Stingrays that don't look like Stingrays

[Hornisse]

Here is the original.

[ilan]

That's an early model, later ones had the pickup in the neck position.

[jumbodbassman]

Here is the original.

 

[chromium]

A pre-EB Stingray fretless was my main bass for many years.  Guess I got burned out on the sound too, although I still think its a great player.

There's an unlikely Stingray-that-doesn't-look-like-a-Stingray on Ebay now...



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220709174329&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

That's an early Johnson scroll prototype built for the SLM/Ampeg partnership in the late 90s.  Turner pickup in the 'ray spot...

[jumbodbassman]

A pre-EB Stingray fretless was my main bass for many years.  Guess I got burned out on the sound too, although I still think its a great player.

There's an unlikely Stingray-that-doesn't-look-like-a-Stingray on Ebay now...



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220709174329&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

That's an early Johnson scroll prototype built for the SLM/Ampeg partnership in the late 90s.  Turner pickup in the 'ray spot...

GAS attack...

[jumbodbassman]

my  Pushic bass with a little closer to a pbass sweetspot cheating going on.  one of my zebrawood moments....





Zebrawood makes a pretty good fretboard too.  very similar to rosewood in hardness



i even went with a zebrawood stringer...

[leftybass]

[Dave W]

Neckthoughs and semihollows aren't Stingray types at all, they just have Stingray type pickups.

[Hornisse]

Modulus Flea

[eb2]

I was working for GC when those came out.  They were very nice basses, and felt really nice.  The tone was - surprise - very Stingray-ish.  I probably should have picked one up.  I have had the disturbing experience of playing one of the new Flea basses, which are truly awful things, and not at all like the original Flea licensing experiment.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

Modulus called that model the "Sonic Hammer" before they got Flea to endorse it. The Modulus Flea basses were really overpriced for what they were. IRRC, it is still made under a new name now. I A/B'ed a couple of them against new Rays and did't like them near as well as the EB's. I could see the money for a Quantum or the like, but like Modulus's Jazz copy, I just didn't get it.  The old Quantums with the Lane Poor pickups were awesome, but if you wanted a Stingray with a composite neck there was the Cutlass.

[hieronymous]

Ikebe original Fender Japan '75 Jazz reissue

[Thornton Davis]

This is my Big Al 5-H, AKA; "Elroy". Its 4 band EQ gives it tremendous tonal versatility. But if I need that certain Stingray tone, i'll use my Classic Stingray 5 AKA; "Killer".



TD

[Dave W]

Love that Big Al.

I'd buy an EB Albert Lee guitar too if it would help me play like Albert.

[ilan]

I like the retro aesthetics of those non-toilet-seat MM's.