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drTStingray
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youve got one of the best looking SR5s ive ever seen. You really should keep it stock IMHO!
Hellboy - sunburst back then was the same colour as honeyburst now. Hence yellowy orange i guess.
Hellboy - sunburst back then was the same colour as honeyburst now. Hence yellowy orange i guess.
drTStingray
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youve got one of the best looking SR5s ive ever seen. You really should keep it stock IMHO!
Hellboy - sunburst back then was the same colour as honeyburst now. Hence yellowy orange i guess.
Hellboy - sunburst back then was the same colour as honeyburst now. Hence yellowy orange i guess.
Hellboy
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Ah...... Thanks for the info. Yeah that makes more sense. I do kind of recall a more yellow/orange/brown-ish color rather than a traditional sunburst.
//J
strummer
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Wow, awesome story, I'm real happy for you jan!
Now, I want, no I demand to play that bass!
Or will you go all the way and restring it stickstyle?
bass meet stockholm!
Now, I want, no I demand to play that bass!
Or will you go all the way and restring it stickstyle?
bass meet stockholm!
Hellboy
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Hellboy
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Pulled the all red Stingray out yesterday and used it on a couple of tracks. We are working on the next Xanima album and I´ve used my Stingrays on pretty much everything but I´ve opted for the newer ones I have. I bought back the red one because of nostalgic reasons mostly and have not used it at all. Until yesterday. Good fun. Sounds more "vintage" and has a very focused sound. Anyway, this is what it looks like when I try to learn new ****.....
I really like the look of this all red beast.
//J
I really like the look of this all red beast.
//J
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keko
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Sounds great, ...but I prefer factory finishes!
fly
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very cool bass,and very cool story to go with it...........
KoreyD
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Great bass!!
strummer
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Way cool to see you using it again
Hellboy
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A small update regarding this bass......
Have not used it that much since I bought it back but put on new strings and adjusted it and took it with me during the tour I´ve just done in Denmark and Germany. And I´ve realised what a GREAT instrument it is! Lightweight and sounds absolutely fantastic! More "vintage" than my other Stingray´s. Still have that same punch but a softer, more mellow, top. I absolutely love it! Here´s a recent pic.....:
I do think it looks rather cool. The all red SR5 Hellboy edition. It´s 26 or 27 years old about now and rather beaten up but it performs beautifully. No issues what so ever. Will use this bass ALOT from now on! Fantastic and I love it!
Cheers! //Jan
Have not used it that much since I bought it back but put on new strings and adjusted it and took it with me during the tour I´ve just done in Denmark and Germany. And I´ve realised what a GREAT instrument it is! Lightweight and sounds absolutely fantastic! More "vintage" than my other Stingray´s. Still have that same punch but a softer, more mellow, top. I absolutely love it! Here´s a recent pic.....:
I do think it looks rather cool. The all red SR5 Hellboy edition.
It´s 26 or 27 years old about now and rather beaten up but it performs beautifully. No issues what so ever. Will use this bass ALOT from now on! Fantastic and I love it! Cheers! //Jan
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Tollywood
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Pic won't load...help!
Hellboy
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Edited the post and put the pic up on Flickr instead. No idea what happened. Could see the pic when I posted but not now. Should work now after editing the post tho....
bassmonkeee
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Still love it. What is the current tuning? Still set up E-C?
Hellboy
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Never been set up E - C.
I first stringed it up like the bass strings on my Stick. D - F# in 5ths. Lowest string closest to the ground..... Then I sold it after stringing it up like a regular 5-string, B - G. That is what it´s tuned like now as well. But it sounds absolutely FANTASTIC!! I kind of like these early Stingray 5 basses. More "mellow"/softer top but with a killer punch! Thinking about finding another one. Or not. I have enough basses.....
bassmonkeee
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Ha, I misread the first post when I started looking at this thread, again. I was thinking E-C, low to high. But the first post said C-G-D-A-E. My bad.
Either way, I bet it sounds killer. I tried the 5th tuning once. Once.
Either way, I bet it sounds killer. I tried the 5th tuning once. Once.
Hellboy
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You´re right at the end tho.... I tuned it C to E and not D to F# as I (!!) wrote in my last post....
