Sterling Sub Series Stingray bass - SUAVECITO (Malo)

Just a quick sound demo of the Sterling by Music Man 4-string Stingray bass bought from a local Guitar Center. Was fun jamming to the bassline to this 1972 song, which was originally cut by the Malo band headed by Jorge Santana (the brother of Carlos Santana). Just put on some good nickel strings and fiddle with (lower) the very hot pickup till it works for you. This will be a good bass to practice or gig with and it's about $300 usd.

[@MarbsMusic]

How is the quality? I have a StingRay HH that I love, sold all my other basses but don't feel comfortable taking it to certain gigs, the ones with the old logo were made in Indo I believe and these in China but I can't see MM not producing a quality product... about to pull the trigger on the black one with maple I think...

[@agapeguy777]

It's pretty good, not terrific. The build of the body, fretboard, frets, head stock, electronics, and finish are pretty good and solid. The tuners seem just OK though---the tuners and the strings are barely average quality to me; maybe it was to keep the cost below 300 USD.. But that's just me---the tuners and string quality were the first things I noticed what I wanted to change. For now, I slapped on some medium nickel-plated GHS boomers, lowered the action, lowered the very hot pickup, and so now it has been playing well for me! Pretty decent quality for the price point! My .02

[@abisheksubba9045]

Hey is it better than previous model with big SUB written in headstock

[@agapeguy777]

It's a little bit noticeably better in my opinion. I think the slightly heavier more solid body and the overall workmanship make it a slightly better sounding bass. I used to have the other Sterling version with the big SUB letters on the headstock. But, yes, this version sounds better.

[@richie1204]

I can't hear shit