Project Code Red - The CRAZIEST Stingray Ray4 SUB mod we've EVER done! -LowEndLobster Builds
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Hey everyone! Today we have a real treat... the greatest Stingray mod project we've ever done (so far).... This is... Project Code Red.
Parts Used:
Pickups x2- EMG MMTW: www.emgpickups.com/bass/mm-mo...
Preamp- EMG BTC Control: www.emgpickups.com/parts/bass...
Switch- EMG 3-POS TELE: www.emgpickups.com/parts/swit...
Bridge- Albridge: www.ampshopbassexchange.com/p...
Tuners- Hipshot Licensed Ultralite (3 bass/1 treble): hipshotproducts.com/collectio...
Pickguard- Custom order from Pickguard Planet: www.pickguardplanet.com/
Stock Ray4HH (2021 Revision) - • Updated for 2021! Ster...
Ray5HH (2020 Review) - • Sterling SUB Stingray ...
This bass and all my other basses with rounds are strung with MJC Ironworks Nickel Plated Stainless Steel 45-105(125) unless otherwise noted. Check them out at www.mjcironworks.com
Info on my signal chain, setup and more: • FAQ: My Signal Chain, ...
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I LOVE IT.
Red bass with black guard, black hardware, and a maple board is badass. That Ray is kinda like a muscle car, but in bass form.
Thank you Landroid!
@@LowEndLobster Should also say that I'm loving the tonal variety! Before your stingray mod series and now, I'd never heard EMG MM style pickups. Like them quite a bit.
Were we can buy all that black Hardware and pickguard ?
I appreciate that he said the craziest mod "yet"...nice keeping that future options open
;)
@@LowEndLobster Plot Twist: LEL finds a rare and pristine Ray husk that has nothing but the neck and body and upgrades the body and neck
You are the coolest cat in bass modifying, Lobster!!! Always a pleasure to watch and listen to what you are up to again!!!
As always.... great, great MOD Lobster!! Congratulations
Love it! I really enjoy the Code Red name. The bass sounds amazing and extremely versatile. Keep Grooving bro!
Thanks Norb!
What a versatile sounding bass-great for the studio. Great aesthetics too!
Thanks Barry!
Dang, that bass sounds Great!!! Well done my friend:)
Love your videos 👍🏻
Thank you Ray!
The crisp of the pickup is sound so good, and I love how the bass is more growler than before.
Thank you Mark! :)
Absolutely love the mods done on this bass,EMG’s are an excellent choice for all the electronics.Ma
Makes me want to go out and buy this bass,Great Job 👍👍👍
Thanks NJT!
Once again EMG saved the day!
Thanks for this video LowEndLobster!!!
:) You're welcome Guy!
Great video to be listening to while shopping for a stingray. Makes it easier to stay focused.
Thank you :)
Finally EMG MMTW! Thank you so much! And damn, that bridge PU in single coil mode blows my mind
Thanks AK! Really happy with these pickups in this application, end result makes me very happy!
Wow. Great sound. Very even sounding. Nice job lobster.
Thanks Rich!
Now that's one HUGE sounding BEAST. Great mod.
Thank you :)
I love the sound of a bridge pickup with the tone rolled off.... you get all of the punch without the nasal sound you get from some bridge pickups.
Thanks Chris! Indeed, that's a great tone
Wooooow what a Great Sound , with EMG ! Thanks a very good Review ..👏👏👏
That bass sounds great. I think this is the best stingray mod you've ever done.
Thanks Daniel! I agree, very happy with how this came out
Great great bass you've got dude! Badass in tones and aesthetics!
Thank you! Very happy with the end result :)
Damn! Sounds like a really modern Sabre Bass! You did amazing! Congrats!
Thanks Jacob!
Killer! I love the black hardware and it sounds amazing! I would definitely buy a Lobster Custom Shop bass!
Thanks Dustin :)
Definitely Snazzy Lookin'!👀😘
From the "piano wire ping"✨to the rich warm tones🔥the CLARITY is exceptional!🎶🎶🎶
Great Work Lobbie!💯
Thank you Jason!
@@LowEndLobster
Absolutely My Man!✊🏿
You definitely could do custom work for a living my friend.💯🎯
That is No Smoke! No Bull💩!!
