Fretless Stingray 4 string w piezo - soundrequest

[mobis.fr]

Hi,

i'm new here. my name is mobis - 22years old and i'm from germany.
i play a rockbass corvette5 fretless (and some fretted) and i want to buy a fretless stingray, but i can't find a soundsample from this bass (especially with the piezo).

i know pino palladino back in the days he played by paul young. but thats all.
i wonder if you have some samples recorded an maybe can upload them for me

the thing is, that is hard to find a fretless here in germany, and i can't test one.
first i tried to find a fretless 5string, but thats impossible.
musicman basses are really expensive (about 2200euro = $2800) and i don't want to spend so much money on a bass i never tried.

can you help me?

- mobis

 

[PocketGroove82]

I hate to say it, but personally I'm not a huge fan of the piezo, on electric basses or upright (embedded bridge) pickups. To my ears, the metal bridge on metal strings creates an overly bright, metallic quality to the instrument.
Personally, I think EBMM get enough tones w/o the added brightness of the piezo.
This is just my unskilled opinion...maybe someone else can dial in sweet tones with them and can share.

 

[ibanez2005]

My new stingray has Piezo's, with a maple neck which can make it very bright if you dont adjust the treble.

What ive found is if you mix the two pickups equally, you get a very balanced sound. The piezo's dont really sound acoutic like, not to my ears anyway, but its a very earthy tone that sounds more like a passive electric bass than an acoustic one.

Its a nice option to have.

 

[MingusBASS]

Just put Flats on if you find the piezo sounds too bright. On my fretless, the piezo is the deal.

 

[mobis.fr]

thx for your answers

i found a piezo-sample from a fretted singray (press "hören" and choose 4). does the fretless sound like this, but only with a "mwah"?

 

[pete bass]

The piezo soloed or blended is a glorious sound with flats, Its the nearest i have gotten to an amplified double bass sound out of any bass i have ever owned....Not much good for you death thrash metallers out there, I often play all other types of music with the humbucker completely rolled off....

 

[Golem]

I hate to say it, but personally I'm not a huge fan of the piezo, on electric
basses or upright (embedded bridge) pickups. To my ears, the metal bridge
on metal strings creates an overly bright, metallic quality to the instrument.
Personally, I think EBMM get enough tones w/o the added brightness of the
piezo. This is just my unskilled opinion...maybe someone else can dial in
sweet tones with them and can share.

I absolutely find the opposite, with SR5, SR4, and Boingo 4 [all Hp config,
and all FL].The piezo is rich and mellow, not brite or metalic. The surprise
to me was my FRETTED SR4 Hp. I ordered it used [hadn't played it] with
the expectation that it would just produce a lotta magnified fret klank in
its temporarily fretted state. Well, in never did convert it to FL, cuz it's
one of the two best sounding fretted basses I've ever played .... my ears
having a preference for Olde Skool finger style tone. My taste is such that
I enjoy SRs fretted or FL, but Sterlings must be FL, as I find them to be
too harsh and/or brite with frets. My SR5 Hp is ceramic, so it's essentially
Sterling in disguise. My fretted SR5 is alnico cuz I've got no use for fretted
Sterlings, disguised or otherwise ;-)

 

[pete bass]

Each to his own then , There is no definitive answer to this....