OLP MM2 StingRay

Standard features, as described in other reviews.

Good sound. I'm a beginner who's been dabbling with a lot of music styles, in classes and a few gigs.

I did put flatwound strings on my bass and am very happy with the sound I get for the reggae, blues and pop stuff that I've done.

While I was shopping for a bass, I tried Ibanez and other similarly priced basses, and I like the sustain, and the deep, full sound I get from the OLP.

My action was high, and it's still a bit high after doctoring on the bass a bit. No real complaints though. I've played 3-hour gigs and jam sessions and never felt like I was working too hard.

I've got no complaints about how this bass holds up. It stays in tune quite well.

One problem is the truss rod which a luthier described as "wimpy." I'd put some heavy gauge strings on the bass and the action went sky high. No amount of saddle or trussrod adjustment would have made those strings come down. OLP admitted to me that the bass cannot & will not accommodate heavy strings. This isn't any big loss here.

It's hard to find a phone # or anything for OLP. I eventually did contact OLP directly via email. They responded to my email but they seemed to be salesmen that I was dealing with--as opposed to people who really cared about me getting the best out of my bass.

The bass comes with absolutely ZERO paperwork. No warranty, no nothing; not even a phone # or address for OLP. And as a truly beginning bass player, I didn't know what the 3 knobs were for. Recently, I purchased a carvin fretless, and it came with extensive info about the bridge, the tuners, the knobs, and advice on caring for the finish.

Fortunately the OLP bass, itself, is pretty good and I don't need much customer service.

I've had this bass about 18 months and play it through a 30W gorrilla practice amp, and a 100W Carvin amp. I also own a Carvin fretless.

I have no regrets about buying this bass. If this were stolen, sure, I'd buy another OLP unless I found myself able to afford a real Musicman Stingray. I've tried Ibanez, Squire and other basses in the OLP price range, and I don't like their sound.

OLP MM2 four string bass. Made in China, blah, blah, blah. I think you all know the features, so I won't bore you all to tears with that. I play guitar, and was looking for something better than a Squire to record demos at home with.

I play the punk rock. It seems that this bass is just the ticket for my home recording studio. I liked it better than the MIM Jazz Bass I almost bought. I could be comparing apples to oranges here I guess. Play with the knobs, and the possibilities are all there. I'm playing this thru either a countryman di, or a J-Station on the SVT setting. It sounds huge either way.

Actually, the setup was quite nice. I was surprised to see it this together.

Time will tell on this one. I don't think there's much to go wrong on it.

I dunno. I did notice there was no warranty card with the bass. Also, there is no serial number anywhere I could see. Strange...

Been playing for 22 years (guitar). I own a few good old pieces of guitar gear. I just setup a little blackface ADAT studio in the house. This bass is perfect for that. I would buy it again if it was lost/stolen. A great deal. The only thing I don't care for is the headstock painted to match the body. I'm already over it.

I bought MM2 bass new last year ('02), it is the 4 string version and has 21 frets. It has 2 volume controls and 1 tone control. The controls offer a fairly wide range of sounds. The bass has a single passive EBMM-type humbucker. I have the sparkly blue and I'm happy with it. The bridge is very similar to a 'normal' stingray bridge.
The bass is more or less a 'hot rod', so it doesn't have a slew of features, but some of us don't need/use them anyway...

My musical style is whatever pays the bills! I do freelance bass work with local groups and goofy gigs(ie playing in 'pit orchestras' for the local high school drama departments). I use a crate practice amp or borrow a friends hartke 3000/4x10 rig for big stuff. The only noise I've noticed is if the ground is lifted on the amp, but that is to be expected. Personally, I like a bright, punchy bass sound. The MM2 can produce that and many other sounds. For example, raunchy rock sound for Jesus Christ Superstar; clean, dark clean sound for Grease(almost like an string bass); and (my favorite) a mid-heavy jazz tone for West Side Story. I haven't really used this bass in a studio setting, but I like it for live applications.