I would trust you my beloved basses!👍🏿
OMG! That bass sounds amazing. I think it could cut through the mix anywhere. That neck pickup sounds like it would kill on "Roundabout." Break out the pick. I have not used EMG pickups in any of the basses I've built or modified, but this bass has made me a believer. Really nice upgrades all around Lobster! Killer!!
Thanks Chris!
Congratulations Low End Lobster This is The Fattest Sounding Stingray And Quite in All Settings Another Winner Indeed Bravo 😎👍
Thanks Darrell!
Sick bass! Love the color combo.
Thanks A!
As usual LowEndLobster, nice modifications. It's great that all of the electronics are plug and play without any soldering connections. I was on the fence about buying a Sterling Stingray 4 Sub. However, with plug and play options, I'm all in now!
Suhweet! EMG really makes awesome stuff, especially for folks who don't want to or don't have the equipment to solder. It's definitely engaging in a whole new dimension with the plug and play aspect.
@@LowEndLobster I'm waiting for the Sterling by Music Man StingRay 4 Roasted Maple Neck Bass Natural to go on sale again & I'm pulling the trigger. Thanks for all of your insight brother!
That is one awesome sounding machine. Lordy and looks fantastic.
Thanks Don!
EMGs sound great! Usually I'd prefer Stingray pups that have slugs showing, but the EMG style works great on this one with the black hardware.
Thanks! Indeed, was going for a much less traditional look/sound here and I think we succeeded :)
Nice!. I had the same "adult lego" glimpse with my EMG installation experience as well. What I would recommend is to mod the bass for 18v. I had to route a bigger cavity on my bass to fit a double battery housing. Took the risk but the Darkglass preamp I choose for my install really shines with the extra voltage headroom, specially since that bass is tuned with a Low B. Thanks for the video, great as always!.
Thanks Pancho! I actually bought a double battery box just for what you suggested, but ended up sticking with the 9v. Stay tuned though, this upcoming wednesday we have a similar mod coming but with a Sire M2... and we keep the 18v!
Awesome engineering, dude🎸
Fantastic job sounds incredible!
Thanks Scott!
Great job Lobster.
I love it! The only thing I would like you to try is adding the chrome control plate back but keep the black knobs. I think that would give a cool contrast.
That's a cool idea! Thank you :)
Damn that sounds awesome and the black hardware and pg looks as good as it sounds
Thanks Jason!
I'm really surprised how nicely this turned out! Normally I wouldn't consider EMG, I don't associate it with what I like. But these pickups sound awesome here! And the control layout is very smart, easy to operate and very flexible. It can even sound pretty close to the Sabre Classic like this! 5 claws out of 5!
.....damn, this is amazing! I really dig the tone. I was wondering what this could sound like, and it seems it was worth the wait. 5 claws out of 5.
Thank you! I am super happy with the end result, looks just like I imagined and sounds even better.
Dude this bass looks so freaking good I cant get over it. You're mod sting rats made me decide to pick up a 5 string single humbucker trans satin blue. I gotta get some black hardware too. Looks so epic. ❤❤❤😊
Thank you! This was one of my favorites
Dude, that sounds GREAT!
Thank you!
That’s probably your best sounding modded bass ever!!
What you said about the neck pickup in single coil mode having a P Bass feel to it is right on. I would add that it has a P Bass feel with that classic Stingray sizzle, us Stingray-Heads know and love. 😎
I like the look of the black hardware against both the red body and pale maple neck. Nice job Lobster!!
Edit: Both pickups in humbucker mode has a really nice, full tone.
Thank you Kevin!
Sounds wonderful! Awesome!!
Thank you!
Sounds like a good recording bass! Thanks.
Thank you!
Truly insane! I love it.
Thanks Sam!
That sounds fantastic!!!!! Thank you!
Glad you liked it! This was a very fun project.
Very very instructive and interesting !! Thanks a lot !
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Oh that sounds killer! I only have a single buck Ray but I love the tone control. Im gonna have to get a set.
Thanks Mitchell! Honestly, the two band with separate tone control has been one of my favorite electronics combos as of late. I'm going to be making a video on that setup that I have on a few basses and demonstrate the advantages of this setup, and demonstrate how the treble cut on an active preamp and the tone control impact the tone very differently :)
@@LowEndLobster I had another idea for Project Code Red. Maybe do a fret dress and document that process? I'm planning on doing that to my Ray34. Got some fret buzz that is only fixed with high action that affects my intonation.
