Rossmallow
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I'm in the market for a Ray34 bass and love the look of the new purple sparkle finish. I've seen quite a few discussions online, though about QC issues with the tuners grinding themselves down and various things regarding the truss rod.
Before this, I've only heard gread things about Ray34s, so it seems to me like it's just a bad run. The issues seem to only be on the purple finish too, I haven't heard anything about the other finishes.
Based on some other forum posts on the internet, I get the impression that Sterling is aware of the issues and issuing refunds or will provide replacement parts if they're contacted. Some people seen that it's difficult to find these new basses in stock and have suggested it's because Sterling has slowed manufacturing to fix the issues at the factory. I haven't seen any official statement regarding this, though so I wonder, is Sterling aware and when can we expect new basses to roll out?
I was really excited to get my hands on that new bass, especially after hearing all the great things about the brand in the past, but these reports about bad QC has left me with a bad impression and I definietly don't want to pick one up now if I'm going to have to send it back to get fixed or spend upwards of $100 on top of the price of the bass to get some new tuners.
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Before this, I've only heard gread things about Ray34s, so it seems to me like it's just a bad run. The issues seem to only be on the purple finish too, I haven't heard anything about the other finishes.
Based on some other forum posts on the internet, I get the impression that Sterling is aware of the issues and issuing refunds or will provide replacement parts if they're contacted. Some people seen that it's difficult to find these new basses in stock and have suggested it's because Sterling has slowed manufacturing to fix the issues at the factory. I haven't seen any official statement regarding this, though so I wonder, is Sterling aware and when can we expect new basses to roll out?
I was really excited to get my hands on that new bass, especially after hearing all the great things about the brand in the past, but these reports about bad QC has left me with a bad impression and I definietly don't want to pick one up now if I'm going to have to send it back to get fixed or spend upwards of $100 on top of the price of the bass to get some new tuners.
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