2 years after the release of the original short scale Stingray , I'm still digging this serious little guy ... to the point I had to buy another brandnew one ...
Background:
I believe it was sometimes in Janurary this year (2021) ... Wife and I brought our son to see family doctor .. while wife was checking in at the reception .. . I was browsing the internet and saw the advertisment where EBMM rolled out their short scale Stingray in 4 special finishes in their factory direct 'The Valut' web store ... and they 5 instruments for each special finishes, one of them is this 80's neon pink ... it was naturally added into the cart and checkout was completed within 3mins before wife got back ...
Specs:
- Ash body
- Roasted Maple neck / fingerboard <- the only difference between this and the 19' version
- 30” scale length
- 22 stainless Steele frets
- Neodymium magnet pickup
- PASSIVE electronics, 3 knobs are volume, pickup wiring switch, and TONE
- Special order black hardwares, from factory
- Custom powder coated control plate <- ebmm don't have the control plate in black
- 7.8lbs
Playability:
This is the first bass I bought unseen, played a few recent EBMM basses in these few years and they're all top notch and decided to give it a try . Bass arrived safely in a ready to go shape. It's identical to my previous 19' one that I was able to compare with side by side ... here's the copy&paste thoughts:
Boutique build quality, the body seemed a bit small/funny but easy to adapt to. It doesn’t seemed to cause any inconvenience or discomfort compare to a full size body.
30” neck is short, but the profile is not equally small/thin, feels perfect on hand. its extremely easy to play; I believe the string spacing is 18mm and this thing is wild.
Sound:
thought is also the same as before, there's a tad mid scoop on the upper mid to my ear . that could be the result from the roasted maple neck/fingerboard.
copy&paste from the previous review .
Sounds just like a good stingray should sound; I’ve played a lot and I know. With Passive electronic!!! Plus a tone control!! I’m not sure how they figure the recipe by blending a high output pickup with passive electronic to archive their trademark sound. Round, big, and balanced. I got to try both wood combinations. The rosewood one is rounder, more smooth and more sweet sounding while the maple one is more chunky and aggressive.
They did a brilliant job, the passive electronic with tone control actually blew up my mind the most, more than the scale length . The volume knob is also a push/push knob with volume boost. This bass sound, feel and plays totally professional. There’s no corner cut, no marketing gimmicks. It’s a serious instrument.
Thoughts:
Same shielding issue as the other one, this time I did shielded the cavity, life is good .. I love this bass inside out, I made the purchase immediatly after seeing it. daughter also loves the colour and hopefully I can get her to start playing soon .. So far I've tried it with the stock nickel strings , and EBMM cobalt flats , I've got test drive videos for both underneath . Also tried DR black beauty 45-105 .. overall tension is lower than the stock ebmm strings , and I"m not very used to the grip on these coated string .. things sounded smaller than the stock, step up 1 gauge should help .
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