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And if that promise were true, they must be checked by the kindergarden age progeny of the EBMM people who do that for the USA instruments. From early 2022 there's been issues with tuners with gears that chew themselves and stuck truss rods. They seem to be doing better again, but... there's no way somebody checked my Ray35, maybe they just went "yup, it's a bass, how many strings? Check" I noticed the tuners straight away. Truss rod, the minute I went to adjust it. Fortunately the truss rod must have just had some glue or something because the old trick tapping along the back of the neck freed it. It's a great bass now, with Hipshot Untralites, but crazy expensive. I just wanted that particular finish so I didn't bother returning it once I found my experience was far from unique. Initially SBMM seemed great but when the main guy, who used to post a lot on TB, left, it looks like they focused on pretty looks and not so much on the quality anymore.

Yes, they haven't changed that, I wonder why... Feel free to ask EB himself in the EBMM forum.

EBMM, not SBMM

I doubt any SBMM instrument sees the USA territory, unless an USAnian buys one. They originally claimed to be built overseas and sent to EBMM for QC and setup. That has not been the case in years.

I have a Batking hollow (20") and a GoldTone solid body (23"). Both fretless. The Batking looks great but the small size and lack of weight doesn't make it that comfortable to play well. I much prefer the GoldTone, for ergonomics and sound. The slightly longer scale seems to help a lot getting the intonation... I was going to say right but who am I kidding, I'll say "close enough"

gotta be aliens...

I can't unsee that as "snot yellow"...

Maybe it'll work out better if you practiced along the songs you're supposed to have learnt, instead?

Repeat repeat repeat. Repeat until you don't have to think. Learning a song is only the beginning, if you want to remember it you need to repeat it. Lots. At least I do. When I've had a lot of songs to learn in short time I make a playlist with them and listen to them constantly: at work, in the car... It's a good way to remember things 'passively', for me.

I'm seriously considering a Z7-5. I like the MM/J configuration, the semiparametric mids and a passive tone control. The Z3-5 looks like it has a narrow string spacing at the bridge (likely 16mm by the look of it), while the Z7-5 looks wider, much like a Stingray, so 17.5mm or maybe even 18mm, which rules out the Z3-5 for me anyway. Natural, or Burgundy Mist? Hmmm...

They used to make some with a slimmer neck, lookout for "SLO" versions, those have the slim neck. rare, 'though. Alternatively there's the Sterling (the EBMM model, not the overseas "Sterling by MusicMan" brand), slightly smaller body and the preamp/pickup is not exactly the same, but it's not that far from a Stingray.

She seems to be using a Boss OC-5 for the octave, so that might be one reason the tracking is cleaner (the Zoom's octavers are passable at best). And of course, the fretless helps with the flow.

Excellent post 👏

Cool idea and

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I bought a guitar hanger from Gareth. Smooth and easy Thank you Gareth!

oh, so now you're taking the P...

My 2022 Ray35 is fine. I was going to replace the preamp with a John East MMSR that I've got in a drawer somewhere, but I ended up liking the stock one enough. It sounds great. So... I don't know.

Paragraphs are so 20th century...

Summer? What Summer?

I thought I was the only one!