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EBMM StingRay Special Club

#3,881
Jughead6 said:
I was really alluding to the sad demise of the fretless Stingray. You have a fine collection, but I feel it would benefit from an unlined fretless 5er.
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Ahhh...I gotcha. You know, I had one. It was an ‘06 5HH unlined that Was so much fun to play and sounded wonderful. Besides messing around with it at home, I just never used it. I wanted to love that bass, but it never made it on the road. I should’ve just kept it, but I don’t tend to keep anything not getting used.
 
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#3,882
bovinehost said:
Everyone is going to have an opinion, sure, and I can be a caveman about things I like (the older stuff is always better, innit?) but I love these tuners. I expected them to feel different, of course, but I didn't expect them to feel better - they're thicker, maybe? And seem to be coated. They feel GOOD when you grab 'em to turn.
Is that just me?
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I like the older stuff, but generally prefer modern innovative stuff. I'm not one of those old school guys, if you know what I mean. I've had the impression that these tuners are coated, not a bad thing by itself but I prefer the feel and the size of the classic EBMM tuners. The same is for the input jack, I prefer the one on my Caprice and older Rays.
 
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Hypercaffium said:
I like the older stuff, but generally prefer modern innovative stuff. I'm not one of those old school guys, if you know what I mean. I've had the impression that these tuners are coated, not a bad thing by itself but I prefer the feel and the size of the classic EBMM tuners. The same is for the input jack, I prefer the one on my Caprice and older Rays.
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I understand your outlook. I scowled and scowled at the "new" lighter Bongo tuners for months. Where were my giant clover leaf tuners? I NEEDED THOSE BACK. Now, I'm like, "Well, they're lighter, aren't they, you idiot."
 
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bovinehost said:
I know the peeps on this thread know this already, but *(&^ing *&$%! This sounds a LOT different than my other two SR5s. Bigger. More open. Definitely more power in that preamp. And notes, it seems to me, just JUMP off that ebony. I think I have my desert island Stingray 5.
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Yes many of us think the same - in fact apart from my Old Smoothie my 4 and 5 string HH Specials get most of the playing time - the main question and choice for a gig is 5 string or 4? I think it's going to be 5 tonight!!

And have you tried turning that bass knob up - it's a bit like the power of a Bongo.......

The aqua blue sparkle is a great colour.

I'm as traditional in view as is possible with Stingrays and love the original tuners - however these new tuners are clever - look very similar to the old from the front but the gear at the back is different - and they're much lighter (as is the whole bass of course) the new tuners on my Specials have a solid and shiny black coating - not sure if it's paint or some other sort of coating - it's certainly not a powder coating - mine show no sign of wear at all - in fact I'm as little bothered about the black finish peeling off as I am the paint on my car. And to me, they feel great to touch and use.

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Jughead6 said:
It is very light... but I wouldn't trust my bathroom scales to be super accurate.

From what I have heard, 12lb 2oz is also pretty light for a Gibby Victory! :D
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Whew...that's quite the boat anchor LOL! And, I thought my '88 SR5 was heavy!

I have a postal scale that I've weighed mine on. From memory my SR5s come in something like this:

Aqua Sparkle/Ebony SR5H Special - 8 lb 5 oz
Charcoal Sparkle/Ebody SR5HH Special - 9 lb 6 oz
30th Anniversary SR5 - 8 lb 12 oz
'88 SR5 - 10 lb 14.5 oz
 
#3,899
So, I got to put the new-to-me 5HH Special through a gig last night and church this morning. I'm digging the 3rd switch position - just really thick and meaty with mids boosted a bit and treble cut slightly. I'm not a big slapper, but the slap tone on the 3rd position is killer. For church, I used only 3rd position and put a bit of dirt on it from an SCR-DI when the tune called for it. Sounded great. Last night I mainly ran 3rd position and 5th position. I'm not a P-bass guy, but I like 5th position if I'm trying to get close to an original part recorded on a P (or even upright and plucking up on the fretboard). We did an Elvis tune last night and I was able to get a big, thumpy sound out of the 5HH in position 5. I know others have mentioned preferring the 4th position for this, but in the mix, I liked 5th better - at least last night.

For me, I don't see myself using position 2 that much, but I'm still toying around with everything. It's a great bass capable of SO many tones. But after all that, I'll say that I just love the regular single H tone wired in parallel. We'll see if the HH can reign supreme over the H for me, I'm not so sure, but the jury is still out.
 
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