Show Us Your Non- Warwick Bass Then!

paperbag1213 said:
i still like my schecter
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I tried those. Nice. Easy to like.
Just coudn't find any reason to
actually buy it though, so I got
no clue how they are in a long
term relationship .....

A freind of mine almost bought
one, and I respect his playing
and his taste in axen. But I let
him try my ReBop 5. Schector
rhymes with Spector, and the
price was the same so now he
plays a ReBop.

I must say, it sounds so much
better since I sold it ........

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Before I knew what I wanted in a bass, I tried several Spector's out, but was horrified when the Legend 5 Classic felt better in my hands than the ReBops on the wall at GC. The ReBops felt heavier, the frets were jagged, and it was a harder stretch for me for some reason. (Maybe higher action?) However I did manage to make one of the monkeys come in with a ladder and retrieve and American made neck-through which just played like butter. (But then again, it definitely fell into my favorite category of 4 string neck-through, whereas the Legend and ReBop's were bolt on 5 stringers.)

I don't know, I'd love to go back and play some more again now that I'm a little bit older and more skilled in my playing abilities.

I don't have any basses that aren't Warwicks anymore... I used to still own my first bass guitar which was a Peavey Millenium BXP, and I think that today that is still the best damn $200 bass guitar on the market. I also owned a Peavey Grind NTB with EMG DC's and an 18v pre. I set my Mill up to be my slapper with Slinkys, and my Grind to be my shredder with Black Beauties and super low action... I'd say I miss the two (JUst LEFT them in Florida) but my Warwick kills both of them as it is a slapper and a shredder, it's everything I need in a bass!



(Wow, I ramble a lot.)
 
golem said:
Andrew O said:
golem said:
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OK. One more well known bass builder.

Nothing obscure here. You can find his name
on headstocks in ordinary retail music stores:
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ernie ball?
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Ernie Ball's name is on every headstock that bears Sterling's name ...

But the picture is of a Sterling Ball [sterling silver]. So you're close
but Greg and Kris really nailed it. There was meaning in that word
"punish", in that it implied that the hint-pic was pun-ish :-)
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Except Sterling Ball is a hack who should never be given another dollar of your money. He treats the owners of the basses he builds like sheep, tries to convince him that the same woods with different colors is somehow innovative, and craps on people who think out of the box. Im amazed he has survived in the bass building business. His attitude was enough to convince me to sell all my EBMMs and spend the money on my two PNUTs instead.
 
I want to play bass, not to marrie Sterling. I don't really care how is he as a human being, but there is some magic in MM instruments, and I think his place in the industry is well deserved.
 
Florin said:
I want to play bass, not to marrie Sterling. I don't really care how is he as a human being, but there is some magic in MM instruments, and I think his place in the industry is well deserved.
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the magic was gone the day he took over the company. Sure, I like how his basses sound, but Im not going to support someone (or a company) who treats his crowd like idiots.

just my take on it.
 
paperbag1213 wrote:
i still like my schecter
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I tried those. Nice. Easy to like.
Just coudn't find any reason to
actually buy it though, so I got
no clue how they are in a long
term relationship .....

A freind of mine almost bought
one, and I respect his playing
and his taste in axen. But I let
him try my ReBop 5. Schector
rhymes with Spector, and the
price was the same so now he
plays a ReBop.

I must say, it sounds so much
better since I sold it ........
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well it hasn't been played a lot since I got my bass, but I still like the tone of it, it is still a sweet bass, but nothing compares to my warwick
 
Mr Rabble said:
Precision:




Jazz:
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I would have guessed those basses for Mr Rabble in my sleep. Really classy!

A jazz, a p-bass maple neck/board, a thumb.... classy
 
boston asphalt2 said:
.......... Sterling Ball is a hack who should never be given
another dollar of your money. He treats the owners of the
basses he builds like sheep, tries to convince him that the
same woods with different colors is somehow innovative ........
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Then for a guy who live in the desert he's sure a clever arborist.
Apparently he's grafted maple, rosewood, ironwood, mahogany,
swamp ash, poplar and alder to all grow on the same tree. Those
are the various woods of which my EBMMs are built. The bodies
are from 4 different woods and the FBs are from only 3 different
woods. Of course all the necks are maple and there's really only
2.25 different models in the whole line up. So other than his truly
amazing feat of getting 8 different woods to grow from one tree,
there is no obvious wizardry happening at EBMM.

