Sterling by MusicMan Ray35H £595 - *WITHDRAWN* £625 Market Drayton Shropshire

[dub_junkie]

**Withdrawn from sale. Too nice to let go!**

 

Up for sale is my Sterling Ray35 in natural ash. A superb bass that  captures the essence of a StingRay 5 for half the money. I've had a fair few USA StingRay 5s and this can hold its own with those. And of the half dozen Ray35s I've owned I've done more band work with this one despite having more basses to choose from these days.

I've just overspent and need to start listing a couple of basses. May list the Ibanez SR1605 I just got off here too.

 

The bass has some discolouring on the fingerboard and some small marks here and there. The Pickguard has markings which are commensurate with it being a gigging/ well used bass.

 

Overall excellent condition. Didn't come with a bag when I bought it used from Bass Direct but can add a Deluxe Fender gig bag. 

 

Bass can be auditioned in Market Drayton between Stoke and Shrewsbury

 

Will package for courier if buyer arranges their own service and level of cover. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 3, 2023 by dub_junkie
Withdrawn from sale

[Grezza 1]

Looks a stunner! Good luck with the sale Keir 👍

 

 

[asingardenof]

Oh dang! GLWTS!

[ezbass]

With everyone raving about Matt Bissonette's tone with Elton, last night, this should be snapped up pretty quickly. The 'Ray5 is one of the top, if not the best, basses for live, ensemble playing, it just works. GLWTS.

[StingRayBoy42]

These are FANTASTIC Basses - I love mine.

Same colour, you're clearly a man of culture. 😀

I paid more than this for it, so this is a real bargain for someone - it's a lot of Bass for the money.

GLWTS

[Terry M.]

This was my old bass before I traded it to Bass Direct. I've had USA Stingray fivers and this is essentially the same thing. 

[funkle]

What’s the weight?

[dub_junkie]

On my luggage scales it's 4.58kg

 

Weighed it about half a dozen times and it kept coming back to this weight or thereabouts.

 

 

 

[funkle]

Really kind of you to check that for me. Appreciated. Probably a bit too heavy for me, but what a bargain! GLWTS. 

[WAYNESWORLD]

Kier ,your officially the king of GAS and I thought it was me.🤣🤣🤣🤟.Hope all is going well mate.Nice bass if I hadn’t just bought another one….

[dub_junkie]

44 minutes ago, WAYNESWORLD said:

Kier ,your officially the king of GAS and I thought it was me.🤣🤣🤣🤟.Hope all is going well mate.Nice bass if I hadn’t just bought another one….

 

Found my Sabres. Was happy then.

 

But then switched to fives so had to start the search again.

 

Or I just have an illness 🤪

[lee650]

Lovely looking bass,I'd love a stingray 5 again.

[StingRayBoy42]

20 minutes ago, lee650 said:

Lovely looking bass,I'd love a stingray 5 again.

There's one for sale on Basschat!

[Terry M.]

On 26/06/2023 at 12:43, Terry M. said:

This was my old bass before I traded it to Bass Direct. I've had USA Stingray fivers and this is essentially the same thing. 

I would have kept this bass and not traded it to Bass Direct if I could have gotten along with the 17.5mm string spacing and narrow neck. Nothing else sounds like a Stingray but personally I prefer more "land" on a neck. It's perfect for many though so it's all subjective. 

[dub_junkie]

Price drop.

 

Now £595