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Determine what Stingray you want. One or two pickups, 2 or 3 band eq, four or five string? What are you going to use it for? Who plays a Stingray you like? A US Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray will be made in San Luis Obispo and it will say so. All of these will hit the same ballpark sound wise thanks to the humbucker in its classic position. Refinement comes from having alnico or ceramic pole pieces and the 2 or 3 band preamp. Sterling By Musicman, SUB or OLP are different instruments with different electronics and places of fabrication. These are outside of your scope if you want a 'real' ray. Stingrays are not as massively modded as fenders, mostly it's about replacing the nut if you can't cope with the G being a little closer to the edge of the fretboard. So, whaddayawant?

The answer is staring you in the face. Sell the VS4 FIRST and replace it with the 60s spec. Your wife can't tell the difference by her own admission. You'll not have 3 basses and everyone is happy.

They sell a replacement cable in straight or coiled but it doesn't look plug-and-play https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/service-set-connecting-cord.html

Some context would be nice

Just regular bass cab operating Oompa Loompas. There's eight in a 810, six in a 412 or two in a 115 (shown)

My vote is for custom moulded. However whichever you get, replace after 3-5 years. The material will deteriorate and they will lose some effectiveness.

The posts really are not there to prevent lateral movement. The downward force from the string tension is plenty to keep the saddle in place, your old may have had different issues. The intonation will often put the saddle in front or behind the mounting screw and is allowed to move freely if it could. But they won't.

To prevent any ambiguity: Bollards are great for metal.

They lock the bridge to two anchors in the body if I recall correctly.

A friend in an active touring rockabilly band said sales have gone up at least 35% since getting a card reader.

Not what I said.

You understand that a computer generated image should be less flawed instead more flawed right? Because you can fix any visual issues with a mouse pointer yeah? So that would make it worse, the opposite of an excuse for things to look a bit wonky. That figured top is poorly chosen and looks messy without showing great definition in the grain. That's why it looks like polished particle board. Which you seem to think is the same as MDF? That certainly validates your standpoint.... 🤡

Spend whatever money that won't hurt your household on that which brings you joy.

Veil of Maya, Lorna Shore (as above), Staind... It would help if the image wasn't so compressed.

That's actually the bottom one!

Lorna Shore is the only illegible logo there, and that's mainly because it's a nonsensical name. Anyone interested in going to that festival will be familiar with that kind of typography and have little trouble deciphering who's who. Much more difficult to read are these logos:

If I had to spend 5k on fenders I'd get 5-6 Japanese models secondhand.

" Made using 100% animal-free materials Water-resistant Sharkskin shell" Made me laugh

I like him already! About the chip: great how you immediately take yourself out of the equation and expect differently from everyone else. Perhaps the manufacturer produced a subpar product with a flaw beneath the clearcoat?

In my experience there's absolutely no lack of performance in Stingrays. Wouldn't be found dead in a BMW though.

I'm sorry but that body looks like particle board. I like lush coffee table tops on basses, this looks like a 'build your own bass in six weeks at your local luthier's workshop' project.

Uhhh I run a clean line into the Aguilar db750 preamp and a gritty upper mids line from from the verellen preamp into the fx return. There's both clean and texture running to the 412.

There are DI's that can be put between the amps out and the speaker in like the Neve RNDI. https://rupertneve.com/products/rndi/ A low power tube amp like an ashdown ctm 15 or 30 could help bring down the volume enough for home recording, if you don't run them through a massive cab. How much are you recording at home?

Even those numbers are hand punched, looking at the spacing. Could be 1st of March 2004 instead of a serial but I suspect only the builder will know.