mikeswals

I've had many HH musicmans, to me the neck pickup is in the wrong place. Its in more of a gibson mudbucker position than anything else. All my HH's sounded too scooped in full HH mode. Only settings I like were the 'single coil' modes or rear H only. Got rid of them all and went back to single pickup StingRays and Sterlings. The Sabre is different and I very much loved those, and the neck pickup is placed further back in a spot that makes more sense. The HS also made more sense than the HH.

The Sterling is a great bass. I sold off a minty very limited run 2006 green one a few months ago, was spectacular player. I didn't want to, or didn't really need to, but wanted to make sure I had enough money to pay for my kids' summer Europe trip (I'm in US). Earlier this summer, a member on talkbass said he had to contact EBMM directly and they built him a new 4 string Sterling. Same with another guy that wanted a new Sterling 5, they built him one. These both had the new build features: roasted necks and stainless frets. Since you're overseas (from both me and EBMM) you'll probably have to contact whoever the distributor is in your country. There's a few Sterlings for sale in the talkbass classifieds. I saw a bunch on reverb too

US Sterling 5 is the same neck width as the SR5. But the headstock size is scaled down. The rear shape really boils down to which worker was final shaping them that day; some feel a little a tad clubbier, some slimmer. My 93 is fantastic, great slim C and rolled edges. Much different than any of the 2001-2012 5 strings I've had as well.

I don't. Once I've decided to let it go, that's it, its out of my life and most pictures (if not all) get deleted. And having owned over 200 basses, I simply couldn't afford to keep everything.

Doug does it all. he can be the chameleon when needed

[quote]They originally claimed to be built overseas and sent to EBMM for QC and setup.[/quote] They never have. Its not their product.

Mr Ball has nothing to do with these. SBMM are owned, built, inventoried and warrantied by Praxis Musical instruments; they build copy instruments and pay a licensing fee to do so.

Nope, this bass is new, about a year old. It has nothing to do with Geddy at all. It was ordered by a fella that frequents the facebook Wal Owners page. He had ordered this and a black & gold Mk1 as well.

No signature models. Nobody gets sig models. Geddy's two basses were just standard option items and quite a few were made even back then. He just happened to make those color combos very popular. same with Justin Chancellor, his is birdseye maple faces and a rosewood fingerboard... that was a base model Mk2 back then. Lots of folks order similar, but still not sigs.

Congrats! I greatly (very greatly) prefer a StingRay over a P. I play a couple of them, a 4 & a 5, for my weekly house band gig. They cover a huge range of songs and sit in like a chameleon.

Yes, this report was from the former Bass Centre LA store manager. He's a member there on TB. I used to frequent that store back then as it was only a couple hours drive for me if we wanted to go see the good stuff, and I remember seeing these 'Tribute' basses there. They weren't called signatures back then....the whole sig thing hadn't taken off til several years later.

Mine is a plain-jane and a million like it, but this one's mine. 1993, and a very deep tone.

Well all three have that signature Mesa grindy tone to them. The Prodigy being 250w has the closest character to the Bass 400 being 240w, so pushing with your playing has the most similar push-pull dynamic. The Strategy is just gobs and gobs of power. At 465w its hard to push the dynamics with your plucking/playing, it just stays cleaner but gets awefully loud and hits really hard. My former drummer would complain the bass would shake through his bones if I set it too close to him.

My rigs. Most gigs I'll use the two 210's or a lone 212 cab, but outdoor gigs I'll bring the bigger stuff.

A pair of quilts

Yes, some Wal colors have definitely shifted with age. I had a maple Mk1 that in photos was a very dark purple color when new, and years later by the time I got it it had faded to battleship gray color, but you could still see darker in some edges. As for Martin, the old Mk1 is back in his possession and he's been playing it on stage in recent years. I remember seeing it come up for sale back around 2010/2011 timeframe, it had been converted to lined fretless but still have the dove inlay at the 1st marker and the thumb rest in that unusual position. I don't know who bought it then, but seems around 2018-ish it finally made it back to Martin and back to having frets.

I agree, I'd want the fretless on top as well. But since this fiver doesn't have the tuners all loaded on one side of the headstock like the 4 string twin necks do, why can't you swap the necks around? I recently received a new Mk3 with single pickup in the 'Ray' position. It sounds fantastic and growly, very different from the regular Customs. Bit more mid-forward tone.

Still much less than what it would sell where I am.

Looks like it ended at £2600

EMG is correct, the rear pickup wiring is Teed into to provide the open note and velocity. I too have a Midi 5, and before this I had a Midi 4, and I disassembled them (for check-up, cleaning) and saw the wiring harness tapped into the stock pickup.