Inquiry to Stingray players

[Musicman Nut]

More hi-fi.. i spose that makes sense.
So your SR5 in parallel mode sounds different than your stingray? Good to know.
Thanks.

Hey Guys Parallel on a Stingray and Sterling/Stingray 5 Are Completely Different animals, Once again your dealing with Alnico Over Ceramic Maggnets, So once again The Preamps are Very much different. Hope this helps. DJ

 

[Golem]

I can only speak to the neck issue. I have a Ray [FL4] and it feels so very "just right" even though I generally don't like beefy necks. There's just something comfortable, and I'm not nostalgic or sentimental for old school basses. I enjoy some pretty modern and weird basses as well.

I acquired a Sabre, which I believe is the same neck as the Sterling, or very close. I really like that neck. I'm still into skinny necks. But no one should write off the Ray4 without trying it, just because they rejected other beefy neck basses. Maybe it's the FB radius, not as extreme as some fat neck re-issue stuff I've seen from the usual suspects.

Anyway, these two have very different necks, yet both are very comfortable. Since neither is a Sterling, and both have a Basslines PU, I won't comment on tone here.

 

[shamus63]

The Stingray neck is one of the few that I can make the switch to from the very-comfortable Bongo pretty easily; a bit beefier radius, but very do-able.

For those with smaller hands than mine (med's), the Sterling neck may be the ticket.

 

[Big Poppa]

You get better looking chicks with a Sterling!

 

[Mobay45]

You get better looking chicks with a Sterling!

So that's my problem!!!

I guess I'll have to get rid of my Bongo and my 'Rays and pick up a Sterling.

 

[Figjam]

You get better looking chicks with a Sterling!

Man knows what hes talking about


I like every EBMM bass.. im sure in my future i will have one of everything. Bongos are my least favorite, but ill have one eventually. Theyre growing on me. Single humbucker with a piezo sounds good..

 

[shamus63]

So that's my problem!!!

I guess I'll have to get rid of my Bongo and my 'Rays and pick up a Sterling.

Nooooooooooooo!!

Not unless you're going to get another Bongo anyway...

 

[Mr Light]

High-Five

I like the wider neck of StingRays and StingRay 5s. More fretboard for the funk.

Andrew

...Yeah! My Man! Now you're talkin'!!!

I owe you a high-five if I ever meet you.

 

[Bill]

I see that you have a Sr5... that is basically the Sterling sound though, no?
Does your SR5 sound noticeable different than your Sr4?

I played a Sterling once at the GC in Albany, NY. That was my one & only experience with the Sterling, so I can't really compare the SR5's sound with the Sterling's sound. However, I do notice a significant difference in the tone between my SR5 & SR4. The SR5 is much more mellow while the SR4 is much brighter & "snappier." After playing the SR5 for a while & then switching to the SR4, the brightness of the SR4 is almost too much for me!

 

[Musicman Nut]

You get better looking chicks with a Sterling!

The Last chick I got with my Sterling was Very good Looking, Yes and i did marry her butttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

I have my 100 or so Basses and she has the 6 Bedroom House. So the bad part about the Sterling is, too bad there wasn't some sort of Good Looking Chick Insurance, lol
Waaaaaaaaaa, lol

 

[Figjam]

The Last chick I got with my Sterling was Very good Looking, Yes and i did marry her butttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

I have my 100 or so Basses and she has the 6 Bedroom House. So the bad part about the Sterling is, too bad there wasn't some sort of Good Looking Chick Insurance, lol
Waaaaaaaaaa, lol

If you ever need to unload some basses or money for tax bracket reasons, gimme a call

 

[ricplayer]

You get better looking chicks with a Sterling!

Now wait jus a minute. I met my wife playing a RIC. ...Nuff said.

 

[ricplayer]

"I have my 100 or so Basses"

Why?

 

[Figjam]

Now wait jus a minute. I met my wife playing a RIC. ...Nuff said.

Enough with the ricK stuff...



and..



Why not?

 

[ricplayer]

Enough with the ricK stuff...



and..



Why not?

Don't answer a question with a question. Shows you are evading.

 

[Musicman Nut]

Now wait jus a minute. I met my wife playing a RIC. ...Nuff said.

Yeah but what does your wife look like????

Ric Chicks, are they Cute??

Mine at Least Had a Great Career with Calvin Klein.

 

[Musicman Nut]

"I have my 100 or so Basses"

Why?

Why Have 100 Basses or So, Because I can, Why Not, Over 80 of them are Ernie Ball Music Man, and that's with Selling 120 Old fenders in November.

Had no Ric's Sorry. Sold my Boat 9 years ago

 

[ricplayer]

Yeah but what does your wife look like????

Ric Chicks, are they Cute??

Mine at Least Had a Great Career with Calvin Klein.

Hmmm, OK since YOU asked...mine was a Playboy bunny in the late 70's. She has since been a legal admin and now has an admin position with a large insurance company.

 

[Figjam]

I wouldnt brag about marrying a playboy bunny.

What issue?

 

[ricplayer]

Why Have 100 Basses or So, Because I can, Why Not, Over 80 of them are Ernie Ball Music Man, and that's with Selling 120 Old fenders in November.

Had no Ric's Sorry. Sold my Boat 9 years ago

You "collectors" are like the car "collectors" who brag and tell all their friends how much they bought and sold for. Kind of pathetic...but I guess you can't really "drive" that much.