Really cool. Glad they don’t offer this as a special configuration- I could end up owning yet another bass. The emgs sound really good.
Very cool look and sound!
Thanks Marks5s!
I'm currently working on a stingray. It has a pbass neck pickup which you can blend in with the bridge pickup using a blend knob, it has a 3 band eq with a midrange frequency shift switch, it has a coil tap switch for the humbucker and a switch to change the bass from off to 9v to 18v. I absolutely love it, it sounds like a beast
That Red Lobster bass you got there sounds sweet! It looks like they have those pickups in the 5 string variety as well. Hmm...
Indeed, though the shape would require a different pickguard for the 5'ers as it's USA 5 string shaped vs the SUB, which has the little 'nubbins' at the top and bottom of the pickup. The Aguiar AG5M is a replacement for those however, but are hardwired in parallel
Never was a EMG bass pickup guy; love their guitar pickups, tho. But the MM’s sounds great! The black and red combo looks ‘rad!’ Would I do mine like that? I probably would! I wonder how it would sound with a rosewood fingerboard? Hmm.🤔
Lobster, you did great! You definitely put that HH on steroids!😌🎶👍🏾
Thank you! :)
I just got a Ray 34 single H in the firemist silver. I love this bass. I am going to mod it with a white capped EMG MMCS Pickup and a EMG J. I'm going to route a spot for the J pickup. I think it will sound awesome! and look cool :)
Awesome! That sounds like a killer mod! Let me know how it turns out :)
This bass looks and sounds great.
Thanks Rick!
I am totally wowed!
I’m a simple man I like red on Basses. So this Bass’s Aesthetics make me happy : )
Thanks Spider :) I like how this came out too.
man…that thing sounds great! 🤩
LOVE IT!!!
I dig it a lot too! Nice bass!
Thanks Budd!
That bass is gorgeous!!
Putting EMGs in a "cheap" bass makes it three times more reliable and versatile, I find. They're completely noiseless, so not worrying about the quality of the signal and being able to just focus on dialing a tone that you like is a total luxury, in my humble opinion.
I own a mexican jazz bass with JAX pickups and I'm really struggling to find reasons to buy another bass...until I watched this video 🤣🤣
Great content!! Thanks!
Thank you Adrian! Indeed, EMG is one of the best avenues to improving an instrument electronically and the solderless design makes it even easier :)
@@LowEndLobster I agree, they get a lot of hate from vintage tone geeks, but I bet half of them would change their mind if they just tried EMGs with old strings 🤣🤣
Again, beautiful bass and keep the good content up!!
Salutations crustaceans this neck is so clear. I need more dark colors in this master piece
Very cool looking mods--the bass looks killer now. That all black hardware with red body and maple neck is YUMMY!
Probably going to get slammed... but I've gotta say I'm not thrilled with the EMGs (although it has grown on me after listening through a few times). I've have several basses with EMGs, and I think they are engineered very well and the quality is top notch. Also, EMG makes it really, really easy to install their electronics. I don't know what it is, but of all the basses I've had with EMGs, I've only been completely happy with one specific bass (that was an Ibanez Doug Wimbish 4-string model). The rest, including a Spector I had, I've not been thrilled with. I'd probably not be so turned off by the sound here if I didn't know the bass started life as a "Stingray." The EMGs seem to lose almost all that character.
With all the mods you did, I wonder how it would sound with the addition of an EXB control, rather than the 2-band, to give a sharper slap sound? I wonder if it would give that glassy, super-clean, scooped Henrik Linder tone. I love the sound he gets for slap from his bass. Too bad the bass he uses costs like... $10,000!
I really dig this!! Second to the mintoray though. That sucker is clawsome.
Thanks Wes! Indeed Minty was a strong first mod project, definitely going to be hard to beat that one!
Once again, an incredibly useful watch and learn, he said, feeling a little more aware and so reaching for his wallet!
This configuration is starting to sound *very* attractive to me. I mostly favour a Fender Jazz, and but my other bass is MM+P. Neither quite do what the other bass does, but THIS cherry-red darling here might just cover both of my main axes.
