Help! Frustrated with my Stingray

[DeltaPhoenix]

Maybe he has a life?

Then why waste all of us "Loser's" time by complaining/asking for help?

 

[drTStingray]

If you'd bought a 2000 dollar/pounds bass and were frustrated with it, so much so to seek help from the manufacturers forum, I'm guessing you would come back and see what people said..................well maybe he has but thought the advice was so sound there was no need to post any more.

Mind you I think if it was me I may have tried a more standard version of said instrument before ordering or buying.

For info, there was quite a discussion about the PDN Stingray on the British bass forum a few weeks back, as a guy saw one in a shop and was blown away by its beauty. Unfortunately the thread was hijacked by the usual crew of (two or three) internet jokers - I'm sure you know the sort of thing.

 

[slickbass3]

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?

Agreed.

 

[epitaph04]

If he wanted it to sound like a Jazz he shoulda got a Sterling. It has a jazzish sound in single coil mode.

Really? I thought my old Sterling 5 sounded nothing like my MIM Jazz....

Had a hell of a neck though!