mynan
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First off, forgive my newbieness. You probably have or have heard a million or so stories just like this, but I can't help it. I am just thrilled right now.
I saw the price of the VAX bass drop considerably about a month ago and thought "what the heck, it's my birthday in a month and I can't think of anything else at the moment" so I ordered one. Besides, I kinda liked the bass I had and wouldn't have to trade it for the new one. Long story short, after waiting 2 weeks past the promised date with no one being able to get a response from the manufacturer, I started looking at other options.
I only knew the Stingray by reputation and maybe pulling one off the wall at GC once just to see how it felt but after shopping around online for about a week, I decided to call the guy I ordered the VAX from an ask if he had an SR5 HH. He said he had one in stock, but couldn't even tell me what color it was. He just said it looked vintage with a cool pick guard. I told him I would be there later to look at it and possibly trade my old bass.
I sat down for about 2 minutes with that SR5 and fell in love. It was in bad need of adjustment...the strings were about 1/4 inch off the neck at the 12th and all you got was fret buzz from about the 9th up, but I couldn't believe the sound that was coming from that bass or how easy it was to play. The look, the feel, the sound...everthing about it was incredible.
I jumped on it...got about 1/3 of what I payed for my old bass, but man was it worth it. I spent the whole next day getting her adjusted properly and tuning my rig, which by the way has never sounded so good. I always knew that I had a good amp setup, but there was always something missing until now. I am thrilled. I've had some good basses, but nothing like this. I swear I'll never own any other bass than an EBMM...ever.
First off, forgive my newbieness. You probably have or have heard a million or so stories just like this, but I can't help it. I am just thrilled right now.
I saw the price of the VAX bass drop considerably about a month ago and thought "what the heck, it's my birthday in a month and I can't think of anything else at the moment" so I ordered one. Besides, I kinda liked the bass I had and wouldn't have to trade it for the new one. Long story short, after waiting 2 weeks past the promised date with no one being able to get a response from the manufacturer, I started looking at other options.
I only knew the Stingray by reputation and maybe pulling one off the wall at GC once just to see how it felt but after shopping around online for about a week, I decided to call the guy I ordered the VAX from an ask if he had an SR5 HH. He said he had one in stock, but couldn't even tell me what color it was. He just said it looked vintage with a cool pick guard. I told him I would be there later to look at it and possibly trade my old bass.
I sat down for about 2 minutes with that SR5 and fell in love. It was in bad need of adjustment...the strings were about 1/4 inch off the neck at the 12th and all you got was fret buzz from about the 9th up, but I couldn't believe the sound that was coming from that bass or how easy it was to play. The look, the feel, the sound...everthing about it was incredible.
I jumped on it...got about 1/3 of what I payed for my old bass, but man was it worth it. I spent the whole next day getting her adjusted properly and tuning my rig, which by the way has never sounded so good. I always knew that I had a good amp setup, but there was always something missing until now. I am thrilled. I've had some good basses, but nothing like this. I swear I'll never own any other bass than an EBMM...ever.
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