I basically ordered my first ebmm, my 97 sterling, blind. The only exposure I had previously had with ebmm was playing a used LEFTY sr5 at my local shop for all of 5 minutes. It was a really interesting color, i think it was las vegas gold, (but I did not know how rare that was back then).
I noticed it had amazing tone and a great sounding B string.
Couple years went by and i bought a sterling used. Turned out to be the best bass ive played to this day. 3 days with me and i still love it to bits.