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#23
I have checked with the judges, and you may privately refer to this bass as 'premium'.

Any public utterances will result in a small penalty, such as giving me this bass you speak of.

Quit screwing around! Go get that bass!

Jack
 
#24
Fret-less Six said:
Here's a stupid question...I've played the bongo's and I like them and I know they have a serious electronics package, but whats the difference between an HH stingray, and an HH bongo electronics wise? Is the stingray more expensive?
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The Bongo has an 18V preamp, 4 band EQ, blend and unobtainium pups. The Ray has a 9V, 3 band, coil switching and alnico pu suite.
 
#26
bovinehost said:
I have checked with the judges, and you may privately refer to this bass as 'premium'.

Any public utterances will result in a small penalty, such as giving me this bass you speak of.

Quit screwing around! Go get that bass!

Jack
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Thanks for the authorization, Sir! I may get it, but I will have to let some things go to do it. As for Bongos vs. SR5s, I believe that the Bongo is much more powerful, the Stingray has bit more definition. I would also say that the Bongo sounds a bit more generic. The 'Ray simply sounds like a 'Ray.
 
#27
Dr. Cheese said:
Thanks for the authorization, Sir! I may get it, but I will have to let some things go to do it. As for Bongos vs. SR5s, I believe that the Bongo is much more powerful, the Stingray has bit more definition. I would also say that the Bongo sounds a bit more generic. The 'Ray simply sounds like a 'Ray.
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While I wouldnt call the Bongos tone generic, you make a great point that Id like to add to. Youre right, a Ray is a Ray, all day long. The Bongo is capable of getting just about any tone you can think of, so I can understand your meaning when you say it sounds generic. Its just more of a you fill in the blank bass tone. That make sense?

Bottom line is that both the Bongo and StingRay will be a great bass. You wont go wrong with either.
 
#28
I certainly didn't mean generic as a put down. It's just that when I hear a Bongo, I think: "high output active bass." I don't hear a Bongo and go, "that's a Bongo!" As you say, the tone shaping is so great that the Bongo is like a chameleon whereas the SR5 has a very defined character.
 
#29
Dr. Cheese said:
I certainly didn't mean generic as a put down. It's just that when I hear a Bongo, I think: "high output active bass." I don't hear a Bongo and go, "that's a Bongo!" As you say, the tone shaping is so great that the Bongo is like a chameleon whereas the SR5 has a very defined character.
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Yeah, I got you. I didnt mean for my post to seem as if I thought you were "putting the Bongo down", so if it came across that way, it wasnt my intention.

In fact I understand your point very well, and couldnt agree more.
 
#31
I don't have a picture because I haven't bought it. I played again today, it is simply the best sounding Stingray I have ever played, period. It is great getting that classic Stingray sound but with the extra bottom of a neck position pickup. The fit and finish is wonderful. I may not be able to swing it now, but the SR5 HH is the most impressive bass I have seen under $1,500 by a really, really wide margin.
 
#32
Back to the L2500 comparison (sorry)
My only complaint against a G&L L2500 is the three way toggle for the pickups instead of a blend knob.
Does the HH version of the stingray have the blend knob? How do you think they would compare tonewise to a G&L L-2500 considering they are close cousins?
Since I have at least a year before I can save up for my next bass purchase I have plenty of time to look around and ask questions. I've been leaning towards going with an L-2500 but who knows? This looks mighty tempting.
http://www.bassnw.com/New Exotic Basses/musicman_stingray_5HH_natural_RW.htm
 
#33
What's the deal with the new necks? I have been playing an SR5 for the past few years and was extremely psyched to find a new HH SR5 locally. I loved the new sounds, but it felt like they changed the fingerboard radius (flatter) and the neck width at the nut (wider). Am I imagining things? I thought it felt more like a Yamaha neck.

BTW the new nut was pretty swanky too. Is that a Buzz Feiten (sp?) thing?
 
#34
cb56, the SR5 HH does not have a blend control. I thought it worked fine without one, but I think L-2500s work fine too.:D
As for sound, they sound like the Stingrays for sure. The difference is that the pup in the neck position gives much more bottom and one can go for extreme booty on a Stingray in way that had been impossible before now.

Although I need another bass like a hole in my head, I may get that SR5 HH today. If I do, I will give it a much more extensive write up in the near future.
 
#35
Joe Smithberger said:
What's the deal with the new necks? I have been playing an SR5 for the past few years and was extremely psyched to find a new HH SR5 locally. I loved the new sounds, but it felt like they changed the fingerboard radius (flatter) and the neck width at the nut (wider). Am I imagining things? I thought it felt more like a Yamaha neck.

BTW the new nut was pretty swanky too. Is that a Buzz Feiten (sp?) thing?
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Necks are pretty much the same, probably just your imagination. The nut is what they refer too as a compensated nut, don't worry, it needs no special tuning device. It just adds a little more accuracy to the intonation.
 
#36
Idecided not to pull the trigger on the SR5 HH. It's a great bass and I would strongly recommend it to anyone wholike Stingrays. I just felt that after playing it multiple times, I liked it, but not enough to come off the money at this time. I couold see that I was basically going throuogh the "New Bass, I'm so excited syndrome." Once I calmed down, I decided to chill. That said, in the future I may still get one since I have always loved SR5s!
 

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