How the StingRay HH should have been

[Wood and Wire]

I'd said that many times since they came out. its too far forward, it sounds muddy alone, and it sounds too scooped in all coils mode.
BTW the Sabre existed, and the pickup placement and especially the coil selection, made far more sense than any of the HH Rays.

The only 2 pickup Rays I liked were the HS.

The HS was quite possibly my favourite StingRay tone.

That was the really cool thing about the Sabre (version 2 onwards). Pickup location notwithstanding, that was the only other EBMM that offered that particular configuration, and I'm not entirely sure why it isn't offered in the HH, as either a 6th gear, or ditch the inner coils only option.

 

[Flaked Beans]

I don’t know if anyone has said this, but reducing the frets to 21 or 20 would free space for slappers.

I will confirm that! And I don't slap any more.

 

[Flaked Beans]

actally I do sometimes, just for fun

 

[scubaduba]

Is it possible to wire the neck humbucker to use coil 3 in both position 5 (only coil 3) and in position 2 (coil 1 and coil 3)?

 

[aigman]

I was studying this the other day. There’s an answer there somewhere, I don’t want to pay $200 for a tech to figure it out for me just yet.

 

[Empap]

Anyone agree that the HH version of the StingRay would have been better if the neck pickup was moved closer towards the bridge?

This would instantly solve two of the main issues people have with the HH:
- pickup getting in the way of slapping/popping (especially now with the special having 22 frets)
- neck pickup sounding muddy

Get on it Sterling Ball

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I did it with one of my Sterling Ray4. Except it was not an HH to start with so i have a blend knob instead of the 5way switch, less options unfortunately.

 

[Empap]

Sterling Stingray Ray4 (I believe it to be a 2011)
Pickup had only 2 wires (series wired). So i routed a bigger cavity and put it towards the neck
Bridge pickup from a 2018(?) Stingray, 4 wires so i was able to wire it in parallel
Delano Sonar 2EQ PreAmp, modded with a Stacked Treble/Bass (Originally Vol*-Blend-Treble-Bass)
Vol is push-pull to bypass active circuit, so i can get passive PBass-ish tone with neck pickup.
Unfortunately, no coil-splitting options.

Pros: tonal palette good for almost every genre, leaves space for slapping, two humbuckers next to each other looks killer
Cons: Series/Parallel combo hard to balance because of resistance difference (luckily the blend helps for that), middle position aggressive yet less usable than i thought, in a Jazz or HH Ray, both PU together doesn't sound like both PU together, there's a scoop and/or a boost happening that gives it a distinct tone, in this configuration, it sounds just like both pickups, a little bit of P with a little bit of Ray, so it's nothing impressive

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I see no need to change anything .

 

[Geri O]

This thread be like….

 

[T. Brookins]

Moving it 1/2” worked wonders!

I gave myself some options by making a couple pickguards: