Recent content by artiefacts

Well, it's nice to know I'm not the only one put off by the brightness of the Sterling. I'm guessing that a lot of the brightness is because of the way the preamp is designed. That leads me to believe that simply omitting the preamp and going passive stright into the preamp in your "rig" - be...

Well, not that often. Call me lazy. Or old-fashioned. I'm just tired of active electronics. I suppose I could just sell the Sterling and get something else, like a passive, maple neck Fender Jazz. But I like the way the Sterling plays, the neck in particular is similar to the Jazz maple...

OK, now I'm getting somewere! Which Bartolini PU did you install and how would you describe the sound compared to stock StingRay? Did it require any cutting of wood, drilling, etc? Thanks!

Well, that brings up one of my other questions - can the Sterling pickup drive a typical hi-Z bass amp, like a Bassman, or Ampeg B15? I exchanged a few emails with Dan McPherson at ernieball.com and he indicated that the Sterling PU was very low impedance and would not work without a suitable...

The Sterling I have has a center detent on the treble, bass and mid controls, with the center detent being "flat" response ( I suppose) and clockwise is boost and CCW is cut. So yes, you can dial out the hissiness to an extent, but even with full treble cut, and no tweeters at all it still...

The sterling is a great bass, great neck, easy to play, but the active electronics in mine are just too bright, brittle and hissy, and I'm getting tired of replacing batteries. I guess I should say that my Sterling was from the first year they made them, so maybe there are mods to make the...

Hello from Texas, I love the way the MM Sterling feels and plays, but I'm getting tired of it's "active" sound, there's way too much brittle high-end for my taste, even with the tone controls in deep cut mode. Plus, I'm getting tired of replacing batteries. So my first question to this...

Hello from Texas, I've been playing bass for about 40 years now. I have an old Fender, a MM Sterling and a cheap 3/4 acoustic. I'm pretty old school - Sun, Stax/Volt, Motown, Jamerson, Chuck Rainey, McCartney, Duck Dunn are big influences. When I play this syle, I play the old Fender...