Stingraymund
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What mades the piezo option so great? Can someone who has a Stingray Piezo post audio clips of their bass?
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What's so great about Piezo?
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Disquieter
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in my opinion, the piezo's are not very usefull outside of the fretless stingrays (set a fl with TI flats and a piezo...beauty!).
but other than that, it defeats the purpose of a stingray (to me anyway!), that humbucker gives such a huge percussive sound, that really has plenty of brightness and clarity, that a piezo just adds excessive string noise and fret noise.
one of the sounds i love out of my rays is when i set the action a little low, to where if i use my fingers, it's nice and easy and clear, but if i use a pick, it gets a sweet attack and has a little fretnoise just for some grit.
as far as sterlings, im not super knowledgable, so no opinions there.
bongo's...hmm..put whatever you want on a bongo! it'll all sound the same any way!!
all because of *****ood....
ok, im gonna go play my 79 ray ("78 for all intensive purposes")
byebye
joel D.
but other than that, it defeats the purpose of a stingray (to me anyway!), that humbucker gives such a huge percussive sound, that really has plenty of brightness and clarity, that a piezo just adds excessive string noise and fret noise.
one of the sounds i love out of my rays is when i set the action a little low, to where if i use my fingers, it's nice and easy and clear, but if i use a pick, it gets a sweet attack and has a little fretnoise just for some grit.
as far as sterlings, im not super knowledgable, so no opinions there.
bongo's...hmm..put whatever you want on a bongo! it'll all sound the same any way!!
all because of *****ood....ok, im gonna go play my 79 ray ("78 for all intensive purposes")
byebye
joel D.
johans
Well-known member
for those who want a more 'upright' sounding
much better on a fretless than fretted
much better on a fretless than fretted
easelkillya
Well-known member
Piezo
I have to stick up for Piezo. I got a Bongo with the Piezo option, thinking I'd never use it. I was wrong. Of course, if you turn it all the way up, all you hear is the acoustic sound. That is something I never use, but if you use an equal amount of Piezo/Humbucker(s), you get a very distinct sound that I absolutely love. I use my Piezo all the time now.
I have to stick up for Piezo. I got a Bongo with the Piezo option, thinking I'd never use it. I was wrong. Of course, if you turn it all the way up, all you hear is the acoustic sound. That is something I never use, but if you use an equal amount of Piezo/Humbucker(s), you get a very distinct sound that I absolutely love. I use my Piezo all the time now.
bovinehost
Administrator
I had an SR5 with the piezos and thought it sounded kinda neat around the house, playing along with Shawn Colvin or Joni Mitchell or something, but it just got lost in a rock and roll stage environment.
Dang, that was a good bass, though. Should have kept that one.
But then I always say that.
Dang, that was a good bass, though. Should have kept that one.
But then I always say that.
spectorbassguy
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"how coem u always sell and change up"
'Cause he can. It's fun and makes life just a bit more interesting.
'Cause he can. It's fun and makes life just a bit more interesting.
bovinehost
Administrator
True, true, I am a gear whore.
It's all about horse-trading, really. Although I'm keeping certain things............the Custom Shop Jazz? Yes. The Brad Houser and the 5L Rumblefish? They stay. The Bongo 5 and the Desert Gold Bongo 4? Nevah, I say! Nevah! They are staying, too.
Everything else is negotiable. I don't have a Sterling anymore, but that's not to say I wouldn't have another.
Boy, I really AM a slut.
It's all about horse-trading, really. Although I'm keeping certain things............the Custom Shop Jazz? Yes. The Brad Houser and the 5L Rumblefish? They stay. The Bongo 5 and the Desert Gold Bongo 4? Nevah, I say! Nevah! They are staying, too.
Everything else is negotiable. I don't have a Sterling anymore, but that's not to say I wouldn't have another.
Boy, I really AM a slut.
I swear, when I get the money, I'm gonna bag me a sexy Bongo one day. easelkillya
Well-known member
Piezo
OK, I have to stick up for my bro Piezo again here. The band I play my Bongo in has been called everything from emo to punk to alternative to hardcore to whatever... The point is that I'm in a hard rock band, haha. Again, I use a 50/50 humbucker/piezo blend at all times on stage, in the house, and I plan on using it in the studio next week.
