neck has a lot of Birds Eye and the fretboard also has figuring. Altogether a very pretty (imho) and great sounding bass. Edited May 14, 2023 by drTStingray Space cleared for new pics! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidl e Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Love... I had the same bass in trans orange but with the piezo. None better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Very cool, great colour too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Handsome, great shade of blue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 Thanks guys - the colour is called blueburst and was available in the late 80s and early 90s. I agree - it’s a great colour. I’m told Flea’s Stingray 5 (used on Funky Monks) may have been this colour - although not fretless!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 That neck!!! Lovely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnybass Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 That is easily my favourite colour of stingray. Lovely bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted May 14, 2023 Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) It was pretty clean when I bought it but has now had a polish and deep clean (ie under the pickguard, in the routs, and lemon oil of the fretboard) - scrubs up beautifully and looks new - the neck now has Cobalt flatwounds which not only feel great but sound great as well - you can almost hear the fretboard saying ‘Ah thanks’ in a mwah-ish sort of way, having been relieved of the stainless rounds it had (which are going to find their way - well four of them - on to my Tim Commerford long scale passive)!! I’ve had to delete the earlier pics to make space for the new ones (crikey - forum restrictions or what 🤣🤣🥴) Edited May 14, 2023 by drTStingray Changed photo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub_junkie Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 I had a blueburst fretted SR5 with maple board, white pickup cover and guard back in the mid nineties. I still think its my favourite MM combo along with teal/black/rosewood. Really great looking bass😍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) On 16/05/2023 at 17:15, dub_junkie said: I had a blueburst fretted SR5 with maple board, white pickup cover and guard back in the mid nineties. I still think its my favourite MM combo along with teal/black/rosewood. Really great looking bass😍 A lot of people seem to have had them (or SR4s) in blueburst back in the day. It’s really my favourite older Musicman colour as well (however I wouldn’t say no to a peach one, or pre EB Inca silver - my wallet would not agree though!!) I’ve been playing this bass both at home a lot and taking it to jams to play a couple of songs - home practice has included doing bass parts like Take Five or Moondance and then improvising a solo based around the melodies of the songs - my intonation accuracy is improving with practice. However I took it to a jam last night and was asked to play on Moondance (good as I’d been working around that at home) and also some Shadows stuff - the latter posed a few problems as I hadn’t played some of what was asked for at least ten years - culminating in Don’t Cry For Me Argentina which has a nice bass arrangement - which ends up doubling the first couple of bars of the melody in high register at the end…… well I attempted it and I think it was ok!!! I’d say the original bass arrangement was akin to a West End type show song where the bass performs quite an important function. People in the room were complimentary anyway!!! I felt rather self conscious as the lead guitarist was more perfect!! Nothing like a fretless 5 to focus the mind (I’ve got a fretless 4 but never even played a fretless 5 until I acquired this bass a couple of weeks ago) am loving it though - a couple of gratuitous photos!! 😅 Edited May 18, 2023 by drTStingray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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