stingray sr5 limited edition MAPLE NECK

[baske]

I Like the deep "growl" of the musicmans
But now i am a bit worried
I have the SR5 with maple neck
Is there a great differece between a maple or rosewood neck?
does the rosewood neck really sounds "darker" ?

 

[strummer]

There might be a small difference, but then that difference could also come from the fact that no two basses are identical.

 

[oli@bass]

There is a huge difference. In fact, once you've heard a rosewood board, you will hate your maple.

I will then gladly take that bass from you

 

[mammoth]

its psychological!!!

play with the lights off and you wont notice.

 

[strummer]

its psychological!!!

play with the lights off and you wont notice.

Ugly bass= Lights off

Beautiful bass= Lights on

SO with EBMM it's always lights on

 

[ekb16b]

its psychological!!!

play with the lights off and you wont notice.

or.. go over your maple board with a brown crayola
you can even go ebony by using shoe polish

 

[bovinehost]

Maple is attackier!

 

[baske]

Maple is attackier!

Butt not less "growl"?

 

[mynan]

Who are you calling a "butt"?

Do you dislike the sound of your SR5?

 

[MrMusashi]

i like my 20th sr5.. the maple makes for a great contrast between the headstock/body and the neck. and it sounds like the god of thunder made it

its definitely brighter than the 30th sr4! i have not had the pleasure of tryin a rosewood version of the 5 to see how it compares...
but it growls just like a mm should do.. also the b string is alive. i have not heard anything 34" scale that can compare.. actually no 35" either, but the note definition is like a 35. you can clearly distinguish a c and a c#. its big, fat and juicy and has overtones from here to where ac/dc is supposed to live.. and then back again
dang hard to explain, but i did my best

MrM

 

[Russel]

The feel is what makes a difference to me. But then again, I like the way a maple board feels too.

 

[the unrepentant]

Maple is attackier!

What a word!

 

[oli@bass]

Ok, since we're back to discussing attackiness, I'll have to chime in again: The sound of the bass is in the overall package of body wood(s) and neck wood(s). As with weight, two instruments can differ even if you use the same woods (but different pieces). Yes, maple is slightly harder, and therefore you could expect it to sound "brighter", but I am sure there are examples of basses with maple fretboard that have a darker sound than some with a rosewood fretboard.

All that said, the brightest StingRay I've encountered so far is my 1996 20th Anniversary StingRay 4, which has a quilted maple top and a maple neck with maple fretboard. It's insanley bright and terribly growly. It seems brighter than my 100th NAMM SR4 with graphite neck. Probably the maple top contributes more to that overall sound than the neck. I don't know. And frankly, I don't care. There's no way to exactly determine how a bass will sound. I had 3 examples of the 30th Anniversary StingRay. All of them with the same woods: Mahogany body, poly finished birdseye maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Each of them sounds different.

However, the fun starts if you record your basses. Out of interest, I recoreded the same phrases with different StingRays, and although the different characterisitcs were there when soloed, it was astonishing how close they sound once you put them in a mix.

Bottom line, either you like an instrument or you don't. If you do, forget about the maple board and just add a little more treble from the onboard EQ.

 

[baske]

listen to this MM with your headphone
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJZ2LbfQ4tI"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/nomedia]
Thats the sound that i dont find
Or mayby he's playing over a ampegstack
Bit with my lakland 55-02 over the MM-Pu, treble out and the bass and mid full open, its near this sound. But not with my MM
Strange

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Have you tried changing your strings? You'd be surprised what a new set of strings can do for your sound.

 

[baske]

these are brand new strings from the EB factory
They are very very bright
First i thought that the alnicos were the reason
but these bassist plays a 4 string, so these are alnicos

 

[strummer]

Baske, that was a great track, and damn good bass playing, but I don't understand what it is you are after?
All my basses (Bongos, SR5 and erm well some others...) sound like that through a good FOH mix, I fail to hear something subltle that can be attributed to the fret board?

My point is this: Maybe this guy has an ampeg rig for stage monitoring, but what we are listening to is the stereo signal form the desk I think, and ok it may be miked but to me it sounds like an MM direct.

 

[baske]

Now I give some more bass (2 oclock) and a little mid cut (vpf) on my markbass
And thats the sound that Iam after.
On the SR: full bass and the rest neutral (12 oclock)
When we had a bit more bass on the SR , it would be perfect
I think the SR have +6db bass and on my lakland its +12db bass

 

[oli@bass]

I always wonder why so many bass players are boosting the bass that much... if I'd do that, the stage would shake and there would be no definition at all in the bass lines. It just makes it hard to hear yourself on stage. IMO.

 

[Musicman Nut]

Maple is attackier!

Well Said, if you can't hear the difference then no use talking about it.