Thank you! I'm super stoked with how this project came out as well. This bass and the EMG M2 are headed over to Bully's house for some much needed abus.... uhh... playing ;P. I have a short comparison video dropping soon that features both Code Red and the EMG M2 (EM2G?). The Double TW config is just so mighty!
Always enjoy the stingray videos
Thank you :)
My six string conversion was originally a Jay Turser MusicMan Five string. I had bought two of them; one red one, and one blue one. Oddly enough, the JayTursers were in a standard Fender or Musicman string spacing, as opposed to the OLP, SUB, Sterling, or most other Musicman copies. ... but, I liked the skinnier OLP for the fretless, since I had been used to a Fernandez Gravity V ... So I plugged and re-drilled the head-stocks on the Jay Tursers, making the red one a fretless six string, and the blue one a ten string octave monster.
Amazing, Finally I found what I need for my Harley Benton five string...
This was a great mod vid. Lobster 🦞 makes me want a stingray so bad. I’ve been a jazz man my whole life.
Thank you Twig :)
Jazz still best option.
As always the operation was a success.The allBridge is very interesting.
Thanks Kev! Yeah I really dig these bridges. Love em on my Sires and on this project. We have another project coming with an Albridge soon! :)
Great as always dude!! That bass sounds incredible now. I had a mini panic attack because I couldn't find the BFR bongo but it's hiding behind the bass playin crustacean.
Hehehe, I gotta make another vid on that Bongo. It's a cool bass but it's not without its flaws.
@@LowEndLobster man I hate to hear that! My only complaint on my bongo is the preamp is too hot for its own good. I get these horrible transient pops from time to time when I slap. I used to think it was the string hitting the pickup pole, did a slowmo video and didn't see it making contact.. it's just the preamp overloading and popping. I really want to throw a bqc in mine.
Hey! I did one called the “Rotten Apple” of this same bass! I put in Real Ernie Ball Stingray pickups, MojoTone Preamp and Hipshot Bridge. Then I Reconditioned fretboard, fret level and shaved the neck a bit.
Hell yeah! That sounds awesome! Would love to see pics. Join our discord channel (linked in the video description)
Great video! I have this bass and am thinking about doing some mods.
Cool project, nice outcome I've got some emg45 TW pickups for a six string build I'll be getting going on down the road, I have some EMG 35 DC just getting underway with and I have a EMG mmcs five string so it's got the ceramic steel pickups so much mellower than what you have with the twos I was actually hoping it was a cstw so it can be split have that mellow or tone that could then go to a single coil sound but still mellowed by the ceramic steel variation got a few different preamp options from EMG I absolutely love their wiring stuff when they first came out I thought they had a few issues they need to address and they seem to really pay attention and pay close attention to what their customer said because everything that came together by that group of early solderless wiring and preamp customers that that system should be adopted by every maker of pickups and preamps and parts and it just universalize that and then make improvements from there but it's I've been using those sets all along as a default standard gear on my builds and unless the customer specify something else and I've never had a single one come back for even just checking them out. Had a couple of it builds after about 12 years that I had a good customer calling about scratchy crackling sounds and obviously we know that's just a dirty pot a little deoxid spray turn the knob up and down up and down up and down about 8 seconds later that was gone and it's just such well built stuff and they have such a wide variety of product for guitar and bass active and passive such a wide variety of tones with in so many of the products and ability to easily get from One tone to the next to the next to the next and background and if you know where they are on on your controls you're there and the best part about working with EMG products, 100% honestly and I am not paid by them I'm not sponsored nothing although I'd be willing to listen to conversation absolute best part about working with EMG products is that you're also 100% working with the EMG people. And whether you're a customer working on your first mod or replacing something that went bad or you're an experienced tech or like me you've been building high-end custom instruments with other people's names on them for about a quarter century and you are now going to be offering these same and other custom and semi custom builds as well as a huge variety of aftermarket and replacement parts add-ons customization parts in more materials than I could ever possibly list here EMG people are the second to none. And all of my experiences they were the best customer service and technical support people have had the pleasure to work with when I was coupling one of their competitors pickups with their control system the builder of the pickups, a very popular very successful builder that we all know, basically through their hands up and said you're putting it with that stuff we have no idea you're on your own bud and that was the limit of their help I