After 10 years with my Squier Jaguar (and 7 years from my starter Ibanez) i upgraded on equipment and jumped from 4 to 5 strings. NO Regrets here. I saw it at a GC at Phoenix,Az 5 years ago. Tried it again at SD,Ca last year and ordered it on xmas sale. Smooth play, clear sound, looks great. Hope to rock this one for at least 10 years too.

I'm a guitar player that has recently swapped to bass for my church, and coming from 6 strings I figured 5 can't be that different. But honestly the low B threw me off as I learned songs. I ended up swapping it out for a 4 string. Great bass just a bit too much for a new slapper

I got this bass as a Christmas gift in 2023, had to do some minor setup, adjusted the neck, string height, adjust the bridge for correct intonation. After setup was complete, has been a rock solid bass. I do wish wish that all of the hardware matched, but I might fix that in the future! I prefer playing this bass over my Ibanez SR375M

As a mixing engineer for two successful recording studios in my career so far, I'd like to think I know what sounds good. I bought this bass because I needed some low notes to accommodate a 7 string guitar track, but didn't want to sacrifice sound quality for the sake of savings. Having looked over the typical cheaper Ibby SR models that I've struggled to get a good tone from and are usually setup quite poorly, I was a bit skeptical that I could get what I needed from this bass guitar as this price. Welp, I'm glad I took the chance. This Sterling Stingray 5 has amazing tone from each of the 5 pickup switch positions, and very simple yet responsive EQ controls. Excellent bass for metal, rock, and jazz. Love it! #sweepstakes

I use this Stingray as a church / worship bass. Not only does it have a wide array of tones, but is powerful enough to cut through a mix of vocals, drums, organ, percussion and vocals. This bass is a bargain especially when it goes on sale.

I was looking for a reliable 5 string bass but not too pricey so I took my chances on this one. I already own an EBMM Stingray (American) so i figured if this was at least half as good it would be worth the money. After a few tweeks out of the box it is a great sounding bass. With dual ceramic humbucking pickups and an active preamp, this is a very aggressive sound at a very deceiving price point. With a surprisingly well build quality and sturdy neck this bass is gig and studio worthy for any style or genre of music. With a 5-way pick up selector, a 2-band EQ across 2 humbucking pickups the tonal options are endless. The only negative thing I can say is that it came with a missing spring in one of the screws on the neck pick up. It was a cheap and easy fix. Other than that a 5 star bass.