New Stingray player here. I have a roasted maple w/lacquer classic 4 and wondering if a tone similar to it can be dialed in on this new 5. I played one at GC, but it was too noisy to really hear. Felt great, though. Would love to hear opinions.
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Stingray 5 30th Anniversary
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Which SR5 are you referring to? If its a standard SR5 or the 30th anniversary model.....blade switch to the rear.....cut the mids on the bass.....adjust treble and bass as needed.....This should get you there......On my 30th, blade to the front give a more midrange growl with less highs.....The middke position is a single coil sound....Thinner, more highs.....I like the blade to the rear which uses the 2 pu coils in parallel......Lots of nuances in there.......
All my comments are about the 30th SR5.....Great bass! Have a Bongo also......Great in a very different way.
Can't wait for mine to arrive but in October.... drool
I also ordered a Stingray 5 30th Anniversary bass from EBMM and was given an expected delivery date in October...last week they bumped the delivery date to November.
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Bass Central posted that they received one yesterday if anyone is looking to buy. Maple FB version.
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songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
Gotta love that decent gap on the bass side of the neck joint. Yet again, another instance when I don't get the "stellar build quality" that people hype up so much with MM. I've only seen two good ones (no gaps, straight necks, lined-up strings over fretboard and poles), and the rest had build flaws to really make me question their price tags.
The craziest example, was when I bought a PDN Bongo 6, in the Neptune Blue finish, from Bass Central. The neck wasn't straight, and action was too high for having bottomed-out saddles. This is preference next, as the fretboard was like an aircraft carrier. I compared it to my Peavey G-V at the time, and the Bongo got annihilated in just about every category. Bongo was $2200-2300, and the Peavey was bought for $600.
I want to like MM, but they keep bombing with my experiences (which are a lot).
The craziest example, was when I bought a PDN Bongo 6, in the Neptune Blue finish, from Bass Central. The neck wasn't straight, and action was too high for having bottomed-out saddles. This is preference next, as the fretboard was like an aircraft carrier. I compared it to my Peavey G-V at the time, and the Bongo got annihilated in just about every category. Bongo was $2200-2300, and the Peavey was bought for $600.
I want to like MM, but they keep bombing with my experiences (which are a lot).
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Sam Ash, Margate, Florida, has one on the wall.....Too late...."out of stock"...
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
Cool......Was at Sam Ash Monday....Still on the wall.....The suspense is killin' me....Picked up this Sterling.....Had bought it 3 1/2 years ago....Returned it because I sucked on 5 string, at the time.....The bass had been hanging high up on the wall.....I got it "out of music store prison".....I only play 5 strings now....We were wait
No link.....Looks like mine...Roasted maple fingerboard....Didn't play it.....But....Go to Sam Ash site......You will probabky see it there....My Sterling had a photo on their site....