Also, the friend with the Hartke rig owns an Ernie Ball Sterling bass which is just fantastic. In my opinion, this bass is very close in feeling and tone...(that is taking active vs. passive p.ups into consideration too). the neck on the MM2 is noticeably wider than the Sterling, but I'm not positive how it is in relation to an 'actual' Stingray.

On a 'Tone per dollar' scale, I give it a 9.
On a 'non biased' scale, I give it an 8 or so.

The action came fairly low when I bought it(there was some buzz), but I like higher action so I made the adjustments and I'm very satisfied. I haven't taken this bass apart or gazed at the guts, but I would feel safe saying that there are no flaws that I've noticed. I think the finish is beautiful (its been dropped twice and there are minor dings, but that is also expected from a less than expensive paint job)

This bass is solid. I can't imagine it not being able to withstand live playing(assuming you don't get wasted and act like an ass live). The hardware may need replacing, it may not. For me, its too early to tell. I don't think the finish will rub off easily or soon. The strap buttons are decent, one just came loose on mine(that was after about a years worth of playing though). In the year that I've had this bass, I've only adjusted the truss rod once. I would gig without a backup, even if I had another bass of equal quality.

I haven't dealth with Customer Support. I'm not sure about the warranty. I need to check into that.

My main instrument is the guitar, and I've been playing for 8 years or so. I've been playing bass (upright and electric) for 5 years. Playing electric bass 'professionally' for 2 years. I would buy this bass again, assuming I could find it at the same low price... I love how it plays and sounds. I did compare to other basses(mentioned above). I would recommend this bass as a backup for a serious bass player, maybe a starter bass for the newcomer or anyone who just likes to mess around.

Body Material:
Basswood
Neck/Fingerboard: North American Maple/Maple
Frets
21 Jumbo ( Why they just take it down to the full two octave? )24
Scale: 34"
Inlay Design: Black dots
Hardware: Chrome Machine Heads: Open Gear ( standard, holds the strings just fine )
Pickups: 1 Music Man Style - 4 String ( bridge humbucker )
Electronics: 2 volume, 1 Tone ( seems more like 1 volume, 2 tone )
Bridge: Heavy Duty 4 String ( simple, basic, and does it's job fine )

I give this bass a 7 because it really doesn't have any nice features, but that's okay because when your just starting out you need something basic.

This is a great beginner bass ( certainly better than the squire p-bass ) but thats about it. It can handle a wide, wide, wide, variety of musical tones from punk to funk to jazz. It never gets as dirty as a punk tone as I would like it to though, or as sharp and full as a slap-pop tone for funk. I run this bass through a Hartke half stack. The model 5000 head through a 2-10 (with 5 inch tweeter) cab. I try not to use effects but when I have I notice that this bass handles them very nicely. The separate volume controls for each side of the humbucker pickup allows you to choose more treble for such effects like distortion or wah, and more bas for your reverbs or delays. I recommend this bass more to rock players than anyone else. It can handle all types of music, but none noticably well. Regaurdless of that though I would ( and have ) use it without a backup and it is a preety reliable bass. Still the tone can be weak!

This bass looks and feels solid. I am not crazy about the finish ( I chose the black without matching headstock ). The blue in my opinion is much nicer. The paint seems to chip easily and normal scratches (such as from a pick) can strach the hell out of it. The bridge and tunners are both really simple and easy to use. They are secure and don't move around on you. The tunners ocassionally do need to be screwed back in though and the bass sadels don't seem to retain their string hieght adjustments that well. Like I said it's a good basic, simple design that would sute a begginer great.

The strap locks fell out on me after a few shows. This could be due to my running around like an idot on stage, but still I had to replace them. The pickup itself isn't bad at all, but I plan on swaping it for a better one later. The neck on mine has a bad bow and I used to keep playing with the truss rod but finally just gave up. Sitll for the 250 I paid this is a great bass.