wasn't looking for them to walk me through it just maybe point out some things to look forward I'm fairly capable they wouldn't even do the bare minimum of hey make sure you got the bridge ground connected nothing and we're very nice about refusing to help they're only offer of a solution was to use the wiring and the pots that came with those pickups my customer wanted EMG with their pickups I'm going to give my customer what they want unless it's going to set their guitar on fire I'm going to get my customer and not only did EMG listen to my situation they walked me through the full install even though I didn't need it they wanted to and they walk me through a very thorough extensive testing to make sure everything was connected correctly everything was functioning correctly everything was full dynamic and tonal range and we actually found an issue and found that it couldn't be immediately corrected because of just a design quirk between the way they do things and the way their competitor does things and as of 3 years ago that is no longer a problem they changed they adapted as soon as they learned of the issue they they immediately implemented a change order in their process and began rapidly retrofitting there on the shelf stock. Yeah, the EMG people know what they're doing, they are way more than a fucking 8185 set for metal guitar. It's a nice pick up set, it's just a pickup set that and they offer so many more widely very sex options and I'm not a person who likes to choose limit variety I got to get back to work and I'm yammering here but I really look forward to possibly working with some of the community here on builds on utilizing some of the aftermarket proprietary stuff that we are bringing to market because this is a passion of mine and I can't stop doing this stuff and building this stuff so I might as well see if someone wants to buy it and people have been buying it for 25 years so the company is Chiron MusicWorks LLC we are a United States based company we are everything in house in our shop we sustainably source right now about 88% of our existing inventory is sustainably sourced and 10% of every dollar we make we provide to one of four charitable endeavors all this stuff will be on our website or CZcams channel which should be up and running in the next I'll just say it it will be the website and CZcams channel and then Facebook page and Instagram those will all be up and running very soon and I can't wait to meet some of you and work with some of you and build some bases and guitars and people's dreams because that's one of the things that makes me happy to give some money instrument they have been dreaming of my goal is to be selling a lot of $16,000 guitars and bases but just not selling them for $16,000 everything is handmade American so there's a price to it but I don't want to sell stuff for that price so all right got to get back to work thank you for those that are still reading and for those that are going to decide to look out for us and then look us up maybe work with us I can't wait we're not just about the the instruments looking for you
Yo Metalbass! Great comment, yeah man EMG's quality definitely goes beyond the electronics- excellent staff and team over there!
Nice, I hope to get one of those EMG's for my bass.
Thanks Hissori! They are quite nice :)
Thank you so much for this. I think I know what my next bass is going to be. I am so much for versatility (let alone my absolute requirement for a 38mm nut), this bass with this particular pickup/preamp upgrade got definitely at the top of my "next-up" list.
Thanks Marios :)
Geez, everything sounds great on that MM. Talk about Versatility. The swiss army knife of basses..
Thank you! I really love how this project turned out. I lent this to Bully, hopefully we'll see a vid on it soon!
Man, dual humbucker sting rays just sound "chef kiss"
Indeed a great job
Thank you!
You answered my question about which replacement bridge I should swap into my SUB ray4. Awesome transformation, these “low-end” music man clones are really well-made, seems like the hardware is the part where they saved the most money because the wood/finish/neck are pretty nice.
Glad I could help and you're right!
WOW! Great Job! That Thing is a BEAST! When I grow Up, I'm gonna be Just like You LOL! @LowEndLobster
Thanks George XD
Dig it Low End🦞 🤘
Thanks Nuggs!
Aesthetically, I preferred the white and chrome furnishings. Tone wise: nice... but way more than I’d ever need!
Thanks Rev! Indeed, this is the kind of bass that you take into the fallout shelter with you so you don't need to ration your bass tones ;P
Just bought a Stingray SUB 5 H on sale for $300 bucks and am thinking I will do the 5 string equivalent of this mod. I needed a bass for recording music (mostly metal) and really liked the Stingrays. I think this will allow me to spend another 300 bucks or so to really get the most out of what seems like a great platform bass.
What is nice is that I do not have to do it all at once to make it worth it. It is a really solid bass for its price!
Is bassgazm a word? It should be! The sound... that's a huge number of tone combinations. Killer. You could almost imagine Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now... "The color... the color!" :D If only they made matching headstocks.
Thank you Breakit!
Real good 👍🏻
Thanks dude!
