They both do their own thing, but I agree the secret sauce is in the pickup placement. The L2000 does the things I originally wanted a stingray to do. And they're less expensive!
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Stingray HH
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They both do their own thing, but I agree the secret sauce is in the pickup placement. The L2000 does the things I originally wanted a stingray to do. And they're less expensive!
May I add that the H operates in series when the toggle is on position 1. The HH cannot be run in series. That may be why it sounds the way it does and has a slightly punchier sound.
Recently got my hands on an HH Special.
Pretty bomb in my opinion.
Pretty bomb in my opinion.
‘Quite a collection. Very impressive. I sure hope you get a we appreciate your business Holiday card from MM...LOL.
I own 2013 SR5HH . IMO the tones are quite useful and the selector switch let´s you change settings very quickly. I mostly play latin music (cumbia and salsa) and typically use the 4th position (inner coils) on most songs. But use the 3rd position (both on) for ballads and bossa nova songs. 2nd position (outer coils) is cool for pick playing and slap. 1st and 5th position are great for soloing as they really cut through the mix.
This is exactly why people say they don’t sound he same. It’s not about the pickup placement . It’s the lack of running in series option.
Along with the neck pickup being too close to the fingerboard and the string spacing is why I sold my Stingray5 Special HH.
The single H Sting Ray is parallel.
The bridge pickup on the HH Sting Ray is also in parallel, in position 1.
There is no difference.
Is that a new change for the Specials? Prior to the Specials, the bridge pickup was run in parallel on both the 4 and 5 string versions.
Where did you see that? Everywhere I look shows that both the 4 string and 5 string run the bridge pickup parallel.
I beg to differ. I tried to attach the pdf from MM, but at 62 it’s beyond my skills. According to them the H can be operated in series.Must be the new specials.
Sorry, I think I responded to the wrong person with that. I didn't mean to say that the SR5 couldn't run in series. I meant to say that the bridge pickup on an SR H is parallel and so is the HH version so there is not a difference. I wanted to say that the SR5 can also run in parallel so there shouldn't be much of a difference in the bridge pickup tone when all are set the same way
. I wasn’t responding to you either LOL. All I know is that according to MM the single H can be operated with coils in series, while the 2H bridge cannot. I do believe that the older pre special humbuckers are parallel only but I’m not sure.
The H Sting Rays are parallel only - no provision for switching between series, or any other configuration.
Haha I see that now. The diagram you mentioned is for the sr5 though which doesn't apply for the 4 string stingrays, be it h or hh. It's actually kind of confusing trying to sort out all of the configuration between 4 string h, hh, and sr5 h since the sr5 h is actually designed to be it's own thing and not just a 5 string version of the stingray.
. I can’t load the schematic on my iPad, but go to the Music Man site, hit Stingray 5H, scroll down to the wiring schematic and you will see that it says position 3 is series. The HH model is parallel.
. Oohhh, I see the confusion. I don’t play 4s. I wonder why they just use series in the SRS5rs only.
I think it's that they designed the sr5 to be it's own thing. The stingray 5 has that selector switch which the 4 string stingrays never had.
4HS is perfect for me. I loved the Stingrays since I started to play bass (my teacher had one and teachethis HS is doing a great jod me the firsts lessons with it). If you are an estethic purist, the H it's your bass, but you miss the huge job that Ernie Ball did with all those new configurations. I use 4 of the 5 positions available nowadays playing Aerosmith's covers.
I see where the confusion is coming from : you're talking about the Sting Ray 5, and several others of us are talking about the Sting Ray.
Yeah, the 5 (single H) has the option to switch between parallel, series, and single coil (and I think there have been some slight adaptations over the years too).
It's usually safer to compare the 5 to a Sterling.
Even comparing a 5H with a 5HH can get messy, as in addition to modes, it also depends if both versions have alnico pickup, or one has a ceramic (let alone piezo).
But with regards to 4 string basses ; the Sting Ray H, and the bridge pickup (position 1) of the Sting Ray HH are identical.
I hope that clears it up...
