Good buy? :)

[MusicManPlayer]

just purchased my second musicman ernie ball bass
got my first, a Musicman sterling 4, last year
Which is a bright orange/gold colour, got that for my 14th birthday, which i got new, for £700
Today i got a new Musicman ernie ball Stingray5 which has a black body, maple fretboard & a matching black headstock.
picked that up for £1200
Lovely bass, still getting used to play it.

 

[laneline]

Welcome aboard, congrats on your new bass, 15 and two EB/MM's, way to go.
Price sounds about right, all the best with your new bass.

 

[MusicManPlayer]

Thanks
yeah, im so lucky
Loving the mm basses though
So nice to play.

 

[five7]

Quite the setup for a young pup!

 

[maddog]

to borrow from the boys from Liverpool:

You say good buy!
I say Bongo!

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Any Music Man bass is a good buy. I feel for you guys (and gals) in Europe for pricing though. A used StingRay 5 would likely be in the $1200 range around here, so roughly half the price.

 

[Davecg2]

congrats im still in awe over my first EBMM but im sure ill want another once i have the extra $ too

 

[fidooda]

pics?

 

[the unrepentant]

pics?

+1!
how does a 15 year old afford such things?

 

[adouglas]

+1!
how does a 15 year old afford such things?

Generous and wise parents?

Better spending money on a great musical instrument than on video games or other time wasters.

MMP, I only hope you give it the attention it deserves and truly commit to it for the long haul. It's the nature of being a teenager to lose interest in things at the drop of a hat. It'd be a CRIME for those basses to wind up in a closet.

Never lose sight of the fact that most kids your age, if they're LUCKY, get to play Guitar Hero. A real instrument at age 15? Relatively rare. A world-class instrument at age 15? You are way, way out on one end of the bell curve, my friend.

You owe it to yourself to do it justice.

 

[AnthonyD]

Can't have just one...

 

[Eek]

Any Music Man bass is a good buy. I feel for you guys (and gals) in Europe for pricing though. A used StingRay 5 would likely be in the $1200 range around here, so roughly half the price.

A standard (new) stingray / sterling here in belgium is +2000€ (=2700$)
and that's without any special colour, additions,...

 

[MusicManPlayer]

Generous and wise parents?

Better spending money on a great musical instrument than on video games or other time wasters.

MMP, I only hope you give it the attention it deserves and truly commit to it for the long haul. It's the nature of being a teenager to lose interest in things at the drop of a hat. It'd be a CRIME for those basses to wind up in a closet.

Never lose sight of the fact that most kids your age, if they're LUCKY, get to play Guitar Hero. A real instrument at age 15? Relatively rare. A world-class instrument at age 15? You are way, way out on one end of the bell curve, my friend.

You owe it to yourself to do it justice.

adouglas
yeahhh, alot of people say that :]
wise words.
i've been playing music since i was 10/11, and never get over the thrill of playing my Musicman bass' on stage with my band
will never get over how great they sound.
Playing music is a great thing to do.
all my guitars and bass guitars hang proudly in my room.

visit my band website perhaps? -
Honor Amongst Thieves Official Site - Welcome

 

[fidooda]

A standard (new) stingray / sterling here in belgium is +2000€ (=2700$)
and that's without any special colour, additions,...

almost the price of plane ticket, a nice trip and getting a bass in CDN/US dollars

 

[CFA]

visit my band website perhaps? -
Honor Amongst Thieves Official Site - Welcome

Nice stuff, not really my thing overall, but I do really enjoy Just Happy. Listening to it for the third time now.

 

[Sonnyonbass]

almost the price of plane ticket, a nice trip and getting a bass in CDN/US dollars

Absolutely
Saw a ticket to Miami for €350. Very very tempting!

Or buy 1 second hand from Ebay.
Or buy a limited model from the US. (After 2 years they are allowed to be shipped to Europe)

So many options!
No excuse for not owning an EBMM bass!

 

[Eek]

Ye.. I just bought one

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/37924-bass-has-leaving-our-house-saturday.html

 

[MusicManPlayer]

Nice stuff, not really my thing overall, but I do really enjoy Just Happy. Listening to it for the third time now.

Thanks
yeah that song seems to have a popular outcome, hoping to write some new songs in a genre like that, but its hard to get it sounding like that, but not to similar.