Another great modding vidéo. I don’t know if you know the Haussel Triplebucker pickups but it could make a great modding video (there is only one video for this pickup...). I just bought 2 of them to mod my stingray HH (with tone capsule preamp) but it’s not finish yet.
Now we're talking! Great suggestion, thank you!
Great mod again Mr. Lobster. Is the Musicman your favorite bass? You have many different basses but I think the MM holds a special place in your heart.
It's definitely one of them, I really enjoy Stingrays. They're my favorite mod platform for sure
OK wow! This is cool as shiz! I've been modding those old OLP five strings for a few years. since around 2006 probably. - I was into Jaco Pastorious, Tony Levin, Geddy Lee and Flea. So I was stripping those OLP fives down to fretless and then doing epoxy/superglue fingerboards. (I did five OLP Vs, 1 Squier 4, 1 MM copy 6 conversion, and 1 Ibanez Roadstar II V in fretles Jaco Epoxy) ... anyway, I've got a load of them!!! - I guess I should do a few CZcams videos and show them off. lol
I would have gone with alternating black and candy-apple red as my nail polish colors, but you do you. XD
LMAO!
Soy guitarrista y creo que mi instrumento favorito es el bajo, Suena increíble!!
Gracias Vicente!
hell yeah sick mod sick gamers nexus shirt!
Thank you! Steve is the man
The Black hardware is very cool !!
Thank you Ernie!
Nice to see you're representing GN. 👍
Steve is the man! He's one of my biggest youtube influences when it comes to integrity and presentation
@@LowEndLobster It's also why I like the channel. Plus their unwavering focus on the end user.
@@InderjeetSingh-im3eh Definitely! Even though PC parts are a lot more black and white in terms of their performance, I try to embody what he does and focus on the customer experience vs providing lip service for a manufacturer
Impressive!
Thanks Dwarde!
Wow it sounds effen bad ass man!!!!! Sooo jelly!!!
Thank you!
Wow, that was fast!!!
Hehe the videos were shot farther apart. Most videos you see are a few weeks to a couple months old when they're released with only certain ones cutting in line (if they're for something brand new or if it's something that I think would get a lot of subs or views).
That Ray for will look even hotter if you stain the Fretboard, Neck and headstock (diff shades of course) . I’m thinking of doing it on mine as well as upgrading the parts
Great idea! I was thinking about that. Honestly, you'd need to sand it first and then spray it down and then satin/gloss over it. It'd be a LOT of work. Painted stain won't go on evenly on an application like this.
@@LowEndLobster
I myself am a Lefty. I would have to get 3 trebles and 1 bass tuner Correct? Did you paint the pre-amp black? Black looks so nice on the Sub 4!!
As for staining, i’ll prob rub it on with cloth. Davie504’s Musicman is the color i like to achieve!! Might be trial and error!!
I love what you are doing to the Sterling basses. I have a Sterling Ray4 HH that I adore and would like to mod it and keep it around as I haven't been happy with the 2-band EQ. I was looking at the John East Uni-Pre 3 knob. Have you had any experience with the Uni-Pre's? I figure I can dial in the stingray sound (on the current EQ, I use the back pickup with the bass cut and the treble full and couldn't find any of the other John East preamps that would work with the double pickup layout. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and looking forward to more videos.
Bought the same bass in olive and switched out the pups and preamp in this configuration. And WOW it sounds MASSIVE.
Sweet! What'd you swap in?
@@LowEndLobster Same electronics as the Code Red. Very very happy with it.
@@PhatPhrank Awesome! So glad you're enjoying the setup
I'm attempting the same mod, but can't figure out how to get the Pickup connector cable with the 3 connectors through the small channel to the cavity. Not sure how you pulled that off without drilling a bigger whole or cutting the cable and re-soldering the six wires.
You use the Tele switch instead of the little module. The Tele switch acts as a signal and power hub
I assume these are coil splits, not coil taps? But yes, awesome bass! May have to do something similar! Stay awesome Lobster!
The EMG S and changes made a Big difference compared to the stock one I played , you had done the 5 string version. I had mentioned the 4 string version that for the price it is a good bass for many genre's , if cost is a factor , but what u have done is Fab. Cosmetically I would like the White pickguatd , chrome plate outside of that super sweet.
For me money is tight due to health issues other wise it would be another bass in my collection