Never dealt with the company.

I bought this bass as a first bass and it served me well. I've been playing for about two and a half years and I have beat the hell out of this bass. It worked hard and was a great bass. It was simple and basic, witch is what helped me find my sound and playing style. If it was stolen I wouldn't buy another one, but I would bitch. I wish that the pickgaurd wasn't like the ones on the original musicmans because I could swop it for a cool color. I also wish I would have bought a case for the thing. I would not buy this bass it your wan't to go into to plaing jazz or the blues, but it's not bad for punk. Feel free to e-mail me if you want to know more. If your looking for a great beginner bass check out hartke, ibanez, or this bass. THIS DOES NOT LIVE UP TO THE MUSICMAN VERSION, IT'S A COPY!!!

2003 China 4 string 21 frets standard vol vol tone with mm humbucker def passive which i perfer. ITs a basswood maple model. Not super feature loaded but after playing esp for so long I like the fact its simple.

My music styles are of the primus variety lots of tool and various other bands. I run it through my hartke 500 watt bass head a mesa boogie 2 15 cab and a boss gt6b. With effects this bas sounds great equals my esp's with out it sounds more natural because it doesnt give off that active strained sound preamped and active basses give off. It has tons of variety the slap on my jazz bass is slightly better with its dimarzio ultra jazzes jut this bass stock easily beats out any fender mexi. I like the fact that it sounds so full its a substanial body with a good solid neck even though its bass wood it sounds good.

Set up was crap luckly I do all my own work. I set it to medium low action and raised the p up a bit the finish and tuners were A+ very nice i have yet to detect any flaws and the tuners are good if you give em a good tighten.

It with stands me so it is relaible it was bought as a back up but has become number 1 sometimes number 2 to my esp viper. I never would gig without a backup because im not bass poor.

Guitar center was great I talked them down on the price n just about everything I own.

Ive been playing long enough I own a esp viper 304 a heavily modifyed Essex jazz bass a fender mexi which is also modified and this one. Id kill if it was stolen I love it. The only real beef I have with it is the fact its made of bass wood hell id perfer athagis or alder to bass wood.

Basically an affordable stingray copy with a passive humbucker, 2 volumes (for each half of the humbucker) and 1 tone control. Mine is in the pearl blue finish with a maple neck and it's pretty cool (if not a little too glitzy). It also comes in black, and the models out right now have matching headstocks which a lot of people like (I personally think it looks a little cheesy). For the price paid, this bass has plenty of features and like others have said you can get a great variety of tones from the two volume controls. I took one point off its score because for some reason they didn't just use a standard stingray pickguard with screw holes in the same places as a real stingray's (which makes it more expensive and complicated to find a better-looking replacement).

I actually bought this bass to replace my MIM fender p-bass which is a very good bass but not quite right for the sound I'm going for (pixies/breeders influenced). This bass sounds like it costs much more than it does, the pickup is great. It has that bright percussive sound that I was looking for in a stingray.

The fretwork was pretty bad, they were sticking out pretty far from the neck. But that's not too hard to fix, I just sanded them down. Also, the open A string buzzes.

Looks pretty reliable, I haven't gigged with it yet but I'm confident it'll hold up fine (I'll still bring a backup anyway though).

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Like I mentioned, this bass replaced my old P-bass and I don't regret the trade at all. It's not for all styles, but if you play punk or indie rock you should check it out.

2002 presumably, made in China unfortunately. 21 frets. Basswood body with maple neck and fretboard. One volume, two tone knobs. Open gear tuners. Pearl blue body and headstock. 1 passive humbucker? or 2 single coils right next to each other I'm not sure. Chrome hardware.

I'm really a guitarist/drummer and picked up the bass to lay down my own tracks. I'm playing through a little Behringer BX108 practice amp but it sounds pretty good and with the two tone knobs I'm surprised at the variety of sounds you can get out of it, from a rich deep bass to a very dark sound to jazzy subdued tones. Pretty cool.

