Just a note of praise to the MM Humbucker in passing. I am a 90-95% Bongo HH ,(with chromes) user in my over the hill rock and blues band. I have a real appreciation for the single H Sterling from past experience though. Problem is I trade all jazz size necks at some point cause my big mitts need to have a bigger stick to anchor the thumb behind. Bongo is the best of both worlds for me as the neck is fast but has some girth front to back. So I did an impulse buy recently on a used Sterling 4H at a good price. I told myself I could just use guitar player ergonomics and have a roundwound 4 in my arsenal.(thumb anywhere including hanging over the E string!)
Long story nauseous I plugged it in for a new song we were gonna work with our strong female vocalist. Voodoo Woman, Susan Tedeschi version,live Austin album, and a pretty difficult riff to hold through the whole song, w/o fatigue. Anyway the band did pretty well on the 1st voyage, and the guitar god told me "You pretty much carried us on that one" That's because the MM humbucker cuts with authority in a loud band mix IMHO. I will probably always have a MM bass in the forefront as they rock and blue note with authority!
Long story nauseous I plugged it in for a new song we were gonna work with our strong female vocalist. Voodoo Woman, Susan Tedeschi version,live Austin album, and a pretty difficult riff to hold through the whole song, w/o fatigue. Anyway the band did pretty well on the 1st voyage, and the guitar god told me "You pretty much carried us on that one" That's because the MM humbucker cuts with authority in a loud band mix IMHO. I will probably always have a MM bass in the forefront as they rock and blue note with authority!
