Question 24 fret StingRay?!

[J-Building]

Hey guys, I just signed up for the forums today! I've been a member over at TB (*gasp*, I spoke the unspeakable) for a little over a year now, partly because TB, I feel, is much more diverse. If you want to get a feel for who I am, just follow this link.

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I really love MusicMan basses, but there are so little offered in my area that I've never had an opportunity to play the nicer models like the Big Al or the Sterling. The few StingRays that I HAVE played however, were simply heavenly. It might have been why I purchased a cheap knockoff of one, that being the Fender Big Block Precision. However, I've always had one complaint about MM basses, that being the 21/22 fret necks. The two extra notes would probably never amount to anything I could use, but I always feel as if it's a nice thing to have. In addition, I think it makes for a slightly lighter bass overall, which I like because I'm not a very large person. This has relegated me to looking at Bongo's, which I always felt lacked a little more bite than a StingRay, even with the supercharged preamp.

Now I understand that the pickup placement would be different in a dual-pickup MM bass, so that aspect I could definitely understand in terms of not wanting a 24 fret StingRay, Sterling, or Big Al.

My main question to anyone out there is what your opinion on a 24 fret StingRay, or any other MM bass for that matter? Can you tell me if the idea a 24 fret StingRay would be conceivable, and if so/if not, why?

Being my first post here, I'd appreciate I was trolling and blissfully unaware of it. (Hey, I'm only a kid! Go easy!). These forums are a much different beast than TB is.

 

[Mayers]

Well ... I don't play anything that don't have 24 frets.

And in the case of the Stingray ... well it may no look like a Stingray anymore with 24 frets. They will have a new cutaway, a new neck poket,a new pickgard etc.

So to have a 24 frets or less ... it has to be a part of the desing

 

[Jimmyb]

I have a Bongo.

It has 24 frets.

I use 3 of them!!



In all seriousness, I've played my friends Stingray loads of times, but I don't feel that the Bongo is any less of a bass than the stingray in terms of 'bite' or any other description really. The EQ is so immense that it's almost impossible to get a bad sound (unless I'm playing it, but that's a different story!).

If 24 frets are a pre-requisite for you, I'd say spend a little more time getting into a Bongo, you might find the sound you want hiding in there somewhere.

 

[oli@bass]

User a lighter gauge G string and bend up to that high G.... sounds cooler anyway

 

[bovinehost]

If any of you guys see me up in that area, go ahead and kill me because it means that aliens have taken over my body.

the and eaten my buick,

Jack

 

[mynan]

Hey guys, I just signed up for the forums today! I've been a member over at TB (*gasp*, I spoke the unspeakable) for a little over a year now, partly because TB, I feel, is much more diverse.

Not sure why being a member at TB is "unspeakable"...

However, I've always had one complaint about MM basses, that being the 21/22 fret necks. The two extra notes would probably never amount to anything I could use, but I always feel as if it's a nice thing to have. In addition, I think it makes for a slightly lighter bass overall, which I like because I'm not a very large person.

...but if TB gets a bad rap, it's because of statements like this.

 

[strummer]

So basically you've never used the 22:nd, 23:th and 24:th frets, but you want them because they'd make the bass lighter?
Go play a Sterling, that's all you'll ever need to know

And by the way, welcome!

 

[Rano Bass]

There is no need to have 24 frets IMO.

 

[kylierider]

there is no need to have 24 frets imo.

+1

 

[syciprider]

It will look as goofy as a 24 fret Jazz.

 

[mfallmann]

imho basser with less than 23 frets sound better when being slapped ... that's a reason why not to go for 24 frets with a Ray or Sterling.
If you really have the pressing need to play on 24 frets, then opt for the Bongo single-H.