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5 String Music Man Sterling Bass

Posted by Benjamin on November 22, 2008 Filed under: bass, bassguitar, video tagged: Ernie Ball, Music Man, Stirling, video

I’ve played a various Music Man basses, including the Stingray 5 (of which I’ve been an admirer for a long while) and the curiously named Bongo (strikingly modern looking), but I’ve never played a Stirling.

So, I was very pleased to find this video with Ed Friedland (aka The Bass Whisperer), which gives a nice walk through of the Ernie Ball made Music Man Sterling 5 string for Guitar World Magazine (via Guitar Warehouse).

It seems that the pickups are one of the big differences, but generally it is a very flexible bass, although it isn’t likely to be everyone’s first choice. Over to Ed…

 

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