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What’s your go to Stingray EQ setting?

#23
2006 3 band, TI Flats (played with a medium touch), UAD Ampeg SVT emulation, always shooting for that "Bernard Edwards" tone, more or less. I have pretty much nailed it.

Stingray:
Bass: half way between center and full (75% overall)
Mid: flat, or barely below the detent (45% overall)
Treble: flat, or barely above the detent (55% overall)


Amp:
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The frequencies on the amp and bass are different, that's why there's a combination of both. I like to boost treble and cut some mids on the amp, but boost bass on the Stingray itself.
 
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Andy Marshman said:
Interesting to see. I don't own a Stingray but it's the only brand name I haven't tried. I always imagined that this was for players seeking a distinct treble-strong tone, with clang. Settings in this post show a consistent bass content that is higher than the treble.
Generally, I'm a short scale, passive bass guy so I'll check out the Sterling shorty model. I don't need more basses of course and can't justify price of the EB models.
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My thoughts exactly: EBMM was too much ($3K for 5string), bass a bit higher than neutral and high a bit lower than neutral. I do use aggressive strings which can really pop out the treble. My SBMM is a 2-band.
 
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Reese T Morin said:
I set my stuff up to be as close to the Flea sound as I could (difference is I have a 3 band and his is a 2 band boost only)
Anyway for me that entails as his tech stated roughly
bass turned almost all the way up
treble turned up just a little
I don't really touch the mids on it unless the room just needs something (in which case I have push pull for both low and high mids)
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Flea played a 3-band unless you’re talking way back at the absolute beginning of the band. Then I couldn’t say for sure.
 
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jmattbassplaya said:
Flea played a 3-band unless you’re talking way back at the absolute beginning of the band. Then I couldn’t say for sure.
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Sorry I should've specified that I was going off of his two rig rundown type setups. I believe in the first one they actually talk about where they keep the knobs and what not and in the second one it seems the control type has remained the same with a Lane Poor Legacy MM style humbucker with an Aguilar OBP-1 preamp (18v).
I do know that back in the day he was on his actual stingrays (with status graphite necks :drool: ), to which I don't know anything in regards to EQ or what not.
 
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#29
2 Band

Bass = 100%
Treble = 100%
Volume = 100%

sometimes, depending on new strings / room with highly reflective surfaces etc

Bass = 100%
Treble = 85 - 90%
Volume = 100%


3 Band (on the occasions that I've used them)

Bass = 100%
Middle = centre detent
Treble = 100%
Volume = 100%
(which gets the same tone as the 2 Band maxed.)


Also, it has to be said that everything centred sounds really good too :

Bass = centre detent
Middle = centre detent
Treble = centre detent
Volume = 100%


3 Band Special

Sorry, I've never had the pleasure of using one in anger.


Whichever version you use, they're all very versatile pre-amps