Stop what you’re doing and go get a New Stingray Special!

I’m a fanboi, I admit it but Godamn if this company doesn’t consistently swing for the fences and connect. I am a HUGE SR5 fanatic and I totally whiffed on the Special when it was introduced. I was like ah here we go….. New Coke. Gonna go ahead and eff up a Classic by “improving” it. Well I guess at some point I need to learn to not doubt BP and his team of Zenlike Yodas.

I recently got a SR5 HH Special and I’ll be Damned if this beast isn’t taking my beloved SR5 and sprinkling magic fairy dust all over it. I still haven’t changed the position switch from the center spot and the EQ knobs are still set flat because it sounds so good I can’t make myself change anything. Ok I did listen to the other positions for a second when I first got it. Just to hear how great they sounded too and went right back to the center.

The first weekend I got it I played a big old time Nashville type show run by Jimmy Dean’s widow (yeah the sausage guy). The professional FOH sound crew and the other musicians kept telling me how amazing it sounded and I was like no kidding. Manager told me it was the best bass sound he had heard in the theatre in some time.

So look, if you’re like me and are an old set in your ways curmudgeon and don’t think the Special could be any better than the original….. I’m hear to tell you it’s not the case. That 18v pre and those pickups are astounding and the neck….,OMG! Just go check one out. Please.