You would have too many only if: You bought all the EBMM basses out there in the wild, ordered enough to back up production for a year, and had to resort to stealing forum members' basses. THEN you would have too many.
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I have over a dozen. Some of them hafta go, but not cuz the
total quantity is wrong, just cuz the mix is wrong. The actual
"too many" quantity would depend on your living quarters and
your playing schedule and mix of styles.
Example: I always luuuuurved my SUB, but then I got a good
deal on an SR30th ..... and I've ALWAYs dug hog bodies. The
SR30th is not only a great hog bod bass, but proved to be a
better version of what I luuuuurved about the SUB. So, while
I don't have "too many MMs", with the arrival of the SR30th
I found I have "too many SUBs".
Whatcha can't ever have too many of is Sterling piezo FLs !
Hope that helps.
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I have over a dozen. Some of them hafta go, but not cuz the
total quantity is wrong, just cuz the mix is wrong. The actual
"too many" quantity would depend on your living quarters and
your playing schedule and mix of styles.
Example: I always luuuuurved my SUB, but then I got a good
deal on an SR30th ..... and I've ALWAYs dug hog bodies. The
SR30th is not only a great hog bod bass, but proved to be a
better version of what I luuuuurved about the SUB. So, while
I don't have "too many MMs", with the arrival of the SR30th
I found I have "too many SUBs".
Whatcha can't ever have too many of is Sterling piezo FLs !
Hope that helps.
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oli@bass
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You have too many if you run out of wall space to hang'em and need to rent a warehouse. But I guess musicmannut would disagree with me... 
mfallmann
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... that's just a question of WAF ...
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J Romano
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At least one for each day of the week. Then you could rotate them daily, always giving each one it rightful share of attention! Dare I say we are creating bass harems????????
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keko
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There's no right answer to this Thread's question!
I just got my 2nd Music Man and start thinking that I'm missing one single H 5 banger with piezo!
Right question for me is Stingray or Bongo?
I think everybody got his/hers own question about this Thread!
I just got my 2nd Music Man and start thinking that I'm missing one single H 5 banger with piezo!
Right question for me is Stingray or Bongo?
I think everybody got his/hers own question about this Thread!
There's no right answer to this Thread's question!
I just got my 2nd Music Man and start thinking that I'm
missing one single H 5 banger with piezo!
Right question for me is Stingray or Bongo?
Freakin good question. Since I have both an
SR5 Hp and a Boingo 4Hp [both FL acoarst .... ]
If I knew which one to give up, I would. Not
like I really needed the low B-string .... I just
wanted a used piezo FL Sterling, which are
almost impossible to find [used piezo Rays are
at least findable]. Except for the very latest
versions, SR5's [not SR4's] are really Sterlings.
So when I stumpled onto a used SR5p FL, it
served the purpose even tho I didn't need
the extra string.
OK, so, "the review":
Both great basses. The Bongo is much more
"organic", more EUB-like. The The SR5 is
more electric sounding. I uually play the SR5
[remember, it's really a Sterling] at 100%
piezo. At a 50/50 blend, it might as well be a
regular Sterling/SR5 FL. The Boingo however,
has voodoo majik at 50/50 and at 40/60 piezo.
There's a mixed tone thaz not overwhelmingly
an electric tone. It's like the Boingo has three
piezo voice settings, at 1/2p, 2/3p and full p.
The SR5/Sterling OTOH needs to be at full p
or at least about 4/5 p to not sound mainly
magnetic-electric. BUT !!! the SR5's full piezo
voice is hugely musical. It's become Ms Diva's
fave in the Diva Duo where it's just Vox, KB,
and Bass. Thaz HER voice alone, no backups
from me. To be a "Diva's Pick" [been many
over the years] a bass has to be way musical.
"Punch, Cut, Thud, Pfunk" need not apply, but
the SR5p will easily deliver those once you've
dialed it away from the majorly piezo end of
the blender knob [to emphasise the mag PU].
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Holdsg
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Dare I say we are creating a bass harems????????
That's what my wife calls my collection.
J Romano
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There's no right answer to this Thread's question!
I just got my 2nd Music Man and start thinking that I'm missing one single H 5 banger with piezo!
Right question for me is Stingray or Bongo?
I think everybody got his/hers own question about this Thread!
Keko, you definitely need a Bongo in your harem. The HP would be an excellent choice. I love the blend of the the mag and piezo on my Bongo. I go slightly past center toward the mag, maybe 1/4 turn. I guess the center position is 50/50, not sure what the ratio is in percent where I end up. For me, this is a sweet spot to my ears!
cellkirk74
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Bongo Hp fretless is just killer. I just need to get another band to use mine with...
Auctopus
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I've come to the conclusion that there probably isn't a correct answer to my question of how many EBMM basses are too many, but rather it comes down to you just have the number of EBMM basses you have at a particular time. This number may be too many, too few or just the right amount.
So, here are mine at the time of this post.
So, here are mine at the time of this post.
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bovinehost
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That gunmetal gray Sterling SUB is really hot.
You know it !
I had the wrong balance of EBMM models and features
recently, relative to my needs, whims, and size of my
dwelling. So I put four of them on consignment. One of
them is already sold, and a coupla days ago, I brought
home another MM. Such is life.
Ask not "How many MM basses would be too many ?",
but "How few MM basses would be too few?"
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OrigamiElephant
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I'm with Adouglas. If you have so many MM's and you don't recall what all of them look like, it might be time to pare down the herd. If it's a collection fetish, by all means own every one you can get your hands on, as finances permit.
This is my opinion, (and an inexperienced one) but aside from some of the different builds (Bongo, Sterling, yada yada) I don't get why people buy multiples of nearly the exact same instrument. I'd spend some of that money trying out different builders.
I'm with you though, I love my MM, but I only need the one. Maybe a 4 sometime down the road possibly.
Your collection looks nice though mang. I dig the matte finish on the first two, but my love is for the coffee table basses.
This is my opinion, (and an inexperienced one) but aside from some of the different builds (Bongo, Sterling, yada yada) I don't get why people buy multiples of nearly the exact same instrument. I'd spend some of that money trying out different builders.
I'm with you though, I love my MM, but I only need the one. Maybe a 4 sometime down the road possibly.
Your collection looks nice though mang. I dig the matte finish on the first two, but my love is for the coffee table basses.
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+1, but even pared down, my sig shows 10 similar,
but different, MM basses. Not listed in the sig are
4 basses I left on consignment with a local shop.
Weird thing is, the 4 to-be-culled basses includes
2 models that are far more varied, cuz those 2 are
Boingos. OTOH, what you said about 'too many to
remember' ? OK, I'm guilty, cuz in writing this right
now, as I mention the culled-out pair of Boingos, I
realize that when I assembled my sig from memory
[not actually eyeballing my music room], well .....
damnt if I neglected to put my KEEPER Boingo into
my sig ! ! ! Duuhh-uh-uhhhh .... "My DUH" !
* Golem pauses to edit his sig *
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BTW, assuming finances allow, one perficklee OK
rationale for owning 'identical basses', say 3 FL
and 3 fretted SR4 HS basses, would be that each
set of 3 is strung with 3 very different types of
strings, which can hugely transform 'identical'
triplets into 'distant cousins'. It's just not really
practical to keep swapping strings from session
to session.
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MattOfSweden
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Now, I've only got 4 Stingrays yet I get that comment from time to time. I do however enjoy them all tremendously and they make me feel and play differently. Sure, if pressed I might get along with only the fivestring, but it's wonderful to be able to have the choice of what to play. Also, one is running flats which really turns it into another kind of beast entirely.
Different kinds of wonderful, simple as that.
