Great Stingray Tone!

[Dr. Cheese]

I have been seeing videos from the Rebecca Johnson band for years and they always impress. On this video, she really gets a thick and deep tone out of her Stingray that sounds perfect to my ears.

 

[crazycloud]

There's a lady who loves her Stingray 5.

My choir sings a very different version of this song. This version is more to my taste, so it'll be hard not to hear this in my head when we perform next (2 weeks IIRC).

Thanks for the heads up, I'll check out some more of her videos later.

 

[Flaked Beans]

OhOh yeah!

 

[darwin-bass]

I've always been especially impressed by the Stingray's ability to handle the low notes. Fills up high thin out. Low, low stuff (esp low B string) have this great rumbly growly midrange.

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

Rebecca is the real deal, a beast of a player and such a soulful vocalist. Her bandmates are top notch as well!!

 

[VJP]

Is there bad stingray tone?

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Is there bad stingray tone?

Some manage to make Stingrays sound more thin than need to be.

 

[Paradilum]

I'm just jealous of the ability to sing and have an impeccable syncopated groove at the same time.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I'm just jealous of the ability to sing and have an impeccable syncopated groove at the same time.

Amen!

 

[Michael Vee]

Good stuff, Dr. Cheese. Thanks for sharing! I'll seek out some Rebecca music.

 

[ArteK]

This is the coolest version I've ever heard of this song. (And I loved the original.)

I might steal this for my "blues-adjacent" band.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

She the type of musician that could get a great tone out of any bass. Great feel, consistent touch, and deep in tge pocket.

 

[baxter_x]

Am way more impressed by the fact that he plays AND sings perfectly

 

[pbass2]

I've always been especially impressed by the Stingray's ability to handle the low notes. Fills up high thin out. Low, low stuff (esp low B string) have this great rumbly growly midrange.

I don't have a 'Ray, but I have a Kiloton V, and man, that single bridgeward pickup just makes for such clear low notes on the B. With the Kilo and with Ray V's those low notes have such midrange clarity you could almost be fooled into thinking they're being played in a higher register.

 

[Brandon Shea]

I'm just jealous of the ability to sing and have an impeccable syncopated groove at the same time.

Seriously... huge respect to anyone who can do stuff like that. I'm not even sure if I have control over most of my facial muscles while I'm playing!

 

[Lammchop93]

NICE! I can never get a Stingray to sound like that.... mine always sounds too pokey

 

[Low Main]

Always loved Rebecca. And she's seemingly (hopefully) not taking for granted what that fabulous keyboard player can do.

Is there bad stingray tone?

NICE! I can never get a Stingray to sound like that.... mine always sounds too pokey

In my experience, there are some players who can make a Stingray sound like it should.

I'm not one of those players. I had a nice 20 year old Stingray and sold it because I could never get what I thought was a proper Ray sound out of it.

No sense in my keeping a captive beast just so it could sound ordinary in my hands.

 

[USAJO]

Great vocalist. Wow!

 

[matti777]

Rebecca is great but I’m not a fan of playing most of the song on the b string.

 

[Pocket Dave]

Love me some Rebecca J - Always great vocals, playing and band. Her takes on songs are a true blueprint for how to do it "this time with feeling".