Stingray-the most divisive bass sound?

[Pet Sounds]

I think that EBMM has been very successful in achieving this not only with the revamped Specials but also with the HH models and short scales.

I'm hoping they are working on a 5 string version of the Short Scale. StingRay. The option of a version with passive and active capabilities would be a huge seller.

So would a short scale Bongo 6.

I'm a confirmed 4-string player, but how successful have manufacturers been in making shorties with five or more strings? Would there be issues with string tension?

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I'm a confirmed 4-string player, but how successful have manufacturers been in making shorties with five or more strings? Would there be issues with string tension?

Perhaps….. but if anyone can do it right, it would be EBMM.

 

[Wood and Wire]

I'm a confirmed 4-string player, but how successful have manufacturers been in making shorties with five or more strings? Would there be issues with string tension?

I would imagine it would be difficult to get a good sounding B string (not least considering how hard it is to get a good sounding 34" scale B string) .

StingRay 5's are generally considered to have about the best B string reproduction you can get, without having to go to long scale instruments.

Everything gets kind of boomy when you shorten the scale, but that is also part of the appeal of instruments like Mustangs; so who knows - maybe simply making the short scale StingRay available in 5 strings might be a crowd pleaser?

 

[TrustRod]

I have B's in 34, 32, 30, and 28.6, they all sound great.

 

[Pet Sounds]

I have B's in 34, 32, 30, and 28.6, they all sound great.

Good to know. Thanks.

 

[Danny O Danny]

I remember back in the 90's when the "boom/twinkle" bass sound (as we used to call it) was all the Rage. I assume that's the "divisive" Stingray sound the OP was referring to: bass and treble cranked, mids scooped, bright round wound strings, aggressive playing. The Stingray can do that well, but I never cared for that sound. Back then I owned a '78 Stingray and understood that it could do so much more than that. In fact, I think of that sound as an affectation rather than the norm for a Stingray.

My overall favorite bass sound of all time is on Supertramp's 1978/79 Breakfast In America album (and tour), which--on every track--is a Stingray (2 band eq) with flat wound strings. I can appreciate most of the many different approaches to bass tone, but the tone on that album is closest to what I personally strive for, and a Stingray gets me there.

 

[dave64o]

I think that EBMM has been very successful in achieving this not only with the revamped Specials but also with the HH models and short scales.

I'm hoping they are working on a 5 string version of the Short Scale. StingRay. The option of a version with passive and active capabilities would be a huge seller.

So would a short scale Bongo 6.

Ooooo, a five string Short Scale Stingray ....

That would be interesting.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I remember back in the 90's when the "boom/twinkle" bass sound (as we used to call it) was all the Rage. I assume that's the "divisive" Stingray sound the OP was referring to: bass and treble cranked, mids scooped, bright round wound strings, aggressive playing. The Stingray can do that well, but I never cared for that sound. Back then I owned a '78 Stingray and understood that it could do so much more than that. In fact, I think of that sound as an affectation rather than the norm for a Stingray.

My overall favorite bass sound of all time is on Supertramp's 1978/79 Breakfast In America album (and tour), which--on every track--is a Stingray (2 band eq) with flat wound strings. I can appreciate most of the many different approaches to bass tone, but the tone on that album is closest to what I personally strive for, and a Stingray gets me there.

Warm and full punch in the chest tone!!!

 

[craigmack1979]

If the Stingray tone is divisive, I think that says more about today's society than it says about the Stingray tone.

Excellent comment !!