Any chance we might someday see a StingRay SS? I think it would be pretty cool to have a passive one. I'm not a fan of the Caprice or Cutlass body styles. I really prefer the StingRay body shape to all other 4-string designs.
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Any chance we might someday see a StingRay SS? I think it would be pretty cool to have a passive one. I'm not a fan of the Caprice or Cutlass body styles. I really prefer the StingRay body shape to all other 4-string designs.
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Current:
2000 Stingray trans. gold w/match head, 3eq+piezo, unlined, Rotosound RS77LD
Mesa Walkabout Scout 1x12 combo, Boss TU-2/AD-2/BC-1X/FZ-3/BB-1X/RV-6
Former:
1995 Stingray sunburst, 3eq, unlined
2002 Stingray trans. gold w/match head, 3eq, unlined
Sting Rays also sound fantastic with passive circuitry. Interesting idea.
Last edited by Rod Trussbroken; 12-01-2018 at 05:01 AM.
Cheers Gav
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Definitely an interesting concept
StingRay 4H Buttercreme 2005 L.E.
StingRay 4H Light Blue over Vintage Sunburst. 2005 ”SunBlue"
GENZ-BENZ & ORANGE AMPS.
I'd want a 4-position pickup selector on a rotary knob: bridge, both parallel, neck, both series. Fender is doing this on a few models of guitars, like the Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar and Classic Player Tele. Here's a new picture:
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Current:
2000 Stingray trans. gold w/match head, 3eq+piezo, unlined, Rotosound RS77LD
Mesa Walkabout Scout 1x12 combo, Boss TU-2/AD-2/BC-1X/FZ-3/BB-1X/RV-6
Former:
1995 Stingray sunburst, 3eq, unlined
2002 Stingray trans. gold w/match head, 3eq, unlined
While interesting... it pretty much is lacking the defining characteristic that makes a Stingray a Stingray. It would be like a P-bass with no split center pickup. That bridge Humbucker through an active preamp IS the Stingray sound.
2007 Stingray 5 HS Cherry Burst / Maple fretboard / 3 Band EQ / Ceramic Pickups
2012 Stingray 5 H Pearl Blue / Rosewood Fretboard/ 3 Band EQ/ AlNiCo Pickup
2012 Steve Morse Signature Morse Blueburst / Rosewood FB
2012 Luke III SSH Vintage Sunburst / Rosewood Neck
Current:
2000 Stingray trans. gold w/match head, 3eq+piezo, unlined, Rotosound RS77LD
Mesa Walkabout Scout 1x12 combo, Boss TU-2/AD-2/BC-1X/FZ-3/BB-1X/RV-6
Former:
1995 Stingray sunburst, 3eq, unlined
2002 Stingray trans. gold w/match head, 3eq, unlined
He's simply saying that it's not a "Stingray". And I agree. If EB would make something like this, calling it Stingray doesn't really make sense. I guess you could argue that it's Stingray because of the body shape. Oh well. For example: say you have a P bass body with 2 J single coil pups. That's definitely not a P bass to me, but others might disagree.
Yeah... I'm pretty much saying that a stingray configured like that would not be a stingray. It's missing the thing that make a stingray a stingray: that bridge humbucker in the sweet spot. That's what created THE Stingray sound.
Don't get me wrong, I love a bridge single as much as the next guy. My Stingray 5 HS has that position on the selector. But if I couldn't get that bridge humbucker sound, I wouldn't own it. That's what I got it for.
2007 Stingray 5 HS Cherry Burst / Maple fretboard / 3 Band EQ / Ceramic Pickups
2012 Stingray 5 H Pearl Blue / Rosewood Fretboard/ 3 Band EQ/ AlNiCo Pickup
2012 Steve Morse Signature Morse Blueburst / Rosewood FB
2012 Luke III SSH Vintage Sunburst / Rosewood Neck
The OP means single single pickups with SS, the new Stingray SS is "short scale."
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