Music Man Stingray: What comes to mind?

[Valerus]

oh and i forgot to answer my own question

I think of Isis and Cliff Williams

Jeff's tone always rules

 

[Holy War]

jazz bass + p bass = sting ray 4

interesting, care to explain?

 

[fredolee16]

Flea, Tony Levin, punchy sound.....................and....................the stupid face of a friend of my that we played in the same show and a lot of people told me that I sound a lot better than him(he played with his original Stingray and I with an OLP copy of the stingray and just a seymour duncan paranormal bass DI. OPSS!!! I love the stingray but since that show,,,,,I love my OLP more because its save me money.....lot of money!!!

 

[James Simonson]

p bass + jazz bass = sting ray 4

The more I try to explain, the more of a sh@# storm is gonna come my way! I feel it's a closer combination than the p bass special.

It's got that jazz punch with the p bass single pickup simplicity. It's quiet with a neck that's in between the two.

If you pluck a stingray in p bass spot, it will sound like a p bass.

There is something killer about it's look and feel. I love it because it's hard to play well. It's a clang machine if I'm not carful. But if I work real hard at it, I know the sound is going out with total charity and the most insane punch. A lot more solid bottom than the rear pickup of a jazz bass.

High end is hard to sculpt but it's in there. The tone refuses to be ignored. It really throws what you're made of, out there.

I feel the instrument has a lot of soul as well.

Is a perfect pairing with the sansamp DI.

 

[cheesemaster]

Timmy C. Natural, maple, black pickguard.

If someone hasn't said it before, His bass does not have a pickguard.

 

[Thorsoundcore]

justin chancellor,colin edwin,and (sadly enough)mark hoppus

 

[troy mcclure]

Roger from Less Than Jake 1st thought

My 1st bass teacher circa 1979, I remember him showing me the string mutes. (He had some cool gear , including a Carl Thompson) 2nd thought

 

[BobKos]

The art of the matching headstock.

The bass that's not for everyone. Me too.

Alluring, yet for me useless.

Yep, I own one too.

 

[IdealWay]

used to have one... don't anymore

 

[Arpeggiator]

Paul Turner, Municipal Waste, funk in general, and Mr Watkins from Obituary

 

[syciprider]

THE bass for me.

 

[pringlw]

3 + 1 Headstock

Awesome tone

Leo Fender's ultimate masterpiece

 

[bassman03]

G.A.S...... a video of Robert Trujillio playing Hit The Lights with it

 

[:DChilis:D]

indestructible, funk, sex, mid range, musicians high,
"Try to keep up guitar'd"
"Can't touch this"

 

[bobalu]

....."Clank"............... fret noise like there's no tomorrow. I've tried string changes, action and pup adjustments, its obviously my (poor) technique. I still own one and pull it out everey so often, clank on it, then put it away for another few months. Best built bass I have ever owned. Absolutely flawless in every respect. But it still clanks.

 

[bovinehost]

That creepy bovine guy who is most definitely lurking this thread right now and reporting back to Sterling Ball on the hour.

Too funny!

I think first of Deacon....besides mine, he was the only muso I saw with one at the time.

But really......Tony Levin.

 

[Jeff K]

For me, the first person that popped into my mind when I saw this thread was Cliff Williams. I can't believe it got to page 5 of the thread before anybody mentioned him!

 

[unclekebm]

awesome build quality
great feeling neck
heavier than Oprah

 

[Joe Kyle]

the first bass i gassed over, as an older friend of mine had one with the autumn redburst....


.... and i now have that exact same bass, 7 years later.

The stingray is awesome to me, as well as for me, and i also have a p-bass with flats to compliment it perfectly.

 

[iplaybasstexas]

i think of sex magic. what that bass produces