Hey, you H/S owners! Sorry, you HH guys.

[Freddy-G.]

I was playing with that toggle switch again last night (yeah, I play with it a bit too much) on my SR5 H/S, and spent some time on position 2. It has always sounded too thin for my liking. But I kicked the bass knob ALL the way up, and BOOM! The hugh amount of growl was incredible! It's like the original single pickup sound but with a boatload of growl added in. Makes sense. Position two uses only the coil closest to the bridge. Sorry, you HH owners. You don't have this option. (Does the switch on single H Rays allow you to select only the coil closest to the bridge?)

So now I have a new respect for position 2. I can just imagine Dudley and his team grinning from ear to ear when they first heard what this sounded like. Yowza!

 

[roballanson]

I was playing with that toggle switch again last night (yeah, I play with it a bit too much) on my SR5 H/S, and spent some time on position 2. It has always sounded too thin for my liking. But I kicked the bass knob ALL the way up, and BOOM! The hugh amount of growl was incredible! It's like the original single pickup sound but with a boatload of growl added in. Makes sense. Position two uses only the coil closest to the bridge. Sorry, you HH owners. You don't have this option. (Does the switch on single H Rays allow you to select only the coil closest to the bridge?)

So now I have a new respect for position 2. I can just imagine Dudley and his team grinning from ear to ear when they first heard what this sounded like. Yowza!

Yeah discovered that one too......often use it to slice the guitarist in two....

 

[Freddy-G.]

Yeah discovered that one too......often use it to slice the guitarist in two....

Hah! I bet it cuts through the mix like nothing else!

 

[roballanson]

Hah! I bet it cuts through the mix like nothing else!

oh yeah man its like a scapel....sweet!!!

 

[xring]

That one is possible on the single H Ray. Middle position=single coil. It is a great tone with some low end dialed up.

 

[skabassist13]

The single H Ray doesnt have a selector switch. The only single pickup basses that have a selector switch of any sort are the SR5 and the Sterling.

 

[Hutton]

I think he is referring to the SR5 single pup!

 

[phatduckk]

I think he is referring to the SR5 single pup!

or the single H Sterling ...

 

[syciprider]

Yeah but you HS guys don't get FOUR coils firing. Slicing guitarists is okay. Turning them into pulp is better.

 

[phatduckk]

Yeah but you HS guys don't get FOUR coils firing. Slicing guitarists is okay. Turning them into pulp is better.

i have both

 

[roballanson]

Yeah but you HS guys don't get FOUR coils firing. Slicing guitarists is okay. Turning them into pulp is better.

Well you see if you turn them to pulp then they cannot keep coming during your solos....... I thought thats why the picolo bass was invented....

 

[tommyindelaware]

there is one bassist i work w/ sometimes who.....if he can hear me AT ALL.....he turns up !!!!!!!!!!
mabey pete d. can send me somethin to put in his drink !!!!!!!
it's really a drag. if i wanna comp along tight w/ the drummer....(who is between me and him)......i gotta back behind the kit & stand next to him !!!!!!!

 

[roballanson]

there is one bassist i work w/ sometimes who.....if he can hear me AT ALL.....he turns up !!!!!!!!!!
mabey pete d. can send me somethin to put in his drink !!!!!!!
it's really a drag. if i wanna comp along tight w/ the drummer....(who is between me and him)......i gotta back behind the kit & stand next to him !!!!!!!

Well there is turning up and there is being inconsiderate ......I apologise for him.....tried taking the fuse out of his amp plug?

 

[bassplayer7770]

there is one bassist i work w/ sometimes who.....if he can hear me AT ALL.....he turns up !!!!!!!!!!
mabey pete d. can send me somethin to put in his drink !!!!!!!
it's really a drag. if i wanna comp along tight w/ the drummer....(who is between me and him)......i gotta back behind the kit & stand next to him !!!!!!!

That's just unprofessional.

Do you have an amp stand so your amp is pointing up at you?

 

[tkarter]

I love the Bongo because it sets well in the mix and I can hear it without being loud.

That is a fun to set the SR5 to single coil and let it growl.

Tommy you and the drummer quit playing and let loud bass person solo all night.

tk

 

[Freddy-G.]

Yeah but you HS guys don't get FOUR coils firing.

But you might get arrested for owning a WMD!

 

[tommyindelaware]

I love the Bongo because it sets well in the mix and I can hear it without being loud.

That is a fun to set the SR5 to single coil and let it growl.

Tommy you and the drummer quit playing and let loud bass person solo all night.

tk

well....cause he's not THAT good.......

my redneck evil twin wanted to smear poison ivy leaves all over the back of his bass neck & steering wheel & watch him suffer over & over again........but.......i've grown above that stuff these days.......