Opinions, Please

[adryfiction]

Well after years watching posts here in this site i decided to make a profile here to share opinions and try to help people ( or be helped in this case)

i think i found the way to get the 70's stingray sound with a new stingray.
ive got too many doubts about stingrays cos here where i live ( a****ty island from spain) theres no place where i can get or test one

so after years watching videos of stingrays, and learning about them i found a guy playing an ''stingray'' and it sounded THE SAME that older versions... here is the video

[nomedia]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA6r3USZnx8]YouTube - RHCP - Aeroplane [Bass Cover[/nomedia]


amazing right? just let me tell you that its not really an stingray

it's an OLP MM2 with Seymour Duncan SMB4-a Pickup and and original Musicman stingray neck!

I found this really interesting cos seymour duncan has got that pickup that rescues that classic stingray sound, i think its amazing right?
im so happy cos i madly wanted an old stingray but couldnt have enough money ( or not enough luck to find it in the colour i want) to buy one. ive been searching this sound for yearss!

but the question is the following ( cosi had never tested a new stingray) so....

can a brand new stingray with the single humbucker pickup sound like the bass that the guy plays in the video?

heres again the link

[nomedia]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA6r3USZnx8]YouTube - RHCP - Aeroplane [Bass Cover[/nomedia]

[nomedia]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA6r3USZnx8]YouTube - RHCP - Aeroplane [Bass Cover[/nomedia]

anyway hes got more videos of the bass in his account, the bass got an amazing sound so

now its time for stingray users to tell me if a new sr can sound like that ''stingray'' of the video

 

[oddjob]

This is a highly loaded question... just because the bass is only one factor in the tone. SMB4s are probably better discussed over on the SD forum. Now I think the more appropiate question is can you get Flea's sound with a new Ray? Probably get close to it, a 2 bander with some adjustments and some amp tweaking (depending on the amp) should put you right in that type of sound.

 

[Duarte]

It's interesting but I don't think it's any more important than the other threads here. Welcome to the forum.

 

[the unrepentant]

Quite honestly i prefer the sound from a new ray to seymour duncan p'ups, and i can get that sort of sound if i want to anyway, which i do frequently as i play this song a fair bit. But as oddjob said, the amp is half the equation, and i'm pretty confident if i plugged my sub or a stingray into a GK stack i could get that flea sound spot on.

 

[Duarte]

Chuck some GHS Boomers on and you're away...

Pretty good strings too.

 

[the unrepentant]

Though in reply to the thread creator that is a pretty nice sounding bass for something so cheap... Got nothing on a real musicman though. And yes you can get that sound from a new ray, honestly i don't think there's much in it and there's not much point buying an old ray for 'the' sound because the new ones have it too. So yeah, new ray FTW, or a sub bass

 

[oddjob]

Not only the amp too... it is all about the hands and touch. You could give me Fleas bass and rig and I wouldn't sound like that.

 

[the unrepentant]

Well yeah that's true too, though at the moment my rig sounds crap because the tweeter in my NEW ampeg is misbehaving!

 

[bovinehost]

I've toned down the thread title.

 

[kdphysio]

but the question is the following....

can a brand new stingray with the single humbucker pickup sound like the bass that the guy plays in the video?

the bass got an amazing sound so now its time for stingray users to tell me if a new sr can sound like that ''stingray'' of the video

He's a fine player, but for me it sounds a bit 'flat' compared to a true SR sound. I know that could be down to the rig, or the recording, but it just doesn't jump out at me like a SR should.

 

[Duarte]

So have we confirmed that the only way to get flea's tone is to steal his bass, his amp, his tunes, his brain and hands?

Seems like a long shot, but may be possible.

 

[phatduckk]

So have we confirmed that the only way to get flea's tone is to steal his bass, his amp, his tunes, his brain and hands?

Seems like a long shot, but may be possible.

and his strings too

 

[bovinehost]

And his wallet.

 

[Spectre]

+1

 

[slaine01]

Not only the amp too... it is all about the hands and touch. You could give me Fleas bass and rig and I wouldn't sound like that.

+1
Thats probably the most intelligent comment I have read on any forum!!

Good call Oddjob - (hows the wiggles shirt looking...)

 

[Duarte]

and his strings too

They come with the bass

And I can only imagine how heavy his wallet is.

 

[Slapfest]

Not only the amp too... it is all about the hands and touch. You could give me Fleas bass and rig and I wouldn't sound like that.

Yes, I agree thats a very relevant point.


But I thought that bass sounded pretty good.

I have owned and sold more expensive basses that SHOULD HAVE sounded like that, because they DIDNT....so I say, give the unholy modification a whirl.
I've heard lots worse bass sounds, thats for sure.

 

[adryfiction]

yeah i know it depends alot of your hands, your musician knowledge and the amp butt im a vintage sound lover. I finally bought the seymour duncan pickups, and the bass will be in my hands soon, if i dont feel right with the sound of the standard musicman pickup i will replace that for the seymour duncan . . .

are seymour duncan pups better than stingray standards? which brand does EbmmStingray uses in his standard pickups?


thanks to you all alot dudes

 

[mynan]

yeah i know it depends alot of your hands, your musician knowledge and the amp butt im a vintage sound lover. I finally bought the seymour duncan pickups, and the bass will be in my hands soon, if i dont feel right with the sound of the standard musicman pickup i will replace that for the seymour duncan . . .

are seymour duncan pups better than stingray standards? which brand does EbmmStingray uses in his standard pickups?


thanks to you all alot dudes

EBMM makes their own pickups because they sound better than any of the aftermarket pickups that are available today.

 

[noodle654]

I havent posted here in awhile but...

I think its really cool what he did...great sound.

Now I have been searching for the "Flea" sound for awhile and I am wondering if anybody could help. I have a 2007 Stingray 4 and I am playing through a GK Backline 600 and GK BLX210...what settings should I have? Any help?