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11-03-2011, 12:26 AM
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Well I'm about to pull the trigger on making the transition from my MM ray 4h |
11-03-2011, 12:29 AM
| | | | To a USA built sterling, but I would like one last opinion.. HS or H??? (I'm getting the maple fretboard if that information changes anything) |
11-03-2011, 12:32 AM
|  | Must. Stop. Buying. Basses. Errrrkkkk!!!! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Roseville, CA | | | If I ever get rid of my Stingray 5 H, it will only be for a Stingray 5 or Sterling 5 HP
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11-03-2011, 12:33 AM
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11-03-2011, 12:48 AM
| | | | I'm mostly doing this for the thinner neck, and I'm also trying to get the same tone as what I have now. |
11-03-2011, 01:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Champaign, IL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Joshuadriller I'm mostly doing this for the thinner neck, and I'm also trying to get the same tone as what I have now. | Maybe an SLO Stingray would be better?
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11-03-2011, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by tylerwylie
Maybe an SLO Stingray would be better?
| That's what a lot of people have been saying, but I can't seem to find one with a maple fretboard. What does SLO stand for? |
11-03-2011, 01:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA | | | The Sterling 4H sounds natural. I don't like the HS's. |
11-03-2011, 01:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA | | As an aside, the Sterling is more aggressive. It's a different bass altogether. You won't sound like you are playing a Ray; you will sound better.  |
11-03-2011, 05:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maryland | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Joshuadriller
That's what a lot of people have been saying, but I can't seem to find one with a maple fretboard. What does SLO stand for?
| San Luis Obispo. That is where stingrays and Sterlings are made. The SLO special is a Sterling neck profile on a Stingray. If you get a Sterling, I would get an HS or HH.
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11-03-2011, 12:31 PM
| | | | Did they ever make an SLO with maple fretboard? |
11-03-2011, 12:38 PM
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11-03-2011, 03:49 PM
| | | | The SLO's are just a little bit out of my price range.... So the question still remains.. HS or H? |
11-03-2011, 03:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ellenwood,Ga. | | | The humbucker on the HS is wired in parallel so you can get the same sound as the H in the same mode.You also have single coil option for the humbucker like the H. What you get with the HS is 3 other tone options. My favorite is all 3 coils (position 3),and coils 2 and 3 (positon 4). The HS is the way to go.
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11-03-2011, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hawaii | | | 2008 Sterling HS 5 here. Two things, neck profile and tone.
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11-03-2011, 04:14 PM
| | | | 2005 LE Sterling H for me. I have played all three, H HH and HS and I still think the H is the best one. |
11-03-2011, 04:54 PM
| | | | But then again... it sounds like i can get that tone out of the HS. plus more! |
11-03-2011, 05:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ellenwood,Ga. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Joshuadriller  But then again... it sounds like i can get that tone out of the HS. plus more! | Thats the selling point of the HS. Thats why I got the BFR HS4.
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11-03-2011, 05:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Montreal | | | Win/win. Sterling 4H has been my main gigging bass for 15 years, I bought mine when they were the hot new thing. I played an HS once, it was really cool too, but the 4H has enough tonal options as it is for me. It is a bit more aggressive than a Ray, I actually swapped my pickup out for a Nordstand 4.3 last year just to change it up, and am really digging the single coil mode these days. Both pickups are great, rounds or flats... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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