Tell you how it goes. Show up to a jam with a bubinga Warwick
and comments run mostly to stuff like "Hmnp ... wazzat thing ?"
OTOH unpack an ash StingRay, really pimped out ..... maybe in
clear finish ? with a gaudy pick guard ..... y'know, like black ? and
geetards' jaws hang open, they stumble 5 steps backward, and
then pee their pants.

Typical geetards. But the drummer ? He sees that Ray, jumps up
to slap you props, then tells you to call it and count it. That's the
world that Sterling Ball understands better than any builder in
the biz. Skayooz me now, cuz I gotta go polish my neck bolts.

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golem said:
Typical geetards. But the drummer ? He sees that Ray, jumps up
to slap you props, then tells you to call it and count it. That's the
world that Sterling Ball understands better than any builder in
the biz. Skayooz me now, cuz I gotta go polish my neck bolts.
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Great post Golem. This couldn't be any truer. 8)

Tim
 
Golem has got a point. I'll never consider my bass collection full until I own an ash bodied Sting Ray... Though I really kind of dig the Sterling more, but don't tell anyone I said that! :X
 
TylerDurdenPSSC said:
Golem has got a point. I'll never consider
my bass collection full until
I own an ash bodied Sting Ray... Though I really kind of dig the
Sterling more, but don't tell anyone I said that! :X
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Parme, whilst I splain youse a bitter EBMM stuff:

If you really prefer the Sterling, don't feel obliged to get a StingRay
just to add the more classic, traditional name to your herd.

Some EBMM stuff that is not always clearly understood:

Until last year, every 5 string StingRay was, under the hood, actually
a Sterling. Even the body is sculpted differently than classic 4-string
StingRays. But most importantly, 1st generation SR5s have ceramic
magnet PUs, blade switch, and EQ/pre of a Sterling, not a Ray. So ...

If you're a 5-string kinda guy, and you want a headstock that says
"StingRay" but really prefer the Sterling, you are in luck. Just get a
1st generation SR5 and you've got it.

Given the above info, try to fathom this: About a year ago, EBMM
introduced the new 5-string Sterling. So where did this leave the
"stealth Sterling", the old SR5 ? Solution: The 2nd generation SR5
is now, finally, an actual StingRay, with alnico magnet PUs and an
SR4-type EQ/pre.

OK. Maybe you're a 4-string player. If you prefer the Sterling, just
go for it. Why feel like your collection needs a headstock that reads
"StingRay" ? You're gonna play it, right ? Anyway, if you wanna get
historical, get a pre-EB [Leo era] SR4, which has a tone that difffers
from both the current Sterling-4 and current SR4. Or get a pre-EB
Sabre. They are generally ash with a clear finish, not swamp ash
but northern ash. Between the heavy ash, the dual Sabre PU's, and
unique EQ/pre you'll have a collectible MM that can scream the walls
down. Yup. They're screamers. More brittle sounding than a Sterling
but you still get a big bottom cuzza the neck PU. A really nice one
will be priced about the same as a brand new dual PU, clear finish,
swamp ash Sterling.

Collectibles aside, just get a Sterling-4 in natural ash. Buy it face to
face so you can see the grain. One-piece ash bodies are not all that
rare amongst Sterlings, but you hafta look to find them. And they
tend to have the best looking grain. OTOH, I've never seen a one-
piece SR4 body [altho most of the two-piece do have great grain].

It could be the slightly smaller body thaz allowing EBMM to build a
decent number of one-piece Sterling bodies ..... but considering as
how the size difference is pretty minor, it might be that Sterling Ball
just sees to it that his namesake bass gets the goodies :-)
 
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