Thankfully/smartly, I have renter's insurance, so they gave me a payout for the equivalent of a Fender Elite V (that's lesson 3: get insurance on your shit). Before I went out and got an Elite V (which is a seriously nice bass, but one fret short of what I like to use), I went to Bass Central to try out different basses just to cement my decision. I was never one for EBMM basses, even though they are incredibly nice, but I've never liked any Stingray 5s I've played enough to get one (a combination of feel, tone, and having a pickguard that covers 75% of the body). Then I decided to try out a Sterling HS, and my god I can't remember the last time I played a bass that just spoke to me like that! The neck is comfortable, as is the body, and the pick ups sound fucking MEAN! If it was a five string, I would have bought it right then and there (natural ash and maple? Fuck yes.), but sadly they didn't have one in stock, because EBMM doesn't want my life to be easy and actually discontinued the HS model of Sterlings.
So maybe that backstory wasn't very quick. Sorry ILFBREAUXs. But without further ado, here is the new bass!
The guy on Reverb I bought it off of clearly never played it. It may as well have been straight out of the store. He also had it strung with flats, which actually sounded pretty good, but I've switched over to DR Lo-Riders. Since I got it for a good price, I had money left over, which I used for a new bass head: a Fender Bassman 500
This thing sounds awesome. It's currently running into a Bag End 15, but I'm going to switch that out for a Fender Bassman 4x10 after I sell the current rig! It's not a full blown tube amp, but on the plus side it also doesn't weight 60 pounds, so I guess that's a good trade off
