Sterling by Music Man S.U.B. Sting Ray4 Chopper Blue

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Electric Bass

Body: Basswood
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Maple
Scale: 34" long scale
Nut width: 38 mm
21 Frets
Pickup: H - 1 ceramic humbucker
Active 2-band electronics
Colour: Mint Green

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Available since August 2024
Item number 585133
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Blue
Body Jabon
Neck Maple
Fingerboard Maple
Frets 21
Scale Long Scale
Pickups H
Electronics Active
Including Case No
Incl. Bag No

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chibbles 30.08.2024

finally an official stingray in a semi atrractive colour. is it any good? not really.

abysmal setup out of the box. very little adjustment left on the truss rod. awful chinese pickup lottery. 2 band EQ that, while adding bass and treble, still sounds like a mid range echo chamber. Feels and plays like the strings got swapped out somewhere for those awful Harley Benton 45's

taking it apart reveals super poor routing (part of the control cavity is visible under the plate), the neck screws are barely long enough to anchor the neck. the body is made from some kind of wood that splits like mahogany and drills like basswood. very poor grade poplar perhaps?
no idea what it is, but its really soft. The neck routing was decent.

the only bright side to this bass is the finish is very good and the fretwork is decent. which is the basis for a good instrument if the truss rod wasn't suspect. the tuners are tuners. the bridge is the nasty one on all cheap MM copies. for some reason sterling decided a black pickup looks best on this white pickguard. it doesnt even get anywhere close to that stingray sound. sounds like the Muffle O Matic machine from 20 years ago.

If you want a MM copy at a cheap price, I would recommed the Harley Benton copy. Its not much better, but its significantly cheaper for more or less the same thing. you can mod it and it will still be cheaper. If you want the headstock and the label from an MM, spend more money.

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Nicht fantastisch gut, aber absolut gut❗

Dr.Calimero 25.06.2025

Was Epiphone für Gibson und Ltd. für ESP soll Sterling für MusicMan sein.

Stimmt so nicht ganz, den der Sterling Sting Ray ist super und muss sich nicht im Vergleich zu seinen US Brüdern abwerten lassen. Natürlich sind kleine Abstriche in der Wertigkeit der Komponenten wie Brücke, Tuner und Pickups zu machen. Dafür ist der Preis aber auch nicht vierstellig.
Ansonsten ist alles tadellos. Bei Lackierung, Finish, Bundverarbeitung und Abrichtung ist nichts zu beanstanden. Der Sound über einen anständigen Verstärker ist " Sting Ray Like" und der verbaute Preamp tut was er soll. Die Potis reagieren prompt und genau.
Out of the Box ist er gut eingestellt. Lediglich an der Brücke musste ich die Seitenlage nach persönlicher Vorliebe und die Bundreinheit ein wenig nachstellen. Ansonsten top Verarbeitung/Einstellung.

Wem die verbauten Komponenten nicht ausreichen, kann ja mit beispielsweise einem Pickup-Wechsel oder ähnlichem nachrüsten und ist immernoch günstiger dabei als bei den originalen USA MusicMan.

Ich hab lediglich die Seiten gewechselt, weil mir die ab Werk nicht zugesagt haben.
Aber Seitenwahl ist wie ich finde sowieso Geschmackssache.

Fazit: Wer Stingray Optik und Sound für unter einen 4 Stellingen Preis haben will sollte hier zugreifen.

Aus meiner Perspektive eine Kaufempfehlung.

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