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EBMM StingRay Special Club
- Thread starter MultiScaleMale
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Especially since he was playing import versions and not a single pre Ernie Ball , or Ernie Ball MusicMan.
Those were Sterling By MusicMan versions.
His video made no sense to me either.
I think so, yes. I found a local shop which will have a couple of H and HH Special Rays next month.
Yeah those are SBMMs, but the ergonomics are pretty much the same. The tone difference he's demonstrating and claiming is something I'd just ignore. He does have his own take on the ergonomics difference though, some might feel different about that, some might agree to a point.
That new poplar burl one is really really nice looking though (and sounds great in the video)!
That new poplar burl one is really really nice looking though (and sounds great in the video)!
That is mis information, I too have played every type of Stingray and there is no HH that sounds like a single H 2 band Stingray no matter how you configure it. Yes you can get it close but for anyone who is familiar with the 2 band single H tone will know that it does not get there The Guy in the video states this fact and although he does not mention the 2 band exclusively his point stands. You can probably get it very close to a standard 3 band single H,but most definetley not a single H 2 band Stingray
The Stingray Special gets very close.
I have a Classic Sabre 2 band - that is an HH 2 band - I may be wrong but I think you could get a neck through Stingray with 2 band and 2 pick ups.
But that guy is playing SBMM basses.
Did he turn the treble up full on the H and not the HH?
I use my HH Specials most of the time and am more than happy with the single H sound from them.
It was a bit odd that guy didn't show the HH slap sounds - on the centre setting its the Louis Johnson Sabre sound - much more Mark King than the single H version. Also you can get a Jazz type or Precision type slap sound. The only trade off is you have to be a little more accurate with your slapping hand.
I slap and tend to use the centre setting on an HH.
I use my HH Specials most of the time and am more than happy with the single H sound from them.
It was a bit odd that guy didn't show the HH slap sounds - on the centre setting its the Louis Johnson Sabre sound - much more Mark King than the single H version. Also you can get a Jazz type or Precision type slap sound. The only trade off is you have to be a little more accurate with your slapping hand.
I slap and tend to use the centre setting on an HH.
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Correct. There is a great difference between the two- and three-band preamps. But we’re talking about the difference between H and HH StingRay Specials — using non-Specials and non-EB basses as examples in some instances — and they are all three-band.
On the subject of pick-guards.... any MM 4 string Stingray pick-guard will fit the 4 HH Special? Are there
I am trading in an old friend (which kinda breaks my heart, but I rarely ply it these days). Its a '83 Cutlass1 (graphite neck). I have been looking a while for a worthy replacement and think I have finally found it (4/HH Special). It's coming today!
I can change my find and send the Special back, but I have a feeling I won't be doing so.
I am trading in an old friend (which kinda breaks my heart, but I rarely ply it these days). Its a '83 Cutlass1 (graphite neck). I have been looking a while for a worthy replacement and think I have finally found it (4/HH Special). It's coming today!
I can change my find and send the Special back, but I have a feeling I won't be doing so.
Older pickguards won't fit the Special due to the extra fret.
I’m in the process of thinning things down, yes.
The Special 5HH works so well for me everything else is gathering dust.
There is far more tonal difference between my early 90s 3band 4H stingray and my 2000s 3band 4H Stingray than the 2000s Ray and any 4HH I've had and ALL of them are ernie ball designs off of the original Leo design. I've experienced no tonal differences between the bridge pickups of each. Again, it's the same pickup in the same place thru the same preamp. The same would apply with Specials. The guy in the video is holding a modern 3band import 4H stingray and calling it a fender design as if it's a 70s stingray. Also the guy in the video is talking about and using a 3band 4H, not a 2 band. Yes, I understand the difference and have used both, but I'm not talking about 2band stingrays.
Please be up to speed on both what I actually said and what we are actually discussing before saying I'm spreading 'misinformation'. Thanks.
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I'm considering selling my early 90s Ray, which I thought was a lifer, and I may sell my Enfield. I find I'm exclusively using the Special and my Warwick.
Lately, I’m playing my Caprice more. I think I’m going through a passive phase.
I am trading in my beloved '83 Cutlass1 (graphite neck) for my Special 4 HH. While it breaks my heart to part with an old friend, I think the Special will be a worthy replacement (new bass is at my house now.... going to be a long workday...).
No I haven't because there isn't much overlap, though I am considering letting one bass go anyway but not because of the StingRay I just don't play it.
I haven’t parted with any of my other basses not shown in this pic that are now collecting dust... but I got to admit that I can’t put my Stingrays down!
After all the years of not being a fan, I’ll admit it, I’m in love!
These two basses are so different thanks to the fretboards and electronics. I difinitly play them differently too because of the different tone I get out of them.
The ebony bass is all bite and soooo light weight!!! The white bass hurts my teeth because I keep them clinched I’m so focused on the mellow grooves I can put out.
I’m so thankful I took the leap and bought one, there is no way I’m ever letting them go!
-ScottM
