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StingRay 5 help

Which Pickup Configuration?

  • Single Humbucker

    Votes: 26 31.7%

  • Double Humbucker

    Votes: 43 52.4%

  • Humbucker SingleCoil

    Votes: 13 15.9%
  • Total voters
    82
#22
BartmanPDX said:
ElBajista, do you have more info on that particular mod? Just curious, as I have a 5HH 'ray coming in February. I'm not particularly inclined to mod it, as it will be a Dargie limited edition bass, and I'm also of the school of thought that simpler is better, in that more wiring = more noise, however, I'm still quite curious. I want to be sure I can get all the classic single-H sound out of my new 'ray . . .
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I don't have any more info, it was just a though. It's shouldn't be hard to do since the coils are already split-able when stock. It would be fine to do it to your new bass, since it's easily reversable.

If you wired it how I mentioned (ser/par/sc for each pickup) with the 3 way strat-style switch as a pickup selector, you'd have no problem with getting the classic single-H SR5 tone.

I would set it up as a master volume+3band EQ pots, two toggle switches for ser/par/sc, and the bigger 3-way strat-style switch for pickup selection. I'd get a new pickguard for the mod, since I'd want to keep the stock electronics and pickguard for easy switching between formats.
 
#24
I love that my SR5 can go parallel, single, series, but for my tastes, I use parallel 95% of the time. I've played the SR5 HH and I would definitely use more of the options on that bass. It can deliver a much fatter tone than the normal SR, but still have that SR bite and growl. But if a normal SR has the exact sound you want, just go for that one. You'll be more than happy.
 
#28
I've got a 10 year old SR5-H (maple), a SR5-H Fretless and a new SR5-HH (rosewood) and I voted for the SR5-H. I realize that you can solo the bridge on the HH and it should sound like the H, but it just doesn't (to my ears) no matter how you twiddle the knobs flip the switch, it just doesn't have the same growl as the old H model. At first I thought it might be the maple neck but the fretless has the same basic sound as the maple H model so it has to be the electronics. I did pickup a Godin BG5 (Dunks) the other day that is a nice complement to the SR5-H. Very round and warm for a full active pup.
 
#30
the small space between the neck and the neck pup was an issue for me cause I pop a lot. I have a sterling HH 4-string. I can barely put my 2 fingers and it's even more difficult if you move a lot on the stage. I solved the problem... bought a sadowsky!

the HH has definitely more tone possibilities. if weight is an issue, get the sterling. you'll still have the MM growl less.
 
#33
ElBajista said:
I don't have any more info, it was just a though. It's shouldn't be hard to do since the coils are already split-able when stock. It would be fine to do it to your new bass, since it's easily reversable.

If you wired it how I mentioned (ser/par/sc for each pickup) with the 3 way strat-style switch as a pickup selector, you'd have no problem with getting the classic single-H SR5 tone.

I would set it up as a master volume+3band EQ pots, two toggle switches for ser/par/sc, and the bigger 3-way strat-style switch for pickup selection. I'd get a new pickguard for the mod, since I'd want to keep the stock electronics and pickguard for easy switching between formats.
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Thanks for the info, El! :bassist:
 
#35
Ian Perge said:
The H/S doesn't give you any more room between the neck pup and the butt of the neck than the HH - the single coil is placed in the same position that the closest coil of the neck humbucker is in.
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Sorry, but that is just wrong. Pull up some pictures of the H/H and the H/S SR5 models and pay attention to the pickup in relation to the pickguard screws. The H/S clearly gives more room for popping. The single coil appears to be located in the center of where the humbucker would be -- not where the neck coil would be. I am suprised at how often I see this misinformation posted.
 
#36
king_biscuit said:
Sorry, but that is just wrong. Pull up some pictures of the H/H and the H/S SR5 models and pay attention to the pickup in relation to the pickguard screws. The H/S clearly gives more room for popping. The single coil appears to be located in the center of where the humbucker would be -- not where the neck coil would be. I am suprised at how often I see this misinformation posted.
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On the Stingrays, you are correct.

On the Bongos, however, the single coil is, indeed, in the exact same position as the humbucker coil closest to the neck. I am sure this is how the incorrect info surfaced with the Stingrays.
 
#37
Figjam said:
4 and 1 for me. 2 is nice for a jazzy slap tone. But the articulation and warmth of 4 are just really nice. Smooth fingerstyle tone tone with a nice underlying growl and great clear slap tone.
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Yah, I agree. The P-ish nature of position 5 is nice for the blues based material my band gravitates toward. I don't use 1 very often, it doesn't have enough of the stingray growl for some reason. I'm experimenting with strings though :)
 

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