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MGR/Richard Moss « Music Man SUB »
Published on 02/01/04 at 15:00Being once the owner of a fairly average Fender Mex Jazz, I always lusted after Musicman Stingrays. So Imagine my delight to see a Musicman bass hanging new in my local guitar shop for £600!($1092) I bought it on the spot and traded in my Jazz for it.
The tone here is fantastic. Having never played an actual Stingray, I have no basis for comparison, but the tone rocks. It cover just about every music genre, but in Funk it excels. Anything from a sharp pop to fat warm bottom end. Harmonics sound better onthis bass than any other I've heard. Oh, and the black gloss neck is smart.
This is an unforgiving bass. it has no sloping edge on the top of the body, so this can hurt your arm after long periods of time. Lose control when playing here, and it'll sound awful. Its very easy to accidentally get dead notes. the Strings are spaced way far apart, this can make playing tricky, if you're doing fast runs.
One major problem: The body finish sucks. it looks like its been covered in tippex. Cardboard scratchplate? No thanks. I think all the budget for this guitar went into the hardware, which I suppose is a good thing...
Built to last (The finsh is inpenetrable - it took me weeks to sand it off). Only two problems I've had is with the cardboard scratchplate ripping (Buy a proper one for it) and the socket came loose, thats probably my fault. Oh, and if you register it online, you get free strings! thats cool.
Fantastic Value bass, stingray on half the budget. Wickedly versatile tone, but ugly as hell.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The tone here is fantastic. Having never played an actual Stingray, I have no basis for comparison, but the tone rocks. It cover just about every music genre, but in Funk it excels. Anything from a sharp pop to fat warm bottom end. Harmonics sound better onthis bass than any other I've heard. Oh, and the black gloss neck is smart.
This is an unforgiving bass. it has no sloping edge on the top of the body, so this can hurt your arm after long periods of time. Lose control when playing here, and it'll sound awful. Its very easy to accidentally get dead notes. the Strings are spaced way far apart, this can make playing tricky, if you're doing fast runs.
One major problem: The body finish sucks. it looks like its been covered in tippex. Cardboard scratchplate? No thanks. I think all the budget for this guitar went into the hardware, which I suppose is a good thing...
Built to last (The finsh is inpenetrable - it took me weeks to sand it off). Only two problems I've had is with the cardboard scratchplate ripping (Buy a proper one for it) and the socket came loose, thats probably my fault. Oh, and if you register it online, you get free strings! thats cool.
Fantastic Value bass, stingray on half the budget. Wickedly versatile tone, but ugly as hell.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com