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oddjob
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I hear that all the time... that is such a crock of S@$#@%#t! Yeah there is "The SR sound" but there is soooo much more in there if you have half a brain and any ability (and I don't even play SRs)
Glad to hear you like the one horse wonder
Glad to hear you like the one horse wonder
bass&cookies
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I don't think those people have ever played a Stingray. There are so many diverse and amazing tones you can get from it.
Mine doesn't even sound like a stingray
Mine doesn't even sound like a stingray
Fraxture
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Hey, all I can say is with my Sterling I can dial in tons more than I ever did with my F***** or Warwick. So......
phatduckk
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honestly... i only get upset due to the fact that its misinformation to potential MM fan. i dont care if someone doesnt personally dig this bass or that bass. thats fine... but affecting other peoples' decision with false info is no good
if someone is well informed, has tried out a ray, knows how to use the EQ and its not their thing then its all good.
misleading other folks who are poetentially interested in the instruments is what upsets me. what i do is post an educated, calm and diplomatic response.
if someone is well informed, has tried out a ray, knows how to use the EQ and its not their thing then its all good.
misleading other folks who are poetentially interested in the instruments is what upsets me. what i do is post an educated, calm and diplomatic response.
mynan
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IMHO...the deal is that the SR actually sounds like "something" right out of the box. With every other bass I've owned, I've had to tweak and "componentize" it to death before it sounded like anything more than "THUMP THUMP THUMP".
bovinehost
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Of COURSE it sounds like a MM bass.
But now ask yourself:
- what does a Lakland sound like?
- what does a Fodera sound like?
Etc etc.
There is no readily identifiable "Lakland" sound, no readily identifiable "Sadowsky" sound.
Nothing against either company - I've owned both types - but if I want a Fender, I'll buy a damned Fender. (I don't and I won't.) (Although I have and I did.)
Music Man basses have a completely obvious "tone family". A Sterling doesn't sound like a Bongo and a Bongo doesn't sound like a Stingray 5, but they all sound like Music Man basses.
Thank God.
But what kind of uninventive moron thinks of a bass - ANY bass - as a 'one trick pony'? Really. Precisions appear on Pink Floyd, Motown and polka records. Zat one trick? Stingrays have been wielded by Flea and Pino - do they sound the same to anyone?
I'm going to stop before I use bad language.
But now ask yourself:
- what does a Lakland sound like?
- what does a Fodera sound like?
Etc etc.
There is no readily identifiable "Lakland" sound, no readily identifiable "Sadowsky" sound.
Nothing against either company - I've owned both types - but if I want a Fender, I'll buy a damned Fender. (I don't and I won't.) (Although I have and I did.)
Music Man basses have a completely obvious "tone family". A Sterling doesn't sound like a Bongo and a Bongo doesn't sound like a Stingray 5, but they all sound like Music Man basses.
Thank God.
But what kind of uninventive moron thinks of a bass - ANY bass - as a 'one trick pony'? Really. Precisions appear on Pink Floyd, Motown and polka records. Zat one trick? Stingrays have been wielded by Flea and Pino - do they sound the same to anyone?
I'm going to stop before I use bad language.
oddjob
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hankSRay
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I always say that my StingRay's tone fits in more styles of music than your traditional Jazz and P basses. Even without fiddling around on the EQ it works for just about anything, and this is with a single Pup model. MM basses are good, some people just havent figured it out yet.
EBMM7181
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I've read multiple quotes from other bass guitar sites go something like this:
"Bass "X" is much more versatile, you can adjust the pickups, etc. etc., a Stingray will always sound like a Stringray"
I have no problem with this
Thats the reason I bought a Stingray, because it was a Stingray, and sounded like a Stingray, and its a VERY GOOD THING!
oddjob
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bovinehost
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Oh my, I haven't seen the stickered-up Bongo.
Find me some better photos, Ritch?
Find me some better photos, Ritch?
oddjob
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Been looking... kind of like what he did to Kermit's brother - will post if I find more
justadifferent brand of brain damage
reminds me of a geetar playerbuddy 'o mine who writes coool toons and always maintains a cool colection of 6 strngs but knows only one mode (dime everything all the time and beat the crap out of the plank wfo... poor lonelylad admires my SR5s and digs my simple bass lines but has no Balls at all hasn't a particle of feeling in his body, iron calloused ears, and no happiness whatsoever in his troubled soul, pure anger plain 'n simple . OK< so his poppa used to wail on him when he was a sprout , here in rehab,I've got my problems too... he's absolutely no zero fun to be or toplay with either.
EBMM's are just not for everybody, nothing is for everybody ...
"Those that have ears, let them hear"
/PL
I hear that all the time... that is such a crock of S@$#@%#t! Yeah there is "The SR sound" but there is soooo much more in there if you have half a brain and any ability (and I don't even play SRs)
Glad to hear you like the one horse wonder
reminds me of a geetar playerbuddy 'o mine who writes coool toons and always maintains a cool colection of 6 strngs but knows only one mode (dime everything all the time and beat the crap out of the plank wfo... poor lonelylad admires my SR5s and digs my simple bass lines but has no Balls at all hasn't a particle of feeling in his body, iron calloused ears, and no happiness whatsoever in his troubled soul, pure anger plain 'n simple . OK< so his poppa used to wail on him when he was a sprout , here in rehab,I've got my problems too... he's absolutely no zero fun to be or toplay with either.
EBMM's are just not for everybody, nothing is for everybody ...
"Those that have ears, let them hear"
/PL
oddjob
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reminds me of a geetar playerbuddy 'o mine who writes coool toons and always maintains a cool colection of 6 strngs but knows only one mode (dime everything all the time and beat the crap out of the plank wfo... poor lonelylad admires my SR5s and digs my simple bass lines but has no Balls at all hasn't a particle of feeling in his body, iron calloused ears, and no happiness whatsoever in his troubled soul, pure anger plain 'n simple . OK< so his poppa used to wail on him when he was a sprout , here in rehab,I've got my problems too... he's absolutely no zero fun to be or toplay with either.
EBMM's are just not for everybody, nothing is for everybody ...
"Those that have ears, let them hear"
/PL
Like you said they're not for everyone... I tried 'em and they aren't me but I appreciate what they can do (and do very well). Everything has its place (even Wrwicks - I like 'em but I LOVE my Bongo), but I'm in Phatty's boat, don't misrepresent - and that is what drives me crazy
Kristopher
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Considering the two-pickup models and piezo option, the "one-trick pony" comments are just plain silly and uninformed.
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