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Music Man StingRay Club | PART FIVE
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Got a 5HH coming Monday, 8lbs 2oz!!!!!
Over a pound less than my 2011 5H! Was going to get another 5h, but given the weight, I couldn't pass it up.
Over a pound less than my 2011 5H! Was going to get another 5h, but given the weight, I couldn't pass it up.
Very nice!
Let me know how you like it. I might order a four string version in the same color.
-ScottM
I'm sure I'm gonna love it. Played my '11 5h last night for the last time, although this one here will make up for the loss
.So when do you and I form the Bordwell/Stingray players group, @scottm ?
LOOOOOOOOOVE that!
What year is that? Not sure if it's Honeyburst finish, but it's hard for me to tell on my phone. I have a rosewood fretboard on my Honeyburst but your maple neck makes it look a little different so I'm not sure if that's what it is. Looks pretty, though!
It's a 2024, one of the new colors, "Hot Honey". I love wood tones, and this one really got my eye.LOOOOOOOOOVE that!
What year is that? Not sure if it's Honeyburst finish, but it's hard for me to tell on my phone. I have a rosewood fretboard on my Honeyburst but your maple neck makes it look a little different so I'm not sure if that's what it is. Looks pretty, though!
Hahahaha!I'm sure I'm gonna love it. Played my '11 5h last night for the last time, although this one here will make up for the loss
So when do you and I form the Bordwell/Stingray players group, @scottm ?
Cliff knows I usually keep a few Fenders, Gibsons, and Musicman basses in my bass cave.
Here were my last two.
I miss them, so I’m going to snag a new one.
-ScottM
Nice. I went with a Stingray as a lighter alternative to my main 5, which is a stupidly heavy Wal. Of course, a Stingray doesn't sound like a Wal, but it's more in that ballpark than a P or J ever could be. I don't have that genetic makeup that so many seem to have that find Fenders exciting. Other than when I first started out, I've never even considered one. I'm a big humbucker guy, through and through.
How you like the HH sound compared to the H? Hard to find out the truth without playing, as you have one camp that says not all that different and another that insists it is. The few comparisons I saw online didn't seem all that different (they do with the Sterling, though, but those are wired series, not parallel).
In truth, it has been about 2 years since I have had them, so I wouldn’t be the best to answer that. The HH definitely gives you a more broader range of tones. I just like the H model better because it was lighter and more comfortable to play with my right hand. But both sounded fantastic!
They are probably the nicest production basses I’ve ever owned.
-ScottM
Probably will continue to be the only production bass I own. I have enough.
I don’t blame you. Their finished basses, at least for two I owned, were flawless.
The necks are some of the most comfortable!
-ScottM
Ah, OK. Yeah, the Hot Honey does look a lot like the late, great Honeyburst. And I do like the maple a lot. That's a great looking bass.
The Ray is new to me. Needs a proper setup, suffered from some abuse by an ignorant previous owner. Looks surprisingly good for its age though.
Nice pair of basses. Glad you were able to rescue the StingRay . Thats almost as good was dog rescue.
Great pair of basses!
My first Stingray was a Vintage Sunburst like your Sterling. That's such a pretty finish.
I’ve just picked up a Stingray with a single coil in the P position so nearer the bridge than the single coil on the HS. It was a mod by the previous owner. It also has a tone control and pulling the volume knob puts it into passive mode. It has a stacked bass/treble knob. Using the single coil with the tone at 50% makes it sound very similar to my P bass. Having bass and treble makes it an active P or it can be in passive mode. Using the humbucker has all the usual Stingray tones but turning the tone off gives it a Jaco tone which is unusual for a Stingray. Having both pickups 50/50 gives a sort of scooped Jazz bass sound which works well for slap.
Interesting, body is original? Upper horn looks a little strange.
I think that's a better place for a neck pickup
