He wants the cherry burst and not the black cherry. That particular color is not made anymore and is hard to find. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
HS is one of the pickup configurations for a Stingray. They come in three configurations. H, which means it has a single Humbucking pickup, HS which means it has a Humbucker and Single Coil pickup, and HH which means it has two humbucking pickups.
There are threads on hear that discuss the differences and preferences of folks on the various configurations. Basically comes down to personal preference.
Some people feel the H is all they need. Some reasons are they feel the other pickup gets in the way of their playing or they like the simplicity of having fewer options.
They all will sound like a stingray. The HH and HS give some additional variation to that tone. Some folks like that, others feel it is not necessary and needed for what they want.
Hope this helps in explaining what the options are. It doesn't help in picking which one to go with, but everyone struggles with that answer.