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Stingray 5 three way switch question.......

#21
I recently had a similar situation with my SR5. One of the wires coming off one of the coils needed to be re-soldered. I was able to diagnose the issue using the screwdriver on pole piece technique mentioned above. Until the fix I was basically in single coil mode, regardless of selector switch position.

However, my bass is almost 30 years old. I can't imagine this being a problem with a new one, especially if the single coil option is no more. If yours is used and made before the change to the switch function then it might be worth looking into. If new I'd let Ernie Ball take care of it to make sure the electrical guts are all functioning properly.
 
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1987 - Alnico, three-way pickup selector for series, single and parallel combinations
1991 - Pole pieces changed from Alnico to Ceramic
1992 - a hum-cancelling "phantom" coil was added for noise reduction in single coil mode
2008 - back to Alnico. The phantom-coil was removed. Single-Coil Mode replaced by an Enhanced Parallel setting.
 
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HeavyDuty said:
It’s a phantom coil for single coil position - it gives you hum free single coil.
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packrat said:
I don't think so, phantom coils appear very differently in the control diagram for the stingray 5HS

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ddnidd1 said:
What does this filter do?



The Phantom Coil on older SR5's and the 'Filter' used on the newer SR5's are two different, unrelated things.
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As these others have mentioned, the filter has nothing to do with the hum canceling coil. It, most likely, has more to do with shaping tone, but in what way?
 
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I had this issue with mine when I got it. I wondered what the point of the switch was as I could barely tell any difference in positions and even then I wondered if I was only thinking that I heard a difference. After many hours on it and then trying it at some gigs (different rooms), i could tell more or a difference. Still isnt a huge difference usely (its a stingray after all) but there is something there fore sure. Some rooms are easier to tell for me than others.

...maybe give it time? My ears had to adjust to it, maybe yours do too?
 
#30
hello guys.
I have got a SR5 piezo made in 2001. Great axe. I added a passive switch which simply connects the coil blade selector exit (white wire on the switch) to the jack hot. of course controls and piezo are gone in passive.
The 3 positions of the coil blade switch(from neck to bridge) are series, single, parallel, rather audible in their differences and still noticeble either passive or active. Passive tones are perfectly usable and desirable though the very transparent active EQ in flat give the same, slightly and musically compressed. Passive remains just a back up option.
An issue I had: series got dull and lower in volume. The cause turned out to be, probably handling the pcb back and forth to install the passive switch, a broken wire lose from the pcb. The green wire from the neck coil. Resoldered and it is back to businnes.
I have now the SR for close to 10 yrs and I do not understand I could spend first 25yrs of bass playing without. I have a good slate of top notch instruments and in the Leo department I had many fine instruments. But SR5 one voice and infinite nuances are definitely a reliable and inspiring statement.
 
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