My Maple and Rosewood 3eq Stingrays sound very different!

[Umskii]

Hello everyone!
Hows everyone this fine day!

I have a beautiful 2 beautiful Musician Stingray 3 eq's

One with a maple neck & one with rosewood neck,
the exact same spec 3eq, single H, same year also (2015)

Funnily enough having played both, both set at the same eq, fresh batteries......they sound very different from each other!

i was always skeptical of the sound differences between rosewood and maple but this has changed my opinion

My observations:

The Maple neck 3eq stingray has a lot of natural high end attack (leaving out fret buzz or stingray clank) but natural bite to its sound, less emphasis on having a rounded fuller tone, less mids, its definitely got bass and treble, call it naturally scooped

The Rosewood neck 3eq stingray is much more mellow, like seriously more mellow, its warmer, buttery and laid back even when eq'ed the same, its got that stingray clank but its missing a lot of bite and attack. reminds of a Warwick bass with a wenge neck.

crazy eh! I'm shocked, lol cannot get them to sound the same, using a pick or slap or fingers.

The 3 eq rosewood Stingray bass almost sounds like a classic 2eq Maple Stingray being more mellow and fuller.


Whats your take on this

 

[syciprider]

hello everyone!
hows everyone this fine day!

I have a beautiful 2 beautiful musician stingray 3 eq's

one with a maple neck & one with rosewood neck,
the exact same spec 3eq, single h, same year also (2015)

funnily enough having played both, both set at the same eq, fresh batteries......they sound very different from each other!

I was always skeptical of the sound differences between rosewood and maple but this has changed my opinion

my observations:

No two basses sound the same

fify

 

[Golem]

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I have a beautiful 2 beautiful Musician Stingray 3 eq's

One with a maple neck & one with rosewood neck,
the exact same spec 3eq, single H, same year also (2015)

Funnily enough having played both, both set at the same eq,
fresh batteries......they sound very different from each other!

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............Whats your take on this

My take is: Thaz not funnily, thaz normily.

 

[nhbassguitar]

Hello everyone!
Hows everyone this fine day!

I have a beautiful 2 beautiful Musician Stingray 3 eq's

One with a maple neck & one with rosewood neck,
the exact same spec 3eq, single H, same year also (2015)

Funnily enough having played both, both set at the same eq, fresh batteries......they sound very different from each other!

i was always skeptical of the sound differences between rosewood and maple but this has changed my opinion

My observations:

The Maple neck 3eq stingray has a lot of natural high end attack (leaving out fret buzz or stingray clank) but natural bite to its sound, less emphasis on having a rounded fuller tone, less mids, its definitely got bass and treble, call it naturally scooped

The Rosewood neck 3eq stingray is much more mellow, like seriously more mellow, its warmer, buttery and laid back even when eq'ed the same, its got that stingray clank but its missing a lot of bite and attack. reminds of a Warwick bass with a wenge neck.

crazy eh! I'm shocked, lol cannot get them to sound the same, using a pick or slap or fingers.

The 3 eq rosewood Stingray bass almost sounds like a classic 2eq Maple Stingray being more mellow and fuller.


Whats your take on this

What about string-to-pickup spacings. Are they the same? I've found less distance often produces a more-dominant (sometimes "clankier") high end than more distance, while more distance often yields a less-immediate, mellower tone.

There's also body wood and neck (not fretboard) wood to consider. Same type of wood, but different trees.

Also, completely loosen the strings on both basses, and check to make sure the neck screws are snug. Don't sock them down, just snug them up if they're not already.

It would be interesting to swap necks on the basses to see if the tone follows the neck or stays with the body.

 

[Edmang]

It would be interesting to swap necks on the basses to see if the tone follows the neck or stays with the body.

I thought the same thing when reading the post

 

[Golem]

Crossed my mind immediately as well. But in
the next instant the answer crossed my mind
and it seemed like a silly question. IOW, the
tone WILL follow the neck. BDDD.