Newbie advice on a Sterling please......

[Soul Man]

Hi everyone, I'm new to the EBMM world but I am very excited about "moving in."

I need some advice - I currently play a Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn which I really like because of the smaller J neck. Very easy to play and I have smaller hands.

All that I have read with regards to the Sterling has been very favorable but locally I don't have any to try. I do have a chance to buy this used one pictured for $750. The owner puts it at an "8/10" with a few dings here and there.

Based on these photos, is there anything different or unusual about the bass? He described the color as a metallic pewter (?) - I believe it to be a 1999 model based on it's SN.

Thanks for any info or advice!
Cliff

 

[RitchieDarling]

HOLY COW!

BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!

Ritchie

 

[SquidLizard]

It's gorgeous! I have small hands and I LOVE the Sterling necks. Without knowing much about you, I think you'd find that bass comfortable. Sounds like a good price, too .

 

[mynan]

Is that Inca Silver? I would post the serial number on the serial number sticky thread. Dan or someone from EBMM should be able to give you some details.

 

[carpedebass]

DANG IT! You guys keep posting all this bass porn and I keep drooling all over my stinkin' keyboard!

 

[fly]

dude.....................no brainer...............especially for that price.



Sterlings are the S**T..............best bass out there i'd say.


you won't regret it man.

 

[adouglas]

Sounds like a great deal.

Just FYI, the black pearl PG and matching headstock are both extra-cost options on these basses.

 

[Soul Man]

mynan - thanks for the tip - I've posted the SN and now I wait..........

 

[mynan]

Yeah, Dan is usually pretty good with a quick reply, but I suspect that everyone at EBMM is pretty busy processing orders for the 08s.

 

[mobis.fr]

i'm sorry, but what answer do you think will you get in the ebmm forum?
its like asking in a macforum if you should switch from a normal windesktop machine to an imac...

so give it a try, and if you don't like it sell it. i'm sure you will get your $750 back.

 

[Soul Man]

mobis,
My initial question really was more about if there was anything "the trained eye" could tell me about what they saw from the photos - I've owned an OLP bass before but not a MM and the only thing I really know about the Sterling was that it has a friendlier neck profile for hands like mine.

I just wondered if anyone could tell me if there was something different about it, the color or the HW since it was from 1999.

 

[bovinehost]

Looks like a nice bass for a great price.

Hard to tell from photos if there's anything wrong with it, but if you trust the seller, it really is a good deal on a GREAT finish.

(Plus, as was mentioned, the pickguard and matching headstock cost more when new.)

Jack

 

[Soul Man]

Whoooooooooooo!

TOOK
THE
PLUNGE!!!!!​

​

 

[ErlendDL]

Congrats man!

 

[fly]

you'll be sooo impressed when you find the "you" in that bass.



cuz it's in there...........



nicely done man........welcome to the Sterling family.


take that bongoloids...............

 

[ekb16b]

congrats on a sweet bass

 

[kompressaur]

I think looking at those pics,the colour is less silver than gunsmoke so I'd go for pearl platinum which was one of the finishes offered then.
congratulations on aquiring it - it's lovely!

 

[petch]

Great deal, awesome looker, Sterlings rule the civilized world. Way to be!

 

[phatduckk]

hell ya... especially for $750

 

[strummer]

That skyline will be such a miserable bass once you get the sterling, just sitting in a corner ain't no fun but that's what's gonna happen to the Dunn...

Congrats on a sweet bass!