Nice. I saw Don Carlos couple times at an Indian reservation. Both times, they hired him to play the shows for their private party. Maybe only about 50 people at either gig. It was awesome!
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Are stingrays really one trick ponies?
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Nice. I saw Don Carlos couple times at an Indian reservation. Both times, they hired him to play the shows for their private party. Maybe only about 50 people at either gig. It was awesome!
They sure have...They do...and it sure does !
Just listen to this little gem from 1976
Early two band goodness
definitely not a P bass...I have two
1976...its a very early 2 band ray...you can hear the subtle grind and a bit of clack when he's digging in on the chorus
I've had my '99 SR5 for a month and a half now, and brought it to a 3-hour gig for "Veteran's Family Day" at a nearby VFW. We played old country (Fightin' Side of Me), new country (Amarillo by Morning), old rock (Brown Eyed Girl), and whatever else (rockabilly!) we could dig out of our collective memories due to the lack of rehearsal time.
The 'Ray worked fine, and I even got a bass solo, no, two, if you count that little run after the third verse of BEG. It helped that I had strung it with TI Jazz
Flats.
Here's me, waiting for the gig to start on the obligatory flatbed trailer in the Texas sun:
The 'Ray worked fine, and I even got a bass solo, no, two, if you count that little run after the third verse of BEG. It helped that I had strung it with TI Jazz
Flats.
Here's me, waiting for the gig to start on the obligatory flatbed trailer in the Texas sun:
:thumbup:
There are no one trick instruments - only one trick players.
The 5-string stingray is one of the best basses I've ever played.
Greetz
The 5-string stingray is one of the best basses I've ever played.
Greetz
Well put. This can be a response for so many threads. Rightfully so it can also end them...
Ok how about this?
Johnny Christ/Metal/Stingray
Tony Levin/Prog rock, Stingray 4 and 5
Paul Denman/Jazz (Sade) ,Stingray 4
The exact same bass,3 completely different tones.
If a Stingray is a one trick pony,then the P-bass is even more so.
Johnny Christ/Metal/Stingray
Tony Levin/Prog rock, Stingray 4 and 5
Paul Denman/Jazz (Sade) ,Stingray 4
The exact same bass,3 completely different tones.
If a Stingray is a one trick pony,then the P-bass is even more so.
My Stingray 5 H is a beautiful instrument, suitable to any style of music. I love it. The three band EQ and hand placement allow me to get so many different sounds. Though, I'm sure the same could be said for many instruments.
I've just bought a musicman sterling which I consider very very similar to the stingray and the one thought I had after playing with it at a practice was "the sound of this bass is far more responsive to my technique than any other bass I've played"
My p bass has so many sounds I can get out of it by adjusting my right hand, my new sterling has so many more
My p bass has so many sounds I can get out of it by adjusting my right hand, my new sterling has so many more
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For me this is becoming a tired, and almost obnoxious cliche.
There are versatile bassists, and there are versatile basses. People are asking questions about how versatile the basses are. That means, for those who have a rough time understanding the question, how many different sounds can the bass itself produce, even if you're a novice. Clearly, a Jazz can do more than P. A Stingray HS can do more than a Stingray H. And so on and so forth...
So there.
And I know we all know what we're talking about. Some poeple just wanna be wize-asses.
A hell of a lot of different sounds. With the choice of a HH or HS 'ray, and a 3 (or 2) band on-board pre amp, plus playing in different positions, there's a huge range! One trick pony my arse.
I'm having a rough time understanding your narrow interpretation of the original question. Why only in the hands of a beginner?
The one-pickup Stingray has a more versatile EQ than the Jazz bass. Therefore, it makes as many useful sounds in the hands of a beginner.
Moving onward, depending on how you use your hands, any decent bass can make a similarly wide variety of sounds.
Doug Parent
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Actually I was just thinking the same thing. Without coil switching and a flexible EQ, I think just about ANY one pickup bass has a basic singular voice based on it's pickup location.
What I disagree with is the rather flimsy term "one trick pony" applied to a musical instrument that can be quite expressive in the hands of a creative person.
It's not like a single pickup bass can be compared to a AAA fuel dragster, lets face it, you can't drive a dragster down to the store for some half and half. THATS a "one trick pony" of a motor vehicle.
Maybe this ongoing discussion of a Stingray being a one trick pony contains a fundamental fallacy, which as we know, for anything to persist, it must contain a lie.
IMO they have a very usable and versatile EQ (3 band is mental) and they are quite sensitive to technique, that is to say responsive and articulate...
Quite the bag of tricks 😉
Quite the bag of tricks 😉
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People are asking about a bass. Not about a player. Some basses are capable of more tones than others. Period. It's simple. A lot of people feel the need to chime in with, "It's not the bass, it's the player". To that, I and most of us, will say, duh! A person who can play can do a whole lot more with a bass that isn't versatile, than an unskilled person can do with a bass with tons of versatility. But these threads, which are posted in the basses, not technique section, aren't asking about the player. They're asking about the bass. Does that make sense now?
