Stingray HH

[ComeHomeShane]

@OP

No. I really love my Ray Special H. Super versatile. The HH is cool, but I most of the tones you can get with it I will never use. On the other hand, the Sterling HH is fantastic and most of those tones are easily useable.

 

[Valvehead]

I like my HS Neck Through 5.
A humbucker in neck position instead of a single doesn't add much.

 

[Element Zero]

...although I do a lot of slap and prefer open area there.

Precisely why I’m not a fan of an HH. My 2000 SR5 H is near perfection.

 

[sikamikanico]

It's my favorite Stingray so far, but haven't yet tried the HS version. I particularly like positions 2 and 4, one single coil from each pickup. I don't slap, so the extra pickup at the neck does not bother me.

I will say, tho, I'm not a fan of the H Stringray. It works sometimes, but I need my neck pickup for full versatility. Then again, if you have 5 other basses, might as well have the classic Stingray H (which does look the best of all).

 

[Tubehed]

It's my favorite Stingray so far, but haven't yet tried the HS version. I particularly like positions 2 and 4, one single coil from each pickup. I don't slap, so the extra pickup at the neck does not bother me.

I will say, tho, I'm not a fan of the H Stringray. It works sometimes, but I need my neck pickup for full versatility. Then again, if you have 5 other basses, might as well have the classic Stingray H (which does look the best of all).

I do flirt with slapping and can get away with it on my HH. It is possible. However, if slap is primarily your style, or even 50/50, I would say single H all the way. You have the wide open space.

I will say, though, I've gotten some great slap tones from pickup positions 2 and 4 on my HH.

 

[CarpeBasso]

The SR5 HH is the best guitar I've ever owned.

 

[elpancho]

I voted loved HH, it don’t bother me I can still slap on it as I do on my H

 

[InhumanResource]

Has anyone here used a stingray HH I played one the other day but I want to know what y’all think of it.

I like them well enough but I like L2000’s more. Definitely not enough for me to spend what is usually on a stingray price tag.

 

[OkanaganDC]

I love my HH SLO Special. I mainly use positions 2 and 4 as well. I’m a finger style player that’s the best sound to my ears. Stingray bass quality is fantastic, almost as good as my F basses.

 

[Corevalay]

I don't particularly like them, only because IMHO the neck pickup and the various combinations don't really give me a lot of tones that I find to be useable. For me personally, I prefer the 4H Special. YMMV.

This is my exact thought. It's not that they sound BAD by any stretch, but I could never love any of them.

 

[Jorgebassguy]

I like it when it is used for just soft songs because the neck pickup was perfect for that but I play primarily slap so the pickup was two big for where I pop

 

[Hevy T]

Sure it's just a Sterling but I am a believer and I couldnt leave her if I tried

 

[nilorius]

Well i just looked and heard a good audio-video review on this instrument. I think it is quite agresive and very universal for mostly all music types.

 

[Killing Floor]

Center position is more power than most people are equipped to handle. I'll give you that.

Put my grandma in a McLaren and it either doesn't start, crashes in the parking lot, or peels out and stalls.
It's cool that so many of y'all know your limits.

 

[Flacco]

I tried playing the SBMM HH for a while in my classic rock/ southern rock band but I only found a couple of the tones workable. The clincher for me was neck pickup got in the way of my fingers doing finger style or trying to pop during slapping sessions. I just couldn't get comfortable with it so off it went.

 

[Medicine Man]

I use the neck pickup pretty often on my HH. I dont have a single H as a basis of comparison, though.

 

[Mikey F]

I have had both. Currently have an HH and I like it a lot.

 

[mouthmw]

I don’t care for the tones of the Stingray HH neck pup or the combination of both pups, it’s all awfully characterless, scooped, boomy and unusable to me. I also greatly prefer the looks of the single H rays. Neck pups gets in the way for slapping for me because my action is low. So no HH for me thanks.

 

[richwag]

I like them well enough but I like L2000’s more. Definitely not enough for me to spend what is usually on a stingray price tag.

Agree. I think the L2000s neck pickup is in a more useful position than the MM HH.

 

[Wood and Wire]

Also, I don't understand how people can claim there is a difference in sound between a H and an HH with the bridge pup soloed. The pups are in the EXACT same location on both basses. Both basses are identical except for one having an additional pup and 5 way switch.

I think it's hangover from the Sabre : people are seeing two pickups, and making uninformed assumptions???