Stingray 5 not warm/fat enough

[cheezewiz]

no, but its still my thurs night, so its cool.

Well alrighty then.

 

[MingusBASS]

almost bought a warwick yesterday.

Cool story, bro.


But yeah...cut zee treble.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

I tend to roll off the treble quite a bit too, depending on the situation.

It also just may be a matter of taste. Music Man has a good and diverse set of instruments in their line-up, you just may prefer something different.

 

[bovinehost]

I could actually remove the treble knob from all my basses and never really get around to thinking 'Yeah, that was bad.'

 

[syciprider]

Try playing near the neck first. It's a cheaper way to a solution.

 

[Movielife]

Flats, and fingerstyle. Cut your treble!

 

[Johnebass]

I tend to roll off the treble quite a bit too, depending on the situation.

It also just may be a matter of taste. Music Man has a good and diverse set of instruments in their line-up, you just may prefer something different.

Had a Bongo 5 for a while but the sound too big, god I'm fussy!!

 

[bovinehost]

Had a Bongo 5 for a while but the sound too big, god I'm fussy!!

Well, you're British, I think it's a "feature".

 

[Kirby]

I agree, between rolling off the treble and technique much can be varied. Your attack, hand angle, if you mute with your thumb or use a floating technique all make a tremendous impact on your sound. One way you can really test this is to record yourself using something like GarageBand or a similar program. You will be surprised how much you can learn about your playing by simply listening to yourself as recorded.

Good luck.

 

[tkarter]

Cut the treble and don't dime the volume.

tk

 

[maddog]

what TK said or some flats or some tubes.

 

[kayneex]

Get. a. Bongo.

 

[Big Poppa]

get an electric blanket or thermal undies.....

But what Carig and others say....back off on the treble.....

 

[7broccos]

i feel the same way about my 4 string stingray. my "other bass" sounds alot better. shouldn't have to change amps to get a good sound.

That is my 72' P bass that I bought back in 72' when I was 18,AND Yes I did put a 72 jazz neck on it in about 74'.Bought the Stingray 10 years ago,changed my whole outlook on life,this SR5 can be warm ,soft ,mellow or flat out balls.I would never sell my old P.......but it has been in my closet for the last 10 years

 

[cyoungnashville]

if you cant get warmth out of a stingray, i guarantee that the real loss of tone is occurring further on up, earlier in the signal chain. more than likely the insert point right after the strap, but just before the bass. pay special close attention right around where the sound waves meet the pickup. this is beyond a doubt the most notorious, but least talked about tone sucking culprit. this spot is many times the weakest link in the whole chain. it can be such a shoddy leaky sieve joint responsible for much carelessly wasted, yet precious, warmth and tone. ive seen leaks more akin to whitewater rapids or gushing geysers than anything else, but the bass owner will totally ignore "old faithful" so he can compete in the endless lowest bass weight witch hunt, obsessively weighing strings, machine heads, bridges, pickguards, etc in search of potential minor drips. thats what i think. or maybe i just happened to luck into owning 5 random total freak of nature "warm" stingrays.

 

[tkarter]

if you cant get warmth out of a stingray, i guarantee that the real loss of tone is occurring further on up, earlier in the signal chain. more than likely the insert point right after the strap, but just before the bass. pay special close attention right around where the sound waves meet the pickup. this is beyond a doubt the most notorious, but least talked about tone sucking culprit. this spot is many times the weakest link in the whole chain. it can be such a shoddy leaky sieve joint responsible for much carelessly wasted, yet precious, warmth and tone. ive seen leaks more akin to whitewater rapids or gushing geysers than anything else, but the bass owner will totally ignore "old faithful" so he can compete in the endless lowest bass weight witch hunt, obsessively weighing strings, machine heads, bridges, pickguards, etc in search of potential minor drips. thats what i think. or maybe i just happened to luck into owning 5 random total freak of nature "warm" stingrays.

I will admit to having my usual amount of beer for this time of night. LOL

Should I try to read it backwards in double vision to understand what you just said?


LOL jk I am having fun.


If you really need to tame it down put a foam mute under the strings.

tk

 

[five7]

Put it on a Micky D's diet.

 

[TheAntMan]

Totally agree with everyone on the technique, strings, and treble control as the answer.

BUT! Factoring the G.A.S. element! If you are determined to get another bass to solve this then I would highly recommend checking out the Reflex HSS. The middle pickup is the BOMB!!! for Phat tones and that neck pickup is a deep and dark molasses.

Good luck.

--Ant

 

[Aussie Mark]

I could actually remove the treble knob from all my basses and never really get around to thinking 'Yeah, that was bad.'

You and me both

 

[Johnebass]

I went from AG500 to RH450, and I couldn't be happier. I like some zing, so I basically just boost the bass a wee bit and that's it. The speaker boxes that come with the RH450 have a pretty shy tweeter compared to the ones found in my old GS112 boxes.

Interesting, how would you compare the RH450 to the AG500, I'm quite happy with my GS410.