Stingray 5 HH love

[cellkirk74]

I took out this one to the pratice for the Soul band yesterday:

Oh man what a great sounding axe! Position 2 is my favourite for that stuff. Smooth but massive low end and enough articulation to cut it.

So, the Singray 5 HH should get a little more love again.

 

[mbao]

wow, Is that rosewood neck?

 

[drTStingray]

Abalone is good for sunburst as well - love your basses Cellkirk.

That black SR4 has a nicely reliced finish as well.

 

[Golem]

...... Position 2 is my favourite for that stuff.
Smooth but massive low end and enough articulation to cut it.

So, the Singray 5 HH should get a little more love again.

+1 ..... IIRC, position 2 is the same coil config whether one
plays an HH or an HS. I just bagged an SR5 HS and yowza
for position 2 ! ! !

Anywho, I mean the setting that plays 2 coils nearest the
center, one from each PU. It's seriously scary, even with
no EQ boost/cut at all.

 

[dave64o]

Wow, very nice looking bass! And I agree about Position 2 (I'm one of those wackos that loves positions 2 and 4).

 

[Movielife]

I love my HS basses. Beautiful bass dude!

 

[J Romano]

Nice glamor shot. they are beauties!!!

 

[cellkirk74]

wow, Is that rosewood neck?

Yes, it is. It produces a very warm but deep low end with authority.

Since I got my Big Al 5 bfr roasted, my other fivers did not leave the house anymore and just got some couch noodleing from time to time. But this showed to me it is always good to use the variety.

 

[cellkirk74]

Abalone is good for sunburst as well - love your basses Cellkirk.

That black SR4 has a nicely reliced finish as well.

Thanks!

I would not exactly call that reliced. These are the traces of the abuse I called regular playing. I actually bought that new in 1992 and just changed the pg.

 

[cellkirk74]

Update:

I took the Big Al 5 bfr roasted to the last session on sunday and to my surprise, the Stringray nailed in better than Al because of the smoothness of the roswood neck sound (and maybe the additional neck PU). Probably luxury problems...

 

[tunaman4u2]

Hey Cell, you gotta lotta EBMMs.
How would you compare the Bongo 5, Big Al 5 & SR5 in a few words?

 

[cellkirk74]

Sorry, I am a little late on this, but a quick answer would be: they all play like butter (at least mine do). The difference is manly in sound. With the right use of the eq you can use any of that basses for pretty much everything.

Bongo 5 HH: Big smooth clean sounding, hardly possible to dial in something that does not sound appealing, neck profile seems to be a little wider, neck and fretboard radius seem a little flatter

Stingray 5 HH bfr rosewood neck: It can and will do the Stingray tone, meaning really cutting highs ad you can deal in rather nasty sounds, but once you know how to use the eq you can go anywhere from deep raggae to industrial metal to Jazz. The neck is a little thicker with a smaller radius fretboard. Mine has an overall darker sound because of the all rosewood neck. All the switch positions of the HH config offer rather classic tones with the outer coils being my favourite. A bit like a modern JB on steroids sound.

Big Al 5 H bfr roasted neck:to me has the most bite. Huge and if you want to even aggressive tone. It shares the pickup with the 25th anniversary model. You wont have any difficulties to be heard in any mix. Because of the passive option this is very nice to use with effect pedals. I find this to be my overall best sounding bass when playing on my own, but also the one that requires the most playing technique since you will have to change playing positions to get some tones. The neck is a Sterling 5 neck and to me feels a little thinner than the SR5 while having the same width.

And before you ask: The SR and the Big Al 5 are my personal #1, closely followed by the Big Al 4 SSS and the Bongo HH.