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I've not played it but I have sat in a rehearsal room with him playing it and remarked on how even across the neck it sounded.
The wood used to make SUB bodies tends not to be very pretty. Hence, it is probably wise to avoid the translucent finishes. Black is especially handy for disguising any screw holes exposed if/when a better bridge is installed.
The Sterling By Musicman RAY34 and RAY35 series of bass guitars is noticeably better in several departments but not necessarily by enough to justify spending double the money.
An S-By-MM SUB 5 with a Bartolini, Duncan or EMG pickup and upgraded EQ would do the business.
You might want to have a look at an Ibanez SR series. The SR505 is a great instrument. Nice and light, quite narrow string spacing though.
Many 5 strings have 19mm string spacing at the bridge.
I'm not sure about the "Sterling by EBMM" ones, but the US Musicman basses are all 17.5mm at the bridge.I assume the "Sterling by EBMM" will be the same.
Ibanez SR series are 16.5mm at the bridge and the BTB series are 19.
It goes a long way to comfort. 16.5mm is too tight for me for slap but ok for the rest.
The Ibanez necks are quite thin compared to Musicman instruments too.
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The Cort-built S.U.B. series uses a generic P.O.S. stamped steel bridge with skinny saddles and small wood screws instead of the big lock down bolts.
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I was merely drawing the parallel between the S-By-MM and USA designs. It is extremely likely that the five string bridge designs are equally similar.
Likewise, the four and five string Cort-built S.U.B. series suffer under similarly generic P.O.S. stamped steel bridge designs.
Just don't want Rocker getting confused. At his location the chance to try before buying are minimal.
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I had a similar experience when I joined the EBMM forum.
That being said I definitely deserved it. It was bad enough when I showed them a picture of my limited edition 5 string 'ray with Hipshot Ultralites on it...
But when they saw the twin EMG humbuckers and the paisley scratchplate they went mental.
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If you really want to foment apoplexy, post photographs of modified Rickenbacker 4001 and/or 4003 basses.
Seems like a good idea to me!
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And I'm a newbie as well.
And accepting the wisdom of the forum members, my search is now focused on 4 string basses. Priced in the €250 to €500 region.
Following frets suggestion, I looked at : (on the Thomann site)
Ibanez SR300EB-CA
Ibanez SR370E-SPB
Which led me to:
Squier SQ Vintage Mod JB 77 3TS
Squier Deluxe JB IV 35B
Squier SQ Vintage Mod JAZZ 3CSB
And I ended up at:
Marcus Miller V7 Alder-4TS
I did not get to the Fender page, there might be suitable models in the MIM ranges.
So has anyone any knowledge or experience with any of the above. Or indeed, suggestions of other basses to check out. The Marcus Miller range looks impressive, TBH I never heard of Marcus Miller before - a bass with his signature may not be the sound I am looking for. And there again it just might.
The music I play is mainly Country, Pop and singalong songs [at my friends house one evening every other week]. My bass is an Aria STB [active Jazz type] which works but I realize that the sound is very generic and lacking any real depth or quality. Also I don't have much experience playing other basses. When I bought my Markbass amp, the seller let me use his Fender Jazz to try out the amp. The Fender felt amazing to play and the notes had depth and clarity that the Aria can only dream about. The Fender had flatwound strings but it gave the sound that was in my head. That Jazz sets the standard, it is a question of how close any of the above are to the Jazz.
Totally confused TBH and fairly certain that the shops in Dublin have few, if any, of the above. Hence my request for help and guidance. Many many thanks guys.
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Buy online and you can send it back if you don't like it..
The Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass is consistently good. The ones with Duncan Designed pickups sound more convincing than the current Fender Designed pickups. I would take one of these over a MIM Fender Standard series bass.
Sounds like a good salesman. He has planted the seed. Now that you have heard and felt what a serious professional bass guitar sounds like, it will be difficult to be satisfied with anything less.
The Aria STB-JB is normally a passive J-style bass. What active EQ and/or pickups do you have in yours?
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