Help the old J-bass/ NEW stingray5 player.

[kas_lar]

Hi, guys....
I've allways played a J-bass. Now I'm thinking or getting a stingray (I mean...WOW, I love the sound), but I know the sound posibilities of a Fender J-bass better than how to make dinner...
Can any Stingray 5 users in this forum tell me how to use the switch to get different sounds for different style of music, slap...ect.?

Please link to some sound sample if you've got some...

BTW, My currently gear is a Fender '76 Jazz, 5 string Celinder, GK 800RB, and a 4x10" EBS, plus an upright...
I play mostly Jazz, latin, but a lot of funk and rock/pop.
And LOL. First post here.

 

[phatduckk]

hey man ... welcome to the forum!

i dont own an SR5 so cant help ya too much there but i do know that the new 2 PUP Stingray 5 will have a setting to have 1 coil from each humbuck ... J Style.

you can read about those here:
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8760

good luck and "welcome to the addiction"

 

[Oldtoe]

IMO, the H/SC Stingray 5 I played at the EBMM weekend can get closer to the Jazz Bass burp than any others.

 

[kas_lar]

Yeah.. Thx for the weird link... How does it sound? Maybe somebody out there have a few soundclips or something to listen to? Maybe records?

"Me likes EB forum"

 

[Rayan]

MY FUN Weekend with YOUR GIRLFRIEND

... Can any Stingray 5 users in this forum tell me how to use the switch to get different sounds for different style of music, slap...ect.?

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/R

 

[skabassist13]

Does anyone else thing Rayan is high, or is that just me?

 

[bassmonkeee]

~
Well, well, well ... Comeonin & sit right down ...
"I feel your pain" ... What your askin' is rather like ...

Q= "How is the best way to make love with my new girlfriend so that she'll remind me of all the good times I used to have with my wife?" ...

A= Send your new girlfriend to my place this weekend - and I promise (smirk) when (smirk) she comes back to you (remember to fully insure the shipment), she'll remind you of your wife ...
~
(Hint - "Thank your lucky stars you have both a lovely & faithful wife, AND an exciting and beautiful new girlfriend !!!")

Twiddle Your Knobs & Viva La Difference !!!
~
/R

For the love of....this actually makes sense.


That's it. I need more sleep.

 

[pattiejay]

Does anyone else thing Rayan is high, or is that just me?

+1 LOL!!
that just made my day...

 

[kas_lar]

Well I've a stingray player!

Well, I just bought a nice Stingray 5, Sunburst. Black pickguard. New fresh Dean Markley strings(except H ;-(

Now the discussion is over. I can play around with my bass...

Nice bass! I love the punchy tone of the MM pickup. IMHO the sound from the first or third position is the best. The First switch position is cool, lotta output, and the third is a bit more dark and "just let me play the bass" kinda sound...

But thanks for the advice....

LOL Rayan..

 

[steverino]

Being a fender jazz and sometimes pbass palyer for long time, I spent lots of a/b time between them after getting my stingray 5 a couple of years ago.

Love the bass, all of them actually, but the sr5 is extremely versatile.

I find the switch "up" acts similar to the pbass, bottomy and growly.

Switch down, seems like to MM pickup sound, big punchy, with a good high end crunch for slap.

The mid position , i'm still trying to figure out almost two years later ! But i still think it gets the closest to the jbass sound (warmer slap tone), but it need a bit of bass eq added to be as full as the fender jazz.


have fun

Enjoy !