Stingray w effects?

[MrMacca1999]

Hi all, looking at buying a Stingray HH or an Am Std. Jazz. I am leaning pretty close to the Stingray, however I have a small pedalboard, and it cost me a bit of money, and I don't want to let it go for the sake of buying a specific bass. The reason for my concern is that i've heard that active basses have trouble with effects, especially fuzzes. At the moment I have a Korg DT10 tuner, a Pickle Pie b, a Bass tube screamer, a bass Cry Baby, and a Micro Q Tron. Will the stingray have any problems with these pedals? Thanks,
Arthur.

 

[lowfreq33]

Should be fine. There are some effects that don't work well with active basses, but the ones you have aren't among them.

 

[Lag2501]

I own a Stingray 5 and use it with a bass Cry Baby and a tube screamer clone without any issues.

 

[thebass905]

I use a stingray with a crybaby and a pickle pie b! Part of why I decided on that pedal is because of how well it plays with active basses. They both work flawlessly with a 'ray, and you'll have no trouble.

 

[kevteop]

I've used the Pickle Pie B with active basses, it works fine.

 

[liveburning274]

You will be fine. I love my Way Huge Swollen Pickle with my Ray! Each bass has it's own flavor of tone it will send through your board so you may have to adjust your settings to get to a place you enjoy. But that's the fun with experimenting!

 

[danster]

I'm using a StingRay 4 HH with a Boss Bass Chorus, a Boss OC2 Octaver and a MXR M80 DI - which has an overdrive channel - for a couple years now...and no problems.

 

[mmbongo]

It's usually not a problem with active basses, but with active pickups. I dumped all of my EMG's because of it. They sounded AWFUL through any kind of pedal.

 

[Nephilymbass]

I know the single Pickups work great with effect. I owned one. You should look into the band Isis. Their bassist used a lot of effects with his stingray.

 

[Jared Lash]

Hi all, looking at buying a Stingray HH or an Am Std. Jazz. I am leaning pretty close to the Stingray, however I have a small pedalboard, and it cost me a bit of money, and I don't want to let it go for the sake of buying a specific bass. The reason for my concern is that i've heard that active basses have trouble with effects, especially fuzzes. At the moment I have a Korg DT10 tuner, a Pickle Pie b, a Bass tube screamer, a bass Cry Baby, and a Micro Q Tron. Will the stingray have any problems with these pedals? Thanks,
Arthur.

The only fuzzes that are really awful with active basses are based on the Fuzz Face circuit, with the Wooly Mammoth being a notable example.

High outbput basses (which I wouldn't necessarily consider the Stingray to be) can also clip certain effects. Script circuit phasers (MXR Phase 90 and clones) can be made to clip and some overdrives get overly buzzy when slammed hard.

But I think you'll be fine with the Stingray and all the pedals you've listed. If I had any concern it would be for the Bass tube screamer but I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[winterburn69]

Tony Levin has been using effects with his Stingrays for decades. You should be fine.

 

[Darknut]

I have a Stingray & a American Deluxe Pbass that are Passive pups active preamp
I have a Pbass, P/J Pbass, & a Jazz that are all active EMG's

I don't use fuzz but I use 10 other pedals & "ALL" the basses sound fine thru my pedals.

 

[Doner Designs]

Hard to beat a Stingray HH for build quality/value and variety of tones. My 5 way switch usually has the outer coils selected and it sounds very similar to a J bass. Obviously the bridge alone gives you stingray tone. Playing all coils on delivers a fatter tone and can get close to a P sound if you also roll off the mids and highs a little.

I do sometimes wish the body were a bit smaller and lighter. A G&L M2000 with coils splits can accomplish the same thing with a slightly more aggressive tone than the Ray (but outer coils will give you J-like tone).

I love Fenders too, but folks seem to think the build quality per dollar is better on the other Leo brands - MM and GL.

As for pedals - my MM has lower output than my passive Fenders when the EQ is flat, so no issue whatsoever.

 

[evetdma]

They both work flawlessly with a 'ray, and you'll have no trouble.Invalid Link Removed

 

[MrMacca1999]

Thanks guys, this has really strengthened my decision. The fuzz was my main worry, it cost me a lot in shipping.