Why do YOU choose music man?

[bovinehost]

Another thing that occurred to me today was that two of the best musicians on earth play them.

Tony Levin. When asked why he didn't have a signature model, he basically said that there was nothing that needed to be done to any given Stingray or Stingray 5. He can (and DOES) simply pull one off the rack and, boom, there's his sound.

Steve Lukather. As with TL, Luke can pull any Luke off the wall in any guitar shop and make The Big Magic.

And they ain't the only ones. There's a long list!

 

[j.kernodle]

When I started out playing bass as a teenager in the early 90's, my favorite players were using them. Tim Comerford, Flea, and a bunch of other bands that I liked. I was and am still a rock player, and I wore out that first RATM album. I loved the dry growly punchy sound that Tim got on that album and wanted to sound just like that. He switched away from MM's on later albums, and sure enough I lost interest in their sound. MM is a versatile sound that you can always identify in a mix, whether its being played fingerstyle, with a pick, or slap. I thought they looked goofy at first with the big egg pickguard and one tuner sticking out the wrong side but something happened and I grew to love it.

I'd stare at pictures of the basses in magazines and catalogs, especially the killer ash grain bodies and figured maple necks from the 90's basses. I think I reread the Bass Player review of the Pearl Blue Sterling 100 times. They just seemed so much cooler than anything else in that price range. I remember the day I got my black 2 band that I ordered used from Dan Lakin in the summer of '95. I saved all summer to get the 675 bucks together, and I was absolutely ecstatic when the UPS truck dropped it off. Ran straight up to my bedroom, played along with the RATM cd from start to finish, and didn't come out of my bedroom for the rest of the day. The black one was replaced with a teal 3-bander which I didn't like as much, which was replaced with my Sterling that I liked more, but still not as much as the first 2 bander.

Now patiently waiting on my 4th that's on order now.

 

[ZiggyDude]

+2 BONGO

Made in USA with great quality and perfect price to add.

 

[overtime]

There are many reasons why.... The feel,the look,Tone and also the Dependability i know when go to Gig to play i am always confident that My SR5 will let me be the best i possibly can.

 

[Holdsg]

Plus, best bass mfg forum, by far.

 

[BlindEyes]

I played a new Stingray at an Olympia, WA music store in 1977. I liked it much better than the P bass I had been playing. Traded the Fender and a hundred bucks for it. Still the best sounding bass I've ever owned. My son now plays it.

 

[petch]

Signature sound. Superb quality control. Consistency from instrument to instrument. Passionate owner. American made. Innovation is part of EBMM culture. Cool looks. Signature sound.

 

[mguy]

Louis Johnson had one. So, I got one after lusting for one for many years.

 

[Kirby]

One, it is my sound. When people hear me play, the EB basses are an integral part of what people have come to associate me with.

Two, the playability, they just feel like an old pair of shoes that are broken in, just right.

Three, the quality control. Until EB, I had a strict rule of never buying before playing. I have broken that rule with EB and have ordered many basses sight unseen and have never been disappointed.

Bottom line, they do what they are supposed to consistently and reliably giving me very little problems. With all the factors that go into a show, it is great to know you have a bass that is super reliable time after time.