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ARIEL

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Hi this is a suggestion to the makers of the fine sounding music man basses - As I was just looking through all you bass designs I noticed the Stingray 5 body style looks amazing , it has the contours and cut outs along the body/beveled edges - I found this to be the most attractive of all your bass body styles , very modern but still classic looking . I noticed your 4 string version does not have the same contours - Will you be doing such a thing in the future or are you able to build a 4 string body with the same contours as the 5 if specially ordered ?. Thanks - Ariel
 

mynan

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Hi, and welcome to the forum.

The Stingray5 is based on the design of the Silhouette guitar.

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ARIEL

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AAh I see thank you , But My question would be if they will make this body design also for the 4 string Bass version . It looks great .
 

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It's highly unlikely that the SR5 body style will come out in a 4-string version. That's just MHO, but I'm very confident that it's not going to happen.

Also, EBMM does not do custom work, period, unless you're a major recording artist. And even then what you're going to get is a unique finish, not some unique body style.

Sorry....

I suppose you could buy a Sterling or Stingray and have a luthier make a custom body and pickguard for it.... a lot of trouble for some beveled edges.
 

five7

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I am the oposite. I like the 4 string body style better than I like the looks of the 5s. The new classic really rocks my boat!
 

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I noticed the Stingray 5 body style looks amazing , it has the contours and cut outs along the body/beveled edges - I found this to be the most attractive of all your bass body styles , very modern but still classic looking

JackSR51.jpg


See what I'm saying here?
 

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Drool!!!!

Is that the one on "sale" for 5K? :D Dubaldo has some precious gems on his site.

No sir, that one is mine and mine alone. Pete facilitated the transaction, for which I am still quite grateful.

The high dollar one you're thinking about is the blue one, I believe, of which only a few were made and are quite striking. Sometimes I think my SR5 is the Holy Grail of SR5s, but then I remember those blue beasts.

Mine's still pretty nice, though, don't you think?

;)
 

ivbenaplayin

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No sir, that one is mine and mine alone. Pete facilitated the transaction, for which I am still quite grateful.

The high dollar one you're thinking about is the blue one, I believe, of which only a few were made and are quite striking. Sometimes I think my SR5 is the Holy Grail of SR5s, but then I remember those blue beasts.

Mine's still pretty nice, though, don't you think?

;)

that top sucks!

in all honesty Jack, I absolutely LOVE the quilt on yours - it's stunning! :)
 

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No sir, that one is mine and mine alone. Pete facilitated the transaction, for which I am still quite grateful.

;)

Knowing that one has a rightful owner makes it even better! :) The top on that is simply stunning. Something simular in blue would look really good on the wall next to my 25th :D Now if I could only win the lottery.

-Matt
 

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This was the first bass Dudley and I did. We were sort of taking over where Leo left off....but not really. We intentionally modeled it after the Silo because that was our work. We wanted to sort of make a statement and not just slap an extra string on the stingray and move on. This was a ground up instrument and we have taken heat from people all the time over our choice. It has not stopped it from being the number one selling USA 5 string......WE gave the people what they wanted in the sub 5 and the new classic series but actually the SR5 continues to sell very well and is an established classic of its own... It worked out
 

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Oh yes, it worked out perfectly!

Mine is still my favourite, there are countless hours of sweath and dna that has passed from my body to my stingray 5 neck and with A Bongo, a 25th and soon a BA5SSS it will still be treated as my first born child.

And every time I looked at it I still find it as sexy as my first date!

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BP - Your design and overall concept of the Ray 5, and its massive following, led me to realise I had to try one for my first 'real' 5 string, and it was great straight away. I like the fact its different from the Ray 4. I also 'knew' it would be right when I was a much younger player; I saw one in a store and knew it would work out to be the one.

Its took me a long time to realise I wanted to go for 5 strings, but Im glad I did with EBMM. Just got to wait now for the colour to come in stock. Then Ill probably order a Ray 4 as well again as I miss the ones I sold for the two new EBMMs.
 
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