If the 30th Anni SR is the best SR, is the fretless version the best SR fretless?

[Spanky(Andy)]

Hi folks,

I'm the process of buying Todd4ta's 30th anniversary Stingray and cannot wait to get my grubby little hands on it.

As a matter of fact, I'm so caught up in Stingray fever (a mutated form of GAS) that I've put my Bongo 5 and Gretsch White Falcon on the 'bay to pay for a fretless Stingray too.

I've read BP (and quite a few others) saying that the 30th Anni Stingray is the best Stingray EBMM has ever made. Does this hold true for the fretless version too?

Would I be better off with a fretless 30th anniversary model (Beaver has one for sale), or buying something like a HH or HS fretless Stingray?

Cheers

Andy

 

[ekb16b]

30th hands down

 

[Aussie Mark]

I can't see why it wouldn't be. I've got a mighty nice fretless Stingray, but a fretless 30th would be killer, based on my fretted 30th.

 

[Strangeglow]

I've got a 30th fretless. It's all that and then some.

 

[adouglas]

It's also got exclusivity going for it. All the 30th mojo, in an even rarer model.

 

[kylierider]

I've got a 30th fretless that sounds wonderful. I've got no other Musicman to compare it to but it sounds great to my ears......Put it this way, my Alembic is for sale.

 

[kylierider]

I've got a 30th fretless that sounds wonderful. I've got no other Musicman to compare it to but it sounds great to my ears......Put it this way, my Alembic is for sale.

 

[scottbass71]

I have one and I love it and cant stop playing it -when I am not in HK

Would I be better off with a fretless 30th anniversary model (Beaver has one for sale), or buying something like a HH or HS fretless Stingray?

Andy only problem is US dealers cant sell to overseas customers EB policy

 

[Spanky(Andy)]

I have one and I love it and cant stop playing it -when I am not in HK



Andy only problem is US dealers cant sell to overseas customers EB policy

Hey Scott,

Yep, I know. Beaver has a used/2nd hand unlined fretless for sale as well as a couple of unused models..... that's why I edited/amended my first post to specifically state that the bass I was interested in was used.

Pretty exy price though!

Cheers

Andy

 

[slucas]

I've got a 30th fretless that sounds wonderful. I've got no other Musicman to compare it to but it sounds great to my ears......Put it this way, my Alembic is for sale.

I've got a 30th fretless that sounds wonderful. I've got no other Musicman to compare it to but it sounds great to my ears......Put it this way, my Alembic is for sale.

Either there is an echo in here or you have been playing a lot of double bass lately

 

[PocketGroove82]

the 30th fretless is different from other rays.
If you want something like jaco, get an HS.
If you want something totally different go 30th.

 

[Spanky(Andy)]

the 30th fretless is different from other rays.
If you want something like jaco, get an HS.
If you want something totally different go 30th.

Hi PocketGroove,

Nah, not after a Jaco sound, more Pino Palladino from the Paul Young era or the dude from Sade (again - 80s era)...

My beautiful girlfriend is also a talented vocalist and does a lot of gospel/blues/ Eva Cassidy/soul stuff which just crys out for a fretless behind it.

Do you think a 30th anni fretless would be the bass?

Cheers

Andy

 

[scottbass71]

Hey Andy thats cool that is not a bad price I paid a lot more for mine in Australia
PM if you want to know what I paid because I cant publish it here

 

[ekb16b]

speaking of 30th's
how do u think one wud look with a clear pg? should i go for it??

 

[Spanky(Andy)]

speaking of 30th's
how do u think one wud look with a clear pg? should i go for it??

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Keep the anni stock...

Andy
Founding member RSPCEBMM30ASB*


RSPCEBMM30ASB = Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ernie Ball MusicMan 30th Anniversary Stingray Basses

 

[phatduckk]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Keep the anni stock...

Andy
Founding member RSPCEBMM30ASB*


RSPCEBMM30ASB = Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ernie Ball MusicMan 30th Anniversary Stingray Basses

oh cmon. its a pickguard. just make sure to keep the original around. personally i love the blac PG on and wouldnt think of swaping it but a PG swap isnt an irreversable mod by any means