{"id":781,"date":"2012-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=781"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:47:00","slug":"bass-of-the-week-esh-stinger-i","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-esh-stinger-i","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Esh Stinger I"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Designed by Jochen Imhof, the Esh Stinger I is described as the company\u2019s \u201cdark side\u201d and was even used by Type O-Negative\u2019s Peter Steele<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In addition to several finishes, the German company created a Monstergreen finish with green pickup covers and block inlays as a tribute to the fallen low-ender. <\/p>\n

Featuring bolt-on construction, the Stinger I is built with a three-ply Hard American Maple neck with a walnut strip and either a European or Swamp Ash body. It comes in 4- and 5-string versions and can be made left-handed as an option. <\/p>\n

The bridge and tuners are made by Schaller, whose factory is only three miles from the Esh headquarters.<\/p>\n

Esh includes active EMG pickups in either J\/J or MM sets. The company also includes its Esh-Tronic circuit, which puts a piezo under each string. Each string\u2019s piezo is adjustable in volume for preferred balance. With the circuit comes the Esh-tronic \u201ccommand\u201d knob that switches the circuits to either a direct out, magnetic pickups only, magnetic and piezo pickups, or piezo pickups only.<\/p>\n

The Esh Stinger I is made in Germany and has a base price of \u20ac1,650 (approx. $2,144 USD). For more details, check out the Esh website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Esh Stinger I Bass Photo Gallery:<\/h2>\n
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Designed by Jochen Imhof, the Esh Stinger I is described as the company\u2019s \u201cdark side\u201d and was even used by Type O-Negative\u2019s Peter Steele. In addition to several finishes, the German company created a Monstergreen\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2231,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-781","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}