So today I went to my cousins, and hes long time bass player. And I was like little bit braggy ordered Mustang etc.
And he was like, wait here I wanna show you something. So he pulled out this big case put it in front of me and said check it out. I was like, ooo this must me something special. I opened it and in there stood light brown natural Sterling Stingray. It was my first time seeing Stingray in person, and I fell in love with it on the first sight. And when I started playing, oh man its incredible. Then he told me he bought it recenty in USA for like 350$. I mean its cheap af.
Now can anyone explain me order of Stingray basses by price/quality? I thought those SUBs made in indonesia are cheapest.
P.S. Both Mustangs and Stingrays are basically nonexistent in my region.
First, there is only Sterling Sub Series bass and that is the Ray4.
The Ray24 is not a SUB, neither is the Ray34.
They go in this order
Ray4/4hh/5/5hh
Ray24ca/25ca
Ray34. not it gets tricky.
Tehre are different finishes that cause different price taga, and if it is an H or HH will also effect price.
They range between $699 and $899, so even there are different features, paints and other miner details, they are all the same basic bass, and you will pay more jump 4 to 5 string
jump 4 to 4hh. /. Jumping from 5 to 5hh
the Nautaal Ash (beautiful light bass is low end, $699
The Black Ash with the clear pickguard, kind of a dream bass for me, is at the top os the list for $899, although some place may have tried to get $999.99 from them, but expect $899
The Nice burst paing with clear pickguard, they start for $799, but to get HH it is almost $999, like maybe %969
HTH, let me nkow if you require any additional assistance.
That’s a good move on their part. It’s still a Sterling bass. The SUB is essentially MM/Sterling’s version of the Squier Affinity, and those say affinity in smaller letters.
I agree. Sales of the sub Stingray can only increase. For anyone who cares about such things the old large SUB logo was possibly the ugliest thing to ever grace a headstock (even more than the Ibanez Sound Gear logo)
There’s a Sterling Ray 34 in a limited edition Silverburst color (only made 500 back in 2010) on Facebook near me in Atlanta for only $400 (was $500 last week) AND it comes with an Acoustic B200 amp. I don’t think the owner realizes that it’s a limited edition color. The only one I found on Reverb is $695 (listed as good condition). If I hadn’t just bought 2 basses in 3 weeks I’d be all over it (am tempted to send him an offer anyway but I don’t think the wife would be happy with me). Here’s a pic from Facebook. You can see at the top of the headstock that there’s a little scratch in the black paint but otherwise it looks good:
I’m new to the community so I’m not sure what you ( @itsratso ) mean by that. Are you a Stingray fan? Is it the color of the bass (or the strings), the price?
And I forgot to mention, thank you to @T_dub for breaking all those different models down. And correct me if I’m wrong, but Sterling By Music Man is a brand (overseas makes of Ernie Ball Music Man basses), but there is ALSO a model of bass called the Sterling (i.e., Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling as opposed to Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray or Bongo). That being said, I don’t think there is a Sterling By Music Man Sterling (at least not currently). The current Sterling By Music Man website only lists Stingrays. So if you want a non-Stingray (i.e., Bongo or Sterling), those are only made by Ernie Ball Music Man. Did I pass the test?
hah, hi loco! yep, i’m a giant music man guy. i own a short scale stingray and a bongo. i’m going to some day add a full size stingray, just waiting for the perfect one to come along. music man is legendary for having the most confusing names in the world. this might help:
