Stingray 5 @ Church

[DR. Cheese]

I finally got to play my SR5 at church backing a choir today and I was so happy with how it performed. I had all the tone controls on full and the selctor switch on series parallel. I played fingerstyle only and the sound was super, super smooth. At times, I made the bass sound almost fretless. I had plenty of bottom, but the sound cut through just fine. The choir did lots of singing so I kept it pretty simple except for a few licks ( my wife told me I need really slap to let folks know what I can do). Despite underplaying a bit, I got several compliments on how I sounded. It is so good to have SR5 again! This has got to be the world's least expensive really great bass (except for a Bongo) and I will never understand how people say it's a one trick pony.

 

[Freddy-G.]

Glad everything went fine. Man, I can't turn my bass control past center or the windows start rattling!

 

[Rooster]

I have a SR5 and use it more at Church than for anything else. I once had a seasoned former player tell me that he had never heard the bass as much as felt it before in that sanctuary.

It is EXTREMELY articulate to say the least. That being said, I typically boost the bass slightly and run the treble and mid flat with pup switched to series.

For slower worship tunes, I run the pup in parallel, cut the treble completely and run bass/mid flat. Still with incredible clarity.

At Church I'm typically reading my parts and the 5 string config. helps me find my position (especially in flat keys).

The active pup is a growler and a bit of a challenge to tame for a Sunday morning!
Sound guys make it sound good (on recordings) as far as I can hear!

One trick pony? I can understand why some people would say that, but I would say that it has at least two tricks!

 

[Aragorn35016]

Glad your church gig went well cheese. I have never understood the one trick comment my self. I can get tons of sounds out of my SR5. Using the pickup selector switch. Its an instant tone change on the fly. I was messing around with the song "Melissa" by the Allman Brothers today using my SR5 with the single coil setting and some bass boost. And then "superstition" by Stevie Wonder. Using the Parallel setting and some bass and Treble boost. Im convinced that people who think the SR5 is a one trick pony has never actually sat with one long enough and gave it a chance and just assume that because it has one Pickup it has one sound. I find it funny that most of the people that say this are usually Jazz Bass players and 90 % of them that I run into use there jazz basses (either passive or active) with both pickups on full most all the time.

 

[pattiejay]

i use my MM SUB4 at church too - thru a Sansamp BDDI, it sounds awesome...

i can't begin to imagine how good a stingray 5 would sound : )

 

[AnthonyD]

Never understood the "one trick pony" line...

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I mean, unless you're a bassist in a cover band that's playing a dozen different types of music with sounds and styles ranging from the Dead Kennedys to the Captain & Tennille what's the point???

Many years ago I had a BC Rich Eagle (when they were worth something). Was a favorite of mine because it played smoother and lighter to the touch than anything I had ever owned BUT I also hated the electronics. With two pick-ups, various coil-cut phase-shifting switches and a five or seven-way selector something or other knob it was a bass with an identity crisis.
[/RANT]

For me, it's finding the "sound in your head" - sounds like you found yours!

 

[Aragorn35016]

My above post was not ment to offend jazz bass players. I own one myself and enjoy it.

 

[DR. Cheese]

I don't think it matters if Jazz players are offended or not. The Jazz is a great instrument but if it's a passive jazz, you have to have both pickups on all the way or you get buzz pretty bad. That just how those single coils work. I suppose that 's why Sadowskys are so popular, he uses stacked humbuckers instead of single coils so the pickups can be soloed.

J-basses aside, I am so happy I've got my SR5. I've had two others in the past and ended up trading them in for basses that I ended up liking less than the SR5s. I'm never letting this SR5 go. My daughter can have it when I'm in the ground!

 

[Aragorn35016]

I hear ya bro!! pics please!!

 

[Rooster]

Im convinced that people who think the SR5 is a one trick pony has never actually sat with one long enough and gave it a chance and just assume that because it has one Pickup it has one sound. I find it funny that most of the people that say this are usually Jazz Bass players and 90 % of them that I run into use there jazz basses (either passive or active) with both pickups on full most all the time.

I own only two basses now and have sat with both of them for years. One is my SR5 and the other is my Jbass. I DO understand the one trick pony characterization. My SR5 is a fine bass, but come on! Those Fender basses sure are user friendly to anyone who has had to dial in the tone for house. Certainly the forum does not disagree with that?

 

[Aragorn35016]

I own only two basses now and have sat with both of them for years. One is my SR5 and the other is my Jbass. I DO understand the one trick pony characterization. My SR5 is a fine bass, but come on! Those Fender basses sure are user friendly to anyone who has had to dial in the tone for house. Certainly the forum does not disagree with that?

I don't. However I dont think the SR5 is any less user friendly than a J bass.

 

[0557]

I've used my SR5 every sunday for the last 3 years. I run it through an Avalon U5
with sennhieser in ear monitors. But I love to hear it through the house system. It delivers with confidence. Our sound techs know their business and how to use compression.

 

[DR. Cheese]

This is not my actual bass, but it is one that looks almost just like mine. I keep hearing about Bongos on blowout. Should i wait until Labor Day and see if they blown out at Guitar Center again or should I place a custom order for a single pup Bongo at my local dealer? This would bass be my number two option or backup unless I actually end up liking it more than the SR5.

 

[DR. Cheese]

Oops, I took the wrong picture, mine actually has a maple fingerboard.

 

[hands 5]

There were a number of times when I would use my SR5 in church,because if nothing else it certaintly had the low B covered.It was as focus as my MTD 635 B string, however it didn't have the tone that I liked to keep it as my main instrument,but it did a few things remarkably well. Also I think what some players have a problem with is trying to make this bass sound like a Jazz bass,something that this bass was never intended to be.
Since I have been playing a lot of Blues gig lately,I may get another one so I don't have to take out my Sadowsky Metro 5 as much (however,it is VERY hard to put the Sad down) I'm sure I can find one for cheap,and then put the piezo bridge on it because the piezo really opens up an array of tones for this bass

 

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