Are you a Stingray H or HH owner or both

[mdogs]

I wish they'd bring back HS for the other models. I'm not a fan of neck humbuckers generally, and the HS gives the right amount of flexibility with simpler controls and more room but the neck. I know Sire has an HS model now, but it uses the standard preamp and I doubt it has "the sound".

Agreed, HS Rays for me are the ultimate, it really is too bad they no longer make them.

 

[Michael Jewels]

Here's mine.

I like the two pickup models, but I've always liked basses with one pickup, as they force you to get the tone with what you have.

It makes you think a little more.

Mkke

 

[Element Zero]

It's the best MusicMan pickups config in my opinion.

Love my Bongo HS Piezo
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Mmm… a Nathan East Yamaha AND a BFR fretless?!?!?

 

[fhtagn]

Both. Four and five strings. Fretted & fretless. Both special and pre-special. EBMM & SBMM. I might have a small problem.

 

[Nuage420]

I had a StingRay Special with an HH first. Loved the bass, but ended up selling it for one reason or another. I picked up another Special, but this time just a single H. Played great. Unfortunately, it became a victim of needing to downsize all of my gear before my family moved a couple of years ago.

I picked up a 1993 StingRay H after the move when I joined another band here. I thought that was the best sounding bass of the three.

Yeah I like the tone of the pre specials better as well

 

[dave64o]

I've owned three Stingrays, still have two that are lifetime keepers. All have been HH.

I get why people love the single H configuration, but I love the variety of tones on the HH, even at the cost of not having all H tones. And Position 4, the inner coils, is my favorite combination but it's not available on the H.

 

[Rdore2000]

I had an H Old Smoothie and sold it. Now I have a Sterling 4 HH which I only play in the bridge pickup position.

 

[InhumanResource]

Just curious how many people own as stingray H or HH or both?
I have both

HH but I just use the one normal pickup almost all the time.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

HH Special ftw.

 

[PapaBearBass]

It's the best MusicMan pickups config in my opinion.

Love my Bongo HS Piezo
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That looks sweet

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Yes!!!

 

[mikeswals]

Single H for me.

The only two-pickup ones I really liked were the HS. But the single H is just "home" for me.

 

[Bass_guy_2008]

I have 3 single H Sting Ray basses. I really like the classic Sting Ray sound. I prefer my Sabre over the HH basses I have played. For me the Sabre is more comfortable to play, and I like the sound of the early 2 band preamp.

 

[Al1885]

Yes!!!

Love the Bling!!!

 

[RandomKaren]

Single H, my first and only Stingray.

 

[Al1885]

Single H, my first and only Stingray.

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Oh My!

 

[Element Zero]

Yes!!!

Gah… yer killin me with that white with gold 5HH annd I don't even like gold hardware. And the flamed maple board looks on the fretless? It looks edible.

 

[AcadianBassman]

HS here, would not be opposed to adding a different model to the stable.

 

[skyline_01]

Fretted HH Special, fretless H.

The fretless actually started life as a SUB, but the only stock things left on it are the control plate and knobs. So, if we're splitting hairs, it's not a "full" Stingray but its feel and sound are indistiguishable.

 

[dave64o]

HS here, would not be opposed to adding a different model to the stable.
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I've never seen an HS in a store so I could try it, but that config always seemed like one I would really like.

BTW, I love that pickguard!