DavidEid
Active member
Well, it's been a longer than anticipated journey.
The Fender Jazz is a Jazz Plus, so it has stock lace sensors and Kubicki preamp system. Sounds, plays and looks great.
The Hamer Cruise has the stock Duncans. Also sounds, plays and looks great.
I just got my third Sterling. First one was a blue dawn. My favorite color. But, I have bursitis in my left shoulder and it was just a bit short of 10lbs. Plus it had a stress crack in the neck pocket. The seller offered to take it back, but my friend is a luthier and bassist and he LOVED it and bought it from me. Sold one of his Stingrays in the process. He's thrilled.
So, round two I went on the hunt for a light weight Sterling. Despite the EBMM website providing an average weight of 8 lbs 14oz, every one I asked about where someone would actually make the effort to get it weighed properly (I will never trust a bathroom scale), came in at a minimum 9lbs 5oz. I wanted something 9lbs or under. I found one on TB that was advertised at 8.5 and 8.75 lbs. I asked the seller for 6 weeks to take it to a postal scale and get an accurate weight. He claimed he did and the actual weight was 8lb 8.5oz. I was thrilled with that weight and that it was blue sparkle in excellent condition and paid using paypal gift as he insisted. Big mistake. The bass arrived and it weighed 9lbs 6oz. He won't give me my money back and claims I just got cold feet and that the weight difference is because of the climate difference between Florida and Ohio. 14oz? Puhleeze. Jerk. Anybody want it? It still has the plastic on the back control plate cover!
Anyway, I found another on Talkbass. The seller appeared to have sufficient intelligence to accurately weigh the bass. Black with maple neck. Great shape. 8lbs 12oz. It arrived today. Guess what? The weight didn't change from Arizona to Ohio. Imagine that!
It's awesome!!!! Hipshot Xtender installed and it's ready to gig. I may keep the blue one as a backup or take the Jazz.
I notice that the cases for the two Sterlings are different. The black one has a badge that says Sterling Music Man on it and the other doesn't have the badge. Some other differences as well. Which one is older? Any other differences between the cases?
Thanks!
The Fender Jazz is a Jazz Plus, so it has stock lace sensors and Kubicki preamp system. Sounds, plays and looks great.
The Hamer Cruise has the stock Duncans. Also sounds, plays and looks great.
I just got my third Sterling. First one was a blue dawn. My favorite color. But, I have bursitis in my left shoulder and it was just a bit short of 10lbs. Plus it had a stress crack in the neck pocket. The seller offered to take it back, but my friend is a luthier and bassist and he LOVED it and bought it from me. Sold one of his Stingrays in the process. He's thrilled.
So, round two I went on the hunt for a light weight Sterling. Despite the EBMM website providing an average weight of 8 lbs 14oz, every one I asked about where someone would actually make the effort to get it weighed properly (I will never trust a bathroom scale), came in at a minimum 9lbs 5oz. I wanted something 9lbs or under. I found one on TB that was advertised at 8.5 and 8.75 lbs. I asked the seller for 6 weeks to take it to a postal scale and get an accurate weight. He claimed he did and the actual weight was 8lb 8.5oz. I was thrilled with that weight and that it was blue sparkle in excellent condition and paid using paypal gift as he insisted. Big mistake. The bass arrived and it weighed 9lbs 6oz. He won't give me my money back and claims I just got cold feet and that the weight difference is because of the climate difference between Florida and Ohio. 14oz? Puhleeze. Jerk. Anybody want it? It still has the plastic on the back control plate cover!
Anyway, I found another on Talkbass. The seller appeared to have sufficient intelligence to accurately weigh the bass. Black with maple neck. Great shape. 8lbs 12oz. It arrived today. Guess what? The weight didn't change from Arizona to Ohio. Imagine that!
It's awesome!!!! Hipshot Xtender installed and it's ready to gig. I may keep the blue one as a backup or take the Jazz.I notice that the cases for the two Sterlings are different. The black one has a badge that says Sterling Music Man on it and the other doesn't have the badge. Some other differences as well. Which one is older? Any other differences between the cases?
Thanks!
