drTStingray Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Visually, roasted standard maple v birds eye/flame maple with aged varnish. I would say the maple board Sabre sounds more akin to a rosewood board or perhaps mid way between a rosewood and maple board - as both the Sabre and Stingray have 2 band EQ the only other significant differences are mahogany v ash body, and stainless v nickel frets - so not conclusive at all!!! We really need to hear from someone with a maple board Stingray Special!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FDC484950 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Well @drTStingray once the Sterling turns up I’ll be sure to compare and contrast with the stingray special 5 I briefly owned before Christmas. I sold a Sterling 5 HH with the same electronics, body wood etc as the new Sterling, so the only difference will be the roasted maple neck. Given that it’s probably that a large part of a MM bass sound is in the electronics I should hopefully be able to hear whether the roasted maple neck and board sounds markedly different. For me, the Special sounded too hi-fi and smooth, and I struggled to get that aggressive Stingray tone. I guess its because I loved older Stingrays back when the had ceramic pickups wired in series. One things for sure, the roasted maple neck and board looked and felt superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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