Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay Special vs Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass '70s

Ernie ball music man stingray HH. I have a 2006 and had it since 2008. It’s active and the best bass I’ve ever owned in terms of playability and versatility. Can’t recommend it enough

It's really lovely to play actually. It's quite a hefty piece of wood, feels great, really resonant and I love the fingerboard as well. It's just grea...

It's... Now the 18-volt preamp also sounds amazing, and that is in part to the new neodymium magnet on the humbucker

I've been playing it non-stop for the past few days now, and holy shit is this thing good. I can't believe this bass was only €222 (roughly $260) because it looks, feels and sounds absolutely amazing for what it is. I used to have a Squier VM Stratocaster when I was just starting out, and although that being a more expensive guitar at the time, it felt pretty cheap.

The special has such an amazing mid range that means it will fit in the mix much better and has a more vintage tone. I absolutely adore it but I can't afford it yet so instead I'm using a Sterling with the treble cut and pressure wound strings to emulate it. Imo though the stingray special can do the classic stingray sound easily plus more sounds in a way other models can't do as well.

Two single coils, volume control for each one, and a tone. The pickups are ok, they're Duncan designed, unfortunately they do pick up a fair bit of st...

You can access the myriad of tonal expression via the combination of a three-band EQ and a guitar style five-way pickup selector switch, and the flexi...

Another option would be Sire, though I've never been the biggest Sire fan (others love them). Ibanez and Cort make fretless offerings at this pricepoint, and they're great, but they are unlined.

Musicman stingray honeyburst with a black pickguard, maple neck and rosewood fretboard, basically davie504’s bass

I ordered Hipshot tuning peg as well as the Hipshot A-Style bridge and put them on. And guess what, it's now SUPER SOLID! and the string is tight af heheh (side note: on the hipshot tuning peg you can adjust the tightness of the peg! and for the A-Style bridge you can adjust the spacing between all 5 strings!) Now this bass is officially not a Squier bass anymore after modification hahah. Btw I duck taped the logo because I still HATE when it says "Squier" on it lol! I might scratch it off someday and put Fender on.