OK to "Cross Post" here and Talkbass?

[spaceman]

SUB Sterling

Hello folks,

I posted a message on talkbass earlier today about a used SUB Sterling I saw. Is it OK to duplicate the question here, or should I just give the Talkbass URL, or should I do neither of these?!

Thanks.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Hi and welcome.

>>>Is it OK to duplicate the question here

Yes. What is the question?

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[spaceman]

Yes. What is the question?

OK, thanks. Here's a copy and paste from what I wrote at TB:

So, I happened to go into my local Guitar Center last night. I've been thinking of maybe getting a Sterling and thought I'd see what they had. I was a little surprised to see a used S.U.B. Sterling (plus a few new ones). It seemed to be in OK condidtion - though for some reason the G string was set much lower than the other strings and was wildly out of tune. Price was about $480 or so.

The thing I didn't like about it was that it looked rather boring! Just plain black with rosewood fingerboard. I'd prefer a maple fingerboard and maybe sunburst, black cherry burst, or burnt apple body.

Used "real" Sterlings seem to be going for roughly about $700 - $850. Do you get much more by buying an actual Sterling compared to the S.U.B. or would I just be catering to my vanity by not getting the S.U.B. but getting a "prettier" bass.

Right now I just have a (modified) Yamaha RBX 264 which I like apart from the width of the neck and roughness of the fret edges.