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**Yvon Gravel** · 01-18-2015, 03:26 PM

Hi everyone,
Yvon from montreal, english is my second language, so sorry about all the mistake.

Never owned a MM before, but when I first tried the classic about 4 years I loved it. I had just bought a house and couldn't really afford it.
Came back to the same store, it was still there 4 years and a half later.
Made them a low ball offer

and they accepted it!

So here it is, my first music man ever, my first 4 string in 20 years and my first active bass in about 20 years also!
Not a great picture, but you know what they look like

**Yango** · 01-18-2015, 05:36 PM

Hey Yvon, great score!! I can't believe that the bass sat in some store for four and a half years... it's a colour called "classic white", which was discontinued a couple of years back—so it's already somewhat collectible.

I have the same bass, but with a maple fingerboard—and it's been my number one ever since I got it. I'm sure you're going to love it!!

**nervous** · 01-18-2015, 06:10 PM

Nice score and well played! Was meant for you.

**Tollie** · 01-18-2015, 09:07 PM

Welcome to the forum, Yvon. I guess you could say that the bass was meant to be yours. Great color, too.

**Smallmouth_Bass** · 01-18-2015, 09:55 PM

Félicitations pour une très belle basse!

**Yvon Gravel** · 01-18-2015, 10:05 PM

Merci!

**Yvon Gravel** · 01-18-2015, 10:08 PM

Anyone know if they will make a classic fretless one day?
Pino signature?
That would be amazing

**jazzyitalian** · 01-18-2015, 10:40 PM

Your first 4 string in 20 years!!! Wow. You are not so fast to change are you. I can't think of a better bass to start with as an active that a Ray! Those are the essencials! Nice score and very classic designed bass.

You'll get another 20 years from this one!

**djaxup** · 01-19-2015, 05:32 AM

nice story

and welcome to the madness!

**Yvon Gravel** · 01-19-2015, 10:23 AM

The Idea was to put flat wound on the bass, anyone with some experience with flatwound on a classic?
I will probably put some d'addario chrome on it, they are available locally.
What else should I consider?

**nurnay** · 01-19-2015, 10:37 AM

Congrats, nice bass!

**sanderhermans** · 01-19-2015, 12:05 PM

Great story! Congrats and welcome to the forum!

**drTStingray** · 01-19-2015, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Yvon Gravel

The Idea was to put flat wound on the bass, anyone with some experience with flatwound on a classic?
I will probably put some d'addario chrome on it, they are available locally.
What else should I consider?

I have Thomastik Flatwounds on my Classic. It sounds great and you can still get a nice slap and pop sound if you turn up the treble. You can get a nice thumpy sound from the bass and the overall tone is really nice. Great for blues and Motown and that Bernard Edwards sound.

Congratulations on that bass as well - v nice.

**Bassman120** · 02-08-2015, 05:51 AM

Hello Yvonne. Congrats on a beautiful bass. I purchased my Stingray Classic about 6 months ago and love it.. I put a set of Chromes on mine. It's fantastic and now has become my go to bass.