New StingRay's any left handed models?

[Angus Blair]

Hey just throwing it out there, does anyone know if ErnieB will be making any left handed versions of the latest stingray models?
I can find Sterlings but no new Stingrays in Left hand?
Do I need it custom built?
I've a 1980 pre Ernie B, Black Music Man StingRay Left handed, which I love, but I'd love a new one and open to swaps

A.

 

[Pineweasel]

No left handed Stingrays are in production right now. I wrote to MM customer service who said they were discussing LH Stingray Specials, so I'm optimistic we will see them introduced at some point.

 

[Daniel]

We do still offer the Sterling bass left-handed and prior to 2015, we did offer a left-handed Stingray Bass. But the Stingray Special has not been offered in left-handed version. Keep an eye on our social media for any new products or updates.

 

[Tunante]

I wanted a Stingray Special LH and I felt so excited when i read that is available in left handed version in the Spanish version of the website. Now i read you and I dont know what to do...
I think i will buy the new Sterling lh bass, but i have some questions because i live in a village and I cant try any left handed bass in stores:
- Is the sound very different?
- The ceramic picks sound very different?
Both basses costs the same, more or less, so It might be a good option. I mostly play rock/punk/ska

 

[Golem]

I wanted a Stingray Special LH and I felt so excited when i read that is available in left handed version in the Spanish version of the website. Now i read you and I dont know what to do...
I think i will buy the new Sterling lh bass, but i have some questions because i live in a village and I cant try any left handed bass in stores:
- Is the sound very different?
- The ceramic picks sound very different?
Both basses costs the same, more or less, so It might be a good option. I mostly play rock/punk/ska

A Sterling sounds like a StingRay 5-string,
if the StingRay 5 is at least several yrs old.
Those are the ceramic PU SR-5s. The later
[and current] production has alnico PUs.

There are plenty of those ceramic SR-5s
in use, and in shops. Play one if you can.
Avoid the B-string and you will hear what
a Sterling 4-string sounds like


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There were SR5 players, some years ago,
who loved the SR5 sound but did NOT at
all like the SR4 sound. They played SR5s,
even if they didn't need a B-string, just to
get that sound.

Ultimately, EBMM built a 4-string for those
players who would play only SR5s ... for its
sound, but NOT for the B-string. That new
bass was called the Sterling 4-string and it
exists today, unchanged.

So, there's really two different versions of
"StingRay sound" ... two modern versions.
Then there's your old pre-EB StingRay, yet
another version. So just WHAT IS StingRay
sound anyway ? Clearly not just one sound.

I expect you'd really love a Sterling 4 as a
partner to your pre-EB SR4, and want to
bring both to every gig.

My sincere sympathy to you as a brother
in left handedness, and sincere thanks to
the brother who taught me to play right
handed from the very beginning !