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04-21-2011, 09:04 AM
| | | | is this the typical stingray and GK sound?(video with Flea)
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YouTube - Flea Bass Solo w/ Chad
well.....a rather popular video
I believe lots of you have seen this.
What I wanna know is, is that a GK sound??
I play a stingray, and I definitely want that tone!!!!!!! |
04-21-2011, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by evanpu02  What I wanna know is, is that a GK sound??
! | I can get exactly the same result with my JBass loaded bass and Ashdown head. It's in the technique, not the gear. |
04-21-2011, 02:16 PM
| | | | Sorry, but I don't really believe that you can get a stingray tone from a J bass. They are too different. |
04-21-2011, 02:19 PM
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04-21-2011, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jibudo He is using mesa boogie in that video | Was about to say, that doesn't sound like a GK to me. GK's from that era are extremely bright and deep! At least in my experience. |
04-21-2011, 02:23 PM
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Can you tell which one is the Stingray vs. the Jazz without looking? That is not a rhetorical question, just curious.
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04-21-2011, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rpsands | Yes |
04-21-2011, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by rpsands | Difficult -- at least in the parts I was comparing, the Stingray was played with the "Slap" control on, and with the Jazz Bass, both "Slap" and "B-string" controls were on. Can't say what was bass and what was EQ.
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04-21-2011, 02:49 PM
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Yes, they sound different to me, but I think you would not hear the difference in a live setting.
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04-21-2011, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by rpsands | I think its very easy to tell.
"Geddy Lee is a pick player"- Reviewer must be a guitarist.
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04-21-2011, 03:55 PM
| | Less Ebay, more Mel Bay | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | Big thing to note, I didn't ask if you could tell them apart, I asked if you could tell which one was the Stingray.
Me, I couldn't, but I could tell the difference. Point is, eq is a huge factor in this situation and slap is a very technique, string, and eq heavy discipline.
I'd say technique, then strings will make so much more difference than the bass you're playing than anything. Hell, the *setup* of the bass will probably make more difference than the bass itself (which pup you use, how high the pole pieces are, how high the action is).
Just my two pence.
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04-21-2011, 03:57 PM
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04-21-2011, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by evanpu02 Sorry, but I don't really believe that you can get a stingray tone from a J bass. They are too different. | I didn't say it was a JBass, just JBass pickups. But at any rate I can get that tone, or a half dozen others, purely with the hands. Good gear helps, but the right technique is a necessity. |
04-21-2011, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by DWBass Was about to say, that doesn't sound like a GK to me. GK's from that era are extremely bright and deep! At least in my experience. | Quote:
Originally Posted by rpsands | DEFINITELY Boogie Diesel-series roadready cabs, but from 2:20-2:26, doesn't that look like a rack of RB800s?
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04-22-2011, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by billfitzmaurice I didn't say it was a JBass, just JBass pickups. But at any rate I can get that tone, or a half dozen others, purely with the hands. Good gear helps, but the right technique is a necessity. | I totally agree that technique is important.
And I have to admit that from the video above, stingray and Jbass can produce similar sound.
But whatever, as a Stingray player, I still have to claim that you will never sound like me with your evil Jbass pickups.
I think I'll check some Mesa Boogie stuff, thanks guys. |
04-22-2011, 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by evanpu02 Sorry, but I don't really believe that you can get a stingray tone from a J bass. They are too different. | +1.
I have even gone to the extent of adding coil taps to my Sabre to try and get jazz tones from it. It still sounds like a Sabre/Ray.
...and let me add.... I've spent 17 years trying different techniques + EQ settings. Not ALL tone is in the fingers. |
04-22-2011, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by vin*tone Not ALL tone is in the fingers. | +1
Allthough I have plenty of chops and technique, I can't get a typical Jazzbass sound out of a Stingray. But, I can get both on my Ibanez RD500 
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04-22-2011, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by CapnSev I think its very easy to tell.
"Geddy Lee is a pick player"- Reviewer must be a guitarist. | I wondered about the same thing. I'd say the guy just doesn't care for Rush as he is a UK session player Dave Marks and a pretty capable guy even though it really doesn't show in that video.
About the jazz/ray thing, those basses do sound very differend.
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04-22-2011, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by vin*tone +1.
I have even gone to the extent of adding coil taps to my Sabre to try and get jazz tones from it. It still sounds like a Sabre/Ray.
...and let me add.... I've spent 17 years trying different techniques + EQ settings. Not ALL tone is in the fingers. | That's another story. The dual coil Sting Ray pickups don't have the highs of the single coil JBass (mine are EMG, BTW). You can add some highs with EQ, but additive EQ in the high end can only do so much. It's very easy to cut highs and boost lows with single coils to get a sound approximating buckers. My only complaint with single coils is the noise, but my EMGs have no problems there. |
04-22-2011, 01:39 PM
| | | | hey guys,
another question arises, if it's a mesa boogie head, then it's a tube sound??!!
I always thought I better get a ss amp to pair with my stingray, if the tight tone like this is what i am after. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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