Stingray 5 HS- tones

[lovenotfear]

how does an ernie ball single coil sound? does anyone have any sound clips, or can anyone describe to me what it sounds like? does it sound like a jazz pick up, what is the difference between the HS and The HH configuration?

 

[Double Agent]

IME, it does not sound like a Jazz pickup. It sounds like a cross between a Jazz p/u and a Stingray p/u. Like a really, really fat single-coil. I have only messed around with them in music store environments, but I've played them multiple times and that was the impression I got. Others can probably give you better info, but I thought I'd share what I could.

 

[Figjam]

For years I did not use the single coil setting on my sterling much, but recently, for whatever reason, I fell in love with it. Maybe its because I am using my PJB briefcase right now for practice and it sounds different. But whatever the case, it sounds like a fat single coil. Amazing slap tone. It doesnt have the dynamics of a jazz in the sense that you can tell the coils are all located near each other. Whereas on a jazz you can kind of hear a nice bass side as well as a more trebly side.

 

[lovenotfear]

thanks guys for your input, if anyone else has any input please add it to this thread

 

[kmk42019]

I just bought a SR5 H/S. Ill let you know when I get it next week.

 

[lovenotfear]

thanks, ya i would really like to know what you think when you get it

 

[Nedmundo]

On the Sterling, at least, I think it sounds pretty close to a P-bass. I played an HS Sterling, HH StingRay 5, and P-bass alongside each other at GC one day, and found the Sterling's single coil much closer to the P-bass than was the 'Ray's neck humbucker. It doesn't nail the P-bass tone, but it's closer than a typical J-bass's neck pickup.