Sting got a brand new toy?

[Chrisan2]

Interesting how the body looks new but the fret board has been aged. 

[Baloney Balderdash]

13 hours ago, sblueplanet said:

He seems pleased with it.

 

Sting is so good he doesn't even need his basses to intonate correctly.

 

6 minutes ago, Chrisan2 said:

Interesting how the body looks new but the fret board has been aged. 

I am pretty sure that is due to glitches from the poor resolution of the image.

 

Edited March 23, 2024 by Baloney Balderdash

[Cosmo Valdemar]

9 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

 

I am pretty sure that is due to glitches from the poor resolution of the image.

 

Watch the video, the fretboard is very patchy and worn - artificially or otherwise.

[Baloney Balderdash]

48 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Watch the video, the fretboard is very patchy and worn - artificially or otherwise.

Fair enough, point taken.

 

Makes me wonder if it could be the old original neck from his main bass that has been transplanted to this new body? (Edit!!!: Guess it is not, since it lacks the Fender decal on the headstock)

 

Edited March 23, 2024 by Baloney Balderdash

[sblueplanet]

Spotted a new Reel for the Sting 3.0 Tour on Instagram. The new bass still hard to make out with the fast editing.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4ibECLs890/?igsh=MW4xbWFxOTk4bXdvOA==

[tobiewharton]

I think it looks rather nice - I wouldn't buy one at any of Fender's/Squier's price points but that's not the bass' fault!

[sblueplanet]

Anyone know what this is? I wondered if it was a D-tuner.

 

[pineweasel]

3 hours ago, sblueplanet said:

Anyone know what this is? I wondered if it was a D-tuner.

Yes, it’s a Hipshot Xtender lever in the detuned position. 

[jd56hawk]

On 22/03/2024 at 15:33, Chrisan2 said:

Ohh same clip is also on instagram now 

if fender did a release of these( not custom shop) would you buy one ? 

Maybe a Squier version in a different color.

Edited June 12, 2024 by jd56hawk

[police squad]

it looks great but come on Sting, take the clip on tuner off!!🤣

[sblueplanet]

Some more recent pics

 

[Pea Turgh]

You’d think he’d buy a new T-shirt before a new bass - he’s grown out of that one.

[Lozz196]

Unusual string tree placing 

[paul_5]

32 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

You’d think he’d buy a new T-shirt before a new bass - he’s grown out of that one.

He’s got loads of similar ones that he rotates on a strict rota - they’re his Synchronici-tees

[tauzero]

11 hours ago, sblueplanet said:

Some more recent pics

 

 

Has anyone ever seen Sting and Bob Mortimer in the same room?

[paul_5]

7 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Has anyone ever seen Sting and Bob Mortimer in the same room?

oh yes!

 

 

[gjones]

I always wondered why he started using those old woolly sounding Tele basses. The bass sound is so essential to those old Police songs, you'd think he'd pay something that you can hear clearly live, like his old Ibanez. Hopefully his new bass will be an improvement.

[bloke_zero]

18 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Unusual string tree placing 

Yes, and the headstock seems further back if you know what I mean? Might be just my eyes.

 

To promote better break angle over nut?

[sblueplanet]

3 hours ago, bloke_zero said:

Yes, and the headstock seems further back if you know what I mean? Might be just my eyes.

 

To promote better break angle over nut?

It defo says Fender on the headstock. Has to be a Customshop bass. Maybe someone will do an article on it as the bass gets more coverage.

[sblueplanet]

Wonder which tracks he uses the Hipshot for? 

 

[sblueplanet]

Found a recent clip where the hipshot is in use on 'If I Ever Lose My Faith". Pretty much sings all his songs now not in the original key.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8Oa8oWt9j6/?igsh=aWxpcmxheDU4a2Rh

[Count Bassy]

On 12/06/2024 at 15:48, Pea Turgh said:

You’d think he’d buy a new T-shirt before a new bass - he’s grown out of that one.

Looking at the T shirt I 'd guess that he has cats.

[sblueplanet]

What is going on with the routing for the pickup?

 

[Owen]

4 minutes ago, sblueplanet said:

What is going on with the routing for the pickup?

That makes it look like there is hope for me yet in my aspirations to be a luthier.

[police squad]

Maybe a left over from Eddie Van Halen's work

interesting pickup though, looks to be about the spot of a normal P bass