Hellboy
Well-known member
Hi all. For those of you who remember, I´m the one who bought the 20th Anniversary Trans Black SR5 signed by Tony Levin at the charity auction on eBay about 10 months ago. For those who doesn´t remember:
Tony Levin signed Trans Black 20th anniversary SR5
Just wanted to write an update and let you guys know what is going on regarding that bass and my other SR´s.
I´ve used the trans black SR5 quite alot on recordings and I just love it (!!) but I don´t dare to take it out on the road because of it´s history. So I´ve managed to get ahold of another 20th Anni SR5 in Germany along with a fretless 20th SR5. So I now have three 20th Anni SR5´s. Fantastic instruments indeed. But that is not all since it seems that I´ve gone totally bonkers. I sold, along with some other basses I´ve had but not used much lately, my fretless 4-string Stingray and got ahold of a fretless 30th Anni Stingray (Thanks Bovinehost!!). That one arrived yesterday. Fantastic and MUCH better than the one that I sold. Wonderful tone. I´ve also bought a trans orange SR4 with matching headstock that I´ve set up with foam under the strings by the bridge. It does take too much time to do this on stage so I felt that I needed one just for this type of sound to avoid hassle when playing live. Sounds great.
So I´ve gone from four to seven Stingrays in less than a year. And all of them except the trans orange SR4 are anniversary models since I´ve had a 20th anniversary 4-string since -96 and also a fretted 30th anniversary that I also found in Germany awhile back. Three 5-string and four 4-string. Couldn´t be happier with my basses. Very versatile and I just love that massive but still very defined low end. I use a Höfner violin bass on recordings accationally for that flatwound 60´s sound but other than that, it´s pretty much only EBMM Stingrays these days and I have a feeling that it will stay that way. I have NEVER before been this happy with instruments that I have and use. So hats off to the folks at Ernie Ball. Great work, folks! Here are som pics:
Sincerely//Jan Hellman - Sweden ô¿ô
Tony Levin signed Trans Black 20th anniversary SR5
Just wanted to write an update and let you guys know what is going on regarding that bass and my other SR´s.
I´ve used the trans black SR5 quite alot on recordings and I just love it (!!) but I don´t dare to take it out on the road because of it´s history. So I´ve managed to get ahold of another 20th Anni SR5 in Germany along with a fretless 20th SR5. So I now have three 20th Anni SR5´s. Fantastic instruments indeed. But that is not all since it seems that I´ve gone totally bonkers. I sold, along with some other basses I´ve had but not used much lately, my fretless 4-string Stingray and got ahold of a fretless 30th Anni Stingray (Thanks Bovinehost!!). That one arrived yesterday. Fantastic and MUCH better than the one that I sold. Wonderful tone. I´ve also bought a trans orange SR4 with matching headstock that I´ve set up with foam under the strings by the bridge. It does take too much time to do this on stage so I felt that I needed one just for this type of sound to avoid hassle when playing live. Sounds great.
So I´ve gone from four to seven Stingrays in less than a year. And all of them except the trans orange SR4 are anniversary models since I´ve had a 20th anniversary 4-string since -96 and also a fretted 30th anniversary that I also found in Germany awhile back. Three 5-string and four 4-string. Couldn´t be happier with my basses. Very versatile and I just love that massive but still very defined low end. I use a Höfner violin bass on recordings accationally for that flatwound 60´s sound but other than that, it´s pretty much only EBMM Stingrays these days and I have a feeling that it will stay that way. I have NEVER before been this happy with instruments that I have and use. So hats off to the folks at Ernie Ball. Great work, folks! Here are som pics:
Sincerely//Jan Hellman - Sweden ô¿ô
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