Call them, don’t order off the website, but call them.
See what kind of deal they can do, should be able to get at LEAST 15% off.
They have the red one too
Or you can probably get a better deal at your local shop.
Is it the one in Scottsdale that you go to?
The GC that I normally shop at is the Mesa store, but I have a local independent store that I have been buying from lately. There is a bass expert there who always takes good care of me in every way. He’s the one I got my NS Wave EUB from.
I’m going to check with him and see if they have a Stingray in the store. Do all Stingrays play the same? So if I play one and like it, I would know the one I want would be the same?
In my experience, yes. if it is the same model, it will be the same.
Now a Ray5 and Ray35 would probably play different, a Ray 5 and ray 25 are a little different shape and config, so they would play different too.
But to each other, I beleife they will…
But, Pick up configuration is pretty different.
you can get the Ray 5H or Ray5 HH. I like the H better then the HH, but you might like to have the extra pick up, with way more tonal options. This is something you will need to play with thru an amp, and test out.
So it would be helpful if your guy can get one of each in for you to test.
The reason I asked about ScottsDale, and I know you are a bit south of there, is, when I was looking for Plek in AZ, there was an interesting guitar shop / guitar repair shop. I was curious if you went to this store or not. I will see if I can find the name of the place.
Bronson was the place I saw online, I was curious if you went to or used this place.
Never heard of this place, and don’t even know where they are. Their address isn’t even on the website.
there are a few stingrays with smaller necks, like the sterling by MM (which remember the ultra confusing MM naming scheme is NOT the same as the sterling ball stingray sub that you are looking at). but yes, the one you are looking at has the standard 5 string neck and should play very similarly/same to other MM 5 strings. the easy way to decipher it is to just look at the bass description on the website, for instance the sterling talks about it’s smaller body and neck.
Well… this sucks!
I just got off the phone with my bass guy at my favorite music store and he told me they aren’t a MusicMan dealer. He went on to explain that because they are a small store, they don’t have wall space for every brand.
but we have 14 p-basses.
Would be kind of hard to get to then wouldn’t it? LOL
I guess you need to call for an appointment.
Looks like a good repair shop If you ever need some work done and want to go locally.
That it does. Guess you need to deal with the idiot squad at GC.
Or do you have any Sam Ash near you?
No, just GC
I won’t go to GC and stand out in the hot sun waiting for my turn to get in, and have some mask nazi tell me I have to wear a mask to demo a bass.
I can order it from Sweetwater and if I hate it I can return it. My rep over there always takes good care of me.
Sterling Music Man authorized Dealers in AZ
East Valley Music Center
21 S Gilbert Rd
Chandler AZ 85233 USA
480-917-6911
Boogie Music
3562 W. Cactus Road
Phoenix AZ 85029 USA
602-978-6688
This one looks interesting, but I know Peoria is a bit of a drive for you, its over by where I used to live.
Well, Cactus road is a bit of a drive too, but Chandler is not too far, right?
The Bass Place
9880 W. Peoria Ave.
Peoria AZ 85345 USA
Ph 623-583-2911
Sorry to change up your quote but welcome to the club … well, sorta …
I got into a fight with some punk outside the GC in Mission Viejo. I was in line, and when I got to the front of the line, I was 6 feet from him, I was more then 6 feet from the entrance, and the people behind me, were with me, and the rest of the people were at least 6 feet back.
He told me to put my mask on, I said I will before I go to the store, he said, no you need to put it on now, I looked at the little twig of a punk and took a deep breath, and put it on, with my nose out. I was wearing sunglasess and if I cover my nose, the steam goes up and fogs the glasses so I can’ see anything.
That was not enough for him, and he told me if I didn’t wear my mask right I couldn’t go in the store.
I again told him when I am going into the store I will put my mask on right.
He said “if you don’t wear it right you have to get out of line”
Then I walked over and laid him out, busted his nose, blood everywhere, cops on the way…Then I awoke from my little dream there and asked him, “so if I am going to go in there abd buy a $1200 bass off the wall, you are not gonna let me in cuz I am not covering my nose”
Then this little A-HOLE maed a scene out of it “Yes, if it will save every person here, I wouldn’t let you in the store if you were gonna spend a million dollars”
" I told him, if I walked away from a million dollar deal cuz of your little power trip, the owners of GC would not only fire you, they would sue your ass for lost income, but since it makes you feel like a bad ass, and I need to go in there, I will put it up"
Stared him down the rest of the time I was in l ine, he wouldn’t look at me.
And the funny thing is, I did not need to go in the sore, my friend did, but I did not NEED to.
However, a few days before this, I was at the store and bought a BASS from them, my Ray4, cuz they had the right color.
It was in a box in the back, not on the rack, and while I was waiting for them to bring it out from the back, I was looking at the basses on the wall.
there was an ESP LTD B-155, like mine, but different color. It was one of the used basses. I went over and fliped the nobs, and one of them was loos and fell on the ground. I picked it up, with every intention to give it to the employee that was getting my bass. The first one he brought out was the wrong color, then the 2nd he brought out was the wrong color, not til the third try was the color right.
Note: it was not his fault, they shipped 2 basses in the wrong box, the box clearly said BLUE, but BLACK basses were inside.
So, after getting the right bass, and checking it out, and going up to pay for it, I had left the nob in my pocket and forgot about it.
So, my reason to go in the store was to return the nob, so they could put it on the bass, werer it belonged, and not get stuck trying to sell the bass with missing nobs.
But, cuz of that little twig of a punk (actyally, he is no punk, he is the opposite of punk) , so twig of a little D head, A hole, MF’n Prick, I will not go back to that store ever, if only to protect myself from knocking him out and going to jail.
Musicians Friend gives good discounts if you call and talk to somebody. If sweetwater gives you the same that is great, but you could give Musicians Friend a call and see what they might do for you. Unless you don’t want GC to get a dime from you ever again, I understand that.
Does Sweetwater give deals if you call and ask for them?
Also, Sweetwater can PLEK the bass for you befofre they ship. The PLEK would come with a full set up, and they would put whatever strings you were gonna put on it during the set up.
I can’t say for sure if a BRAND NEW Bass would need a plek, but I would be more inclined to think a brand new expensive bass, like MM’s of FENDER MIA’s and things of this nature would not need a PLEK when brand new, but the lower pirced ones, that sometimes do have fret issues out of the box, might benefit from one. You would haev to talk to your rep about it and see what they say about doing it.
Are you going to get a chance to go to that store in Chandler to try one out? Or anywhere else in the valley? Or might you just order it and do a proper test at home?
I haven’t decided
Sorry to keep on you, but do you mean you have not decided about whether to try before you order, or weather you want to try the Stingray 5?
Lol sorry I haven’t decided about trying the Stingray
Thats ok, I won’t hold it against you. 
Have you thought about looking at Fender 5 string Jazz or P or modded Jazz or P?
Fender or Squire.