new double pickup Stingray

[usedtobeachacha]

hmmmmm..... Interesting. my main bass is a 05' Bongo 5 with double humbuckers and piezos and i'm lookin at the adds for the new doubple pickup stingray, which i could also get piezos on. so would these be nearly identical basses? there are a couple obvious difference but would they be worth owning both...... If my checkbook will allow, i might just have to order one and find out!

 

[phatduckk]

the Bongo and a 2 PUP Ray will sound different ... so theyre definately not going to be identical basses. They have different wood n neck - there's those factors on the tone as well as the different preamps on the basses. I also beleive th PUPs are totally different.

but i do have a 2 bucker Ray and I love it. swing by the SF GC and try one out ... I've seen 2 bucker Rays there.

 

[smallequestrian]

Also, Piezos aren't avaible for the Dual pickup Rays, Sterlings right now.

 

[usedtobeachacha]

i've been curious about the pick-up selector. On the bongo its so sensitive because its a knob and not a fixed switch like the stingray. Sure the woods are different which is a major factor in tone quality. I assumed that the pick-ups were the same, which i think has a bigger effect on tone.

PS, if you go to SF GC then you might remember a saffire blue bongo 5, its mine now!

 

[Big Poppa]

the pickups and preamp are totally different

 

[Psycho Ward]

Well, there you have it from the owner of the horse's mouth!

 

[jongitarz]

Well, there you have it from the owner of the horse's mouth!

Some day, he shall own the whole horse!

 

[bovinehost]

Then we must set the horse higher!

 

[Mobay45]

High enough?

 

[PatAttack]

I'm thinking the height of the horsehead nebula