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SBMM Stingray Short scale

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mikecd1 said:
I really like the nordstrand mm4.2 I put in mine and think it nails the vintage tone and also gives one of the best single coil sounds I’ve ever heard. I posted a wiring diagram of it a few pages back.
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i ended up picking up the mm4.4, your posts were helpful!

did you end up swapping any pots? i know you mentioned doing 250k for volume and tone and I believe the stock tone pot is 100k on these.
 
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manchego_eggo said:
i ended up picking up the mm4.4, your posts were helpful!

did you end up swapping any pots? i know you mentioned doing 250k for volume and tone and I believe the stock tone pot is 100k on these.
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I made a harness with 250k pots and liked the way it sounded very much and felt the sound a bit clearer than the 100k pots and used with a .1uf tone cap.
 
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When I got my SBMM short scale, it came with rounds. They were ok but a bit too bright for what I was looking for. I changed them for D’addario tape wounds. I like them, except the G string. At times it just seemed evil bright. I found myself avoiding the bass because of the G string (except for certain songs like Sir Duke where it seemed to work). So, I finally decided to try a set of labella DTFs 760FL. We’ll, howdy! To me they sound great. Only took about a week to settle in. The G string is once again my friend, and the stingray gets chosen regularly now.
 
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Old gold said:
When I got my SBMM short scale, it came with rounds. They were ok but a bit too bright for what I was looking for. I changed them for D’addario tape wounds. I like them, except the G string. At times it just seemed evil bright. I found myself avoiding the bass because of the G string (except for certain songs like Sir Duke where it seemed to work). So, I finally decided to try a set of labella DTFs 760FL. We’ll, howdy! To me they sound great. Only took about a week to settle in. The G string is once again my friend, and the stingray gets chosen regularly now.
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These SS Rays love Flats! I have Roto 77's on now which I like and had a set of Thomastik TI Flats, which were fantastic as well.
 
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Old gold said:
When I got my SBMM short scale, it came with rounds. They were ok but a bit too bright for what I was looking for. I changed them for D’addario tape wounds. I like them, except the G string. At times it just seemed evil bright. I found myself avoiding the bass because of the G string (except for certain songs like Sir Duke where it seemed to work). So, I finally decided to try a set of labella DTFs 760FL. We’ll, howdy! To me they sound great. Only took about a week to settle in. The G string is once again my friend, and the stingray gets chosen regularly now.
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You gotta adjust that pup height. Almost everyone complains about that with this bass
 
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mikecd1 said:
Never tried the Roto's, but really like the tapewound daddario flats that someone here suggested. Great feel and punchy deep tone. I have those TI flats on my Hoffy and love 'em!
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Rotosound 77s are great flats. I put them on my Mikro. They are pretty bright for flats and fairly stiff. They are really rock flats though. I would go TI or maybe LaBella if you want that more muted tone and flexible feel.
 
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Old gold said:
When I got my SBMM short scale, it came with rounds. They were ok but a bit too bright for what I was looking for. I changed them for D’addario tape wounds. I like them, except the G string. At times it just seemed evil bright. I found myself avoiding the bass because of the G string (except for certain songs like Sir Duke where it seemed to work). So, I finally decided to try a set of labella DTFs 760FL. We’ll, howdy! To me they sound great. Only took about a week to settle in. The G string is once again my friend, and the stingray gets chosen regularly now.
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My EBMM Tim Commerford passive shorty has the older style bridge with the individual string mutes that is thru-body only, so I bought a set of the La Bella 760F-MUS flats designed for the U.S. Mustang for it.
 
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Old gold said:
When I got my SBMM short scale, it came with rounds. They were ok but a bit too bright for what I was looking for. I changed them for D’addario tape wounds. I like them, except the G string. At times it just seemed evil bright. I found myself avoiding the bass because of the G string (except for certain songs like Sir Duke where it seemed to work). So, I finally decided to try a set of labella DTFs 760FL. We’ll, howdy! To me they sound great. Only took about a week to settle in. The G string is once again my friend, and the stingray gets chosen regularly now.
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Same strings I have on my SBMM. One additional mod I made was to replace the 100K tone pot with a 500K tone pot as I prefer a brighter tone with those flats. Wow! I've had it that way for about 6 months and played several gigs with it. For me, perfect tone with punch for days. YMMV
 
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soflbass said:
And by the way, the pots in those are minis. Standard sized pots will not fit in the cavity.
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This is not the case for my white Sterling Stingray Shorty.
I have installed a normal volume potentiometer plus a normal Fender NoLoad Tone potentiometer.
The connections of these two potentiometers point towards the bridge.
Between the MM pickup switch and the tone potentiometer I added a three-way switch (on-on-on) for the next pickup in the neck position.
 
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XP2aficionado said:
View attachment 5322040 This is not the case for my white Sterling Stingray Shorty.
I have installed a normal volume potentiometer plus a normal Fender NoLoad Tone potentiometer.
The connections of these two potentiometers point towards the bridge.
Between the MM pickup switch and the tone potentiometer I added a three-way switch (on-on-on) for the next pickup in the neck position.
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so you added another pup in the neck position? can we ask what? and see a photo?
 
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The Model J is the only one I'm sure can compete with that neodymium beast of a MM pickup.
Single coil form factor is a must, as I said.
Has anyone installed a single coil in the neck position? Experiences? Suggestions for other pickups? What goes with this MM monster?
 
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