The paint work is awesome. The body is almost flawless and the matching paint on the headstock is a nice touch. The neck is hefty and the action is maybe a tad too low. I had to adjust the intonation but I expected that.

Bad points:
There was a little paint overspray on the fretboard around the 1st fret. They used a 3 ply white-black-white pickguard but whatever they used to cut it out with was almost a 90 degree cut so you can't really tell unless you get close to it. The chrome tuners all have a tiny dull spot in the same place like they rubbed against something. But my main gripe was in the fret work. They were set and crowned decently but they weren't dressed at all. When I pulled it out of the box it scraped the hell out of my hand, not enough to draw blood but still! So out came the fret dressing file (I build guitars too)and now she's pretty good.

Seems solid.

No idea

I got it "not factory sealed" from Music 123 for an extra $30 off so all in all I can't complain too much about the frets not being dressed. If you like the look of the StingRay but don't have $2000, buy this bass. For $200 it beats the hell out of a Squier.

Made in 2002 in China. This is a great bass for anyone that wants a great bass and is madly in love with the Ernie ball Stingray (like i was). A nice 4 string fretted bass with a nice all maple neck and fretboard. just your standard 22 (i think) fret neck, but great. it's a nice lightweight plastic body, like on a Squier. it has 2 volume knobs and one tone. The knbs make it possible for most all tones: jazz, funk, punk, metal, rock, you name it. It has one kick ass humbucker (passive). The tuners are like Fenders, and they don't hold tune too well, but still.

This is the perfect bass. On my piece of crap Crate amp this is soooo loud on just 2. it'll work anywhere for anything.

The bass is set up well: EB slinkys (hella nice), fattty bridge (helps tension), and great pickup. The one thing about the body is that it wasn't very clean around where the neck comes in, but who cares!

This bass is soooooooooo nice and will work for anything imaginable. This can be used without a backup and everything on it is solidly in place.

I haven't needed any support with it.

BUY THIS AMAZINGLY GREAT BASS! YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

I dont kwow what year this cheap thing is.
It's a passive bass just like all th other OLP's.

I just bought this one as a just in case backup for my Stingray's
fot the "unsafe-gigs"
I play top 40 stuff and some rock aswell.
It' a bla-bla bass wich doesn't come close to the real thing.
This bass is for players who want to have a Ernie Ball Stingray
but just can't afford one.
My advise: buy a good secondhand stingray because this bass will
disapear after you got the real thing at last!
It just doesn't work.

The frets are just sharp and the wood is not good!
The screws were not in line (pickguard).
The nut is very bad and the machineheads just wont stay in tune.
Every time i open this case i have to tune again.
The schallers on the Stingray are OK.

It's a tank!
I just can't wait somebody comes in to pick it up for a few bucks.

I'm planning to send it back to were it came from.

I play for about 24 years mainly Fender P-bass of Jazz.
My favourite bass is the Stingray5.
I own 2 Five's and a four (MM50+MM30)
If it were stolen I would not buy a piece of......like this.
Be carefull to buy this one, save your muney for the real thing.

I just got this bass about 3 mounths ago i play thrash and metal so i needed something to rumble and shred all so it took me awhile but i finally got a good bass mm2 rules it does all i ever wanted a bass to do so to me this bass is god over all other bassies.

great sound has a little tint of disortion but not so much that it sounds crapy just enough and the lows it can hit or just awsome

smooth and very easy to play all over the neck and it's action the best way better than any rickenbocker

i have droped this thing 1 time and was a hard fall about 5 feet right to a hard stone floor and it still is fine and great no digs or anything even after that and the sound has never cut out never

very asked many Q felt like talking to a good friend

i hope this bass stays as cheap as it is caues it is a steal this bass would usealy be over 600$$$ but it's not but hey thats a good thing for people that don't want to spend it or can't so this bass rules all most as much as SLAYER