New EBMM fan

[73jbass]

One of my new co-workers is a gigging bassist,and he told me that he tried to get a custom built MM Stingray a while back,but they would not build him a custom bass. He said"I'll never play a MM bass just for that reason". When he told me what he wanted, I went online line and found his bass. A 30th Anniversary Stingray. I told him about it the next day,and he bought it that afternoon. Now he says," My other basses are history,this Stingray just kills everything else." So,we have a new convert to the EBMM family. Doing my part to get the word out!!

 

[jlepre]

Great story, but what exactly were the options on this bass that made it so CUSTOM for your friend?

 

[bovinehost]

Mahogany body, anyone?

 

[73jbass]

That's it exactly. He wanted Mahogany with a rosewood board. He had no clue that they made them as a special run. He is really happy with it. I think he is going to do his first gig with it tonight.

 

[jlepre]

Isn't the Big Al Mahogany too?

 

[bovinehost]

It is now.

 

[nurnay]

Isn't the Big Al Mahogany too?

Yep

 

[Elad_E]

It is now.

intresting,
which Big Als weren't Mahogany and what were they made of then?

is there a consensual tonal difference?

 

[MrMusashi]

first big als were alder.. there is one for sale in the fs thread. orange firemist color as well. i suspect that is an awesome al color

ps: the 30th is a mean machine. only 783 made so its fairly rare as well

MrM

 

[Golem]

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Okeedoikly ...

So is there a s/n that divides the alders from the hogs, Big-Al-wise ?
Cuz i loves me some hog, and therefor have an SR30th .... altho the
Big Al might bump me offa my Red Ray .... how can I know, looking
at a used AB [can't afford new one], which ones are hog bodies ?


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[bovinehost]

Not sure how long the alder bodies lasted, but any more recent Big Al is going to be mahogany. SmallEQ might have a rough idea about when the change happened.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

They started off with Alder for about a year and then to Mahogany from Jan 2010 NAMM (when the 5 string AL appeared).