John Kramer
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- Joined
- Dec 11, 2006
- Messages
- 13
All,
I have owned and loved a single H Sterling 4 (American) for a number of years. It's strung with Ernie Ball flats and is the only bass I play at gigs--in a 7-piece folk-rock band, a 3-piece folk trio, and a 5-piece Turkish group. Recently I had an opportunity to purchase a nearly-new Sterling HS strung with roundwounds. It's a beauty, lightweight, and has incredibly fast action.
At home, it's fun to explore the wide range of tone settings provided by the additional neck pickup. I especially like using all coils because of the enhanced note thickness and volume consistency across the strings.
However, on gigs, I'm finding the Single H (series) setting does the job best---just as it does on my other bass. I use a wireless during sound checks in order to get an idea of how the bass sounds from the audience's perspective and with others playing. The all-coils setting is just not as articulate as the single H and tends to get a bit lost. Granted, the bass is still quite new, and I haven't explored the bass, middle, and treble knobs completely. I have no problem using both basses with the same configuration--the flats and roundwounds provide nice variation--but I wondered whether some of you HS owners have other settings that work well on gigs.
Thanks,
John
I have owned and loved a single H Sterling 4 (American) for a number of years. It's strung with Ernie Ball flats and is the only bass I play at gigs--in a 7-piece folk-rock band, a 3-piece folk trio, and a 5-piece Turkish group. Recently I had an opportunity to purchase a nearly-new Sterling HS strung with roundwounds. It's a beauty, lightweight, and has incredibly fast action.
At home, it's fun to explore the wide range of tone settings provided by the additional neck pickup. I especially like using all coils because of the enhanced note thickness and volume consistency across the strings.
However, on gigs, I'm finding the Single H (series) setting does the job best---just as it does on my other bass. I use a wireless during sound checks in order to get an idea of how the bass sounds from the audience's perspective and with others playing. The all-coils setting is just not as articulate as the single H and tends to get a bit lost. Granted, the bass is still quite new, and I haven't explored the bass, middle, and treble knobs completely. I have no problem using both basses with the same configuration--the flats and roundwounds provide nice variation--but I wondered whether some of you HS owners have other settings that work well on gigs.
Thanks,
John
