Question Stingray HS- single pickup question

[RaginRog]

So I just picked up what I believe is a late 08 or early 09 Stingray HS. The single coil pick up is a bit mellower, but doesn't seem to have the output soloed that I remember my old Sterling HS' single coil having.

I also remember the Sterlings single pickup being quite a bit thumpier....are the two the same? My Stingrays' single coil has a bit of grit, and actually picks up a lot of the string rattle even after lowering the pickup height.

Thanks for any help on the matter.

 

[bdgotoh]

Stingray pickups all have alnico polepieces, Sterlings are steel poles loaded underneath with ceramic magnets. Alnico is the vintage magnet material, ceramic is a bit edgier and more aggressive.

 

[oli@bass]

IMO, the Single Coil on the StingRay has defintiely a vintage vibe to it... cool, but it comes with some of the typical singe coil characteristics, such as picking up more noise and having less strong output.

None the less, great sounds in there!

 

[HaPpYfAcE]

On SR4 HS's there's a hidden single coil under the pickguard. You shouldn't be getting any hum when 'solo-ing' the neck single coil because the hidden coil is also live at that point. My HS had significantly lower output with the coil selector switch all the way towards the neck. I assume it's just because of the way it is set up with the hidden coil vs a dual coil like the humbucker at the bridge.

 

[RaginRog]

On SR4 HS's there's a hidden single coil under the pickguard. You shouldn't be getting any hum when 'solo-ing' the neck single coil because the hidden coil is also live at that point. My HS had significantly lower output with the coil selector switch all the way towards the neck. I assume it's just because of the way it is set up with the hidden coil vs a dual coil like the humbucker at the bridge.

I've lowered the pickup height, and while the output, as a result of the adjustment, has gone down, so has the additional noises it was picking up.

Oh yeah, and I suppose I mentioned the word hum- it was more of the string vibration which was being picked up.

Thanks for the response.

 

[RaginRog]

IMO, the Single Coil on the StingRay has defintiely a vintage vibe to it... cool, but it comes with some of the typical singe coil characteristics, such as picking up more noise and having less strong output.

None the less, great sounds in there!

Thanks Oli.....Good way of putting it. I soloed it to play along to, "I just wanna make love to you" by Foghat, and the grit I needed was certainly there!

 

[RaginRog]

Stingray pickups all have alnico polepieces, Sterlings are steel poles loaded underneath with ceramic magnets. Alnico is the vintage magnet material, ceramic is a bit edgier and more aggressive.

Oh yeah(duh!)...I remember the guy who sold it to me mentioning that when I told him I once had the Sterling HS model.

Thanks!

 

[timmy5strings]

Rog, back off the volume to about 3/4 for the other pickups , don't dime it. Then you can bump it up when you play the front pickup. It does have some grit if I was to try to compare it to something, I'd say slightly overdriven or overwound Rick maybe ??), it sort of sounded like it was coming out an SVT, really heavy compared to the midrangey fender thing we're used to. I really liked the MM single coil sound, just wished it somehow had a boost built in to match volume with the other pup's. ENjoy

 

[RaginRog]

Rog, back off the volume to about 3/4 for the other pickups , don't dime it. Then you can bump it up when you play the front pickup. It does have some grit if I was to try to compare it to something, I'd say slightly overdriven or overwound Rick maybe ??), it sort of sounded like it was coming out an SVT, really heavy compared to the midrangey fender thing we're used to. I really liked the MM single coil sound, just wished it somehow had a boost built in to match volume with the other pup's. ENjoy

Thanks Timmy!!

I took it to practice last night, and it sounded great. My favorite position is the single coil mixed with one of the humbuckers coils. Sweet tone.

Hope Red is treating you well.

Take Care,
Rog