I've played a Fender American Deluxe Jazz for 15 years. Wanted something different. Bought a gorgeous 4String Sting Ray Classic. Only 200 made. I'm ready to break it. I can't get it dialed in at all. Looking for that fat Jazz sound. Don't even understand how the active controls function. HELP!!
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njhammer
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If I remember correctly, both bass and treble controls are cut and boost. I would start with both flat (there is a notch) and work back from there. Dial off the bass a bit and see where that takes you.
The Classic is a fantastic bass (I had a 5er for a while). ENJOY!!
The Classic is a fantastic bass (I had a 5er for a while). ENJOY!!
MK Bass Weed
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Easy friend.
Take A Breath..Watch Ed..All is well - The Ed will show you everything
Music Man Classic Stingrays - YouTube
Peace
Take A Breath..Watch Ed..All is well - The Ed will show you everything
Music Man Classic Stingrays - YouTube
Peace
jlepre
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One word...FLATS
njhammer
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Apologies. In the immortal words of Roger Clemens, I mis-remembered.
bovinehost
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One of the things that jumps out at me very quickly is that you have a Jazz bass (which is nice, I like Jazz basses). Then you bought a Classic Stingray because you wanted something different, which is also nice, I like those, too.
But you want it to sound like - a Jazz bass?
You see where I'm going here.
It's really not going to sound like a Jazz bass, which shouldn't really be BAD news because you wanted something different. So you got that. Now you have to think, "Aha. I can get a really great STINGRAY tone now."
Which is generally easy. 2 band EQ? Dead simple. Start flat on the bass and on your amp (don't scoop those mids!) and add/subtract a little until it sounds like a great Stingray (which it is). Having no idea what style of music you play or what sort of tone you like, it would be impossible to say exactly how to get what you want. But if what you want is a Stingray tone, and there are many different types of those, I have to say, "It's more than possible."
Stingrays do tend to respond very well to different types of strings, too.
So what is it you're going for?
phat5
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I played Jazz basses for a long time. I just picked up a BFR Sterling HS and love it. Thanks Kevin! But it's a different animal than the jazz. I had to EQ my amp different and play around with the settings for a couple days to really dial it in but now I'm about to start selling some Jazz basses because I don't need all of them anymore
rutgart
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"No notch on the 2 band tone controls. Remove the knobs with an allen wrench and put back on using the set screw as the center point. Then when you look down at the knobs it is easy to see the mid-way point."
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five7
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No wonder I don't like flats, they would make a stingray sound like a jazz. Last thing I would want to do. lol
bovinehost
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well..........not really
DeltaPhoenix
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I wonder why the OP hasn't responded to any of the suggestions or anything....
MadMatt
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Maybe he is too busy replacing the pickup, converting it to passive and searching for a "better" bridge then to stop by here again. 
Ok, sorry mods, I will crawl back under my rock again and be a good boy.
Ok, sorry mods, I will crawl back under my rock again and be a good boy.
TheAntMan
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I always wonder about these 1 post complaints. Always seems to smell like Trollapiasaurs droppings to me
Anyway, anyone who buys a StringRay to get an exact Jazz Bass tone (whatever that exactly is) out of it, did not do their homework. As a former Jazz Bass player I can definitively state that I am not going back or do I miss it. Jazz Basses are fine for what they are but I find the SR has more range and a better tone but that is just me.
Best of luck to you lownotes!
--Ant
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Maybe he is too busy replacing the pickup, converting it to passive and searching for a "better" bridge then to stop by here again.
Ok, sorry mods, I will crawl back under my rock again and be a good boy.
I always wonder about these 1 post complaints. Always seems to smell like Trollapiasaurs droppings to me
Anyway, anyone who buys a StringRay to get an exact Jazz Bass tone (whatever that exactly is) out of it, did not do their homework. As a former Jazz Bass player I can definitively state that I am not going back or do I miss it. Jazz Basses are fine for what they are but I find the SR has more range and a better tone but that is just me.
Best of luck to you lownotes!
--Ant
koogie2k
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Bro, what in the heck did you say there ^^??
A stingray will not sound like a Jazz. Flats or not in my opinion. It will sound like a stingray. Not sure what else to tell you except dial in a Stingray sound.
Mabongohogany
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Calaveras
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If he wanted it to sound like a Jazz he shoulda got a Sterling. It has a jazzish sound in single coil mode.
Maybe he has a life?
