Stingray not doing it for me anymore?

[eastcoasteddie]

I'll be the standout. Sell it. You don't like it anymore. You bought it becasue you liked the RHCP funky groves of the mid-90s and now you've grown up and moved on. Your playing style has changed. It is a fine bass and will probably make a new player very happy. Sell it.

Actually, these days I play more Funky stuff than ever before. Back when I bought it, I played more Grunge rock...I know, not necessarily the right bass for Grunge, but it worked.

 

[Dub56]

I agree with you, I used to own Stingrays, even an H/S Stingray.

The tone ended up not doing it for me either. Very well made, nice basses, but I just don't care a lot for the tone anymore. The H/S model DEFINITELY helped a lot though. It gave a ton more tonal options..

I'd say to sell it if you find something you'd rather have, but make sure you really prefer it, and aren't just going through a phase.

 

[fourfinger]

If you have sentimental attachment to it, play it once a month for six months -- at least some of those should be gigs so you remember how it sounds in a stage mix -- and after that if you still want to sell it, you'll have no reason for regrets later.

I did that with my Musicman more than once, and I still have it! It just sounds too good in a mix to part with it. I am glad I still have it, and I have not thought about selling it for a while.

 

[Mikio]

You're just bored of it. It happens, for most of us, no bass lasts forever.

 

[Bassdirty]

My '94 Stingray...the first bass I ever bought brand new...doesn't seem to do it for me anymore. I like how it feels, I like how it plays...but the tone just isn't there for me anymore.

I seemed to have graduated to 5-strings 99.9% of the time, and when I pick up the SR4...I feel kind of blah

Why do my under-$500 dean bases make me play so much better, like I'm excited to play them because they sound so good?

I'm tempted to put it up in the classifieds, but I'm torn being that it does hold a bit of sentimental value to me since I've had it for 14 years and the fact that I've tried new SR's, and they just don't feel the same. Maybe it's because this one is broken in.

I'm so FONCUSED!!!

sooo..try a ray 5.

 

[hands5]

I'd just put away because I had an SR5 and like you I got tired of that tone so I sold it but I wish I would've kept it just for something differen't

 

[RaginRog]

I've bought and sold so many basses, and there are at least 3 basses I absolutely regret selling....
You've had that bass for so long...keep it!!

 

[bassbenj]

Keep it. Basses fall in and out of favor over time. Tons of players go on 5 string kicks for years at a time only to eventually rediscover the joy and simplicity of 4 strings and vice versa. If you let it go, you will never have one just like it ever again. Every collection deserves a Stingray.

This is exactly it. Even though you loved it, a Stingray is a very special bass. The tone is totally unique. The fact that over time you've become bored with it does not mean that it still does not have that unique tone. There is NO shame in trying new bass ideas and sounds (he says with a room full of basses of all kinds). But my advice is the same as most others here. Don't sell it unless you absolutely need to for the money. Just put it in your stable of bass sounds so you can draw on it. One day, some music will come along and it will be the ONLY answer. You'll be thanking us for talking you out of selling it.

 

[TC.65]

I would not sell it, just put it away for awhile. When you pick it up again you will fall in love with it again. I do the same thing with my basses.

 

[number11]

I'd sell it to be honest.

I wish I had the $$$ to keep all the basses I used to own, but that's not reality for most people.

I played Stingrays from 1989 to 1884, and I would never go back. They have die-hard fans, particularly in the states, but if it isn't doing it for you, get rid. The Deans have 2 pickups, and if you liek that sound the one humbucker setup is not gonna do it for you

and you can always buy another one

 

[Never_grew_up]

Don't sell it, just send it to me for safe keeping.

 

[Fawkes007]

Keep it. When I was 15 I bought my first new pro bass - a 1977 StingRay. I sold it in 1985 and wish I hadn't. I landed up trying all kinds of different Fender basses the next couple of years. While they were very nice, I felt something was missing. I landed up buying a new EB StingRay in 1987 which I played almost exclusively for the next 15 years. The '87 has literally been to hell and back with me. I have since moved to passive PJ Mike Lull instruments, but I will NEVER let go of my 87 Ray. Too many memories. Every once in a while I drag her out of the closet to noodle around, but she is "retired." Everyone loved that bass - even my guitar tech and the sound engineers at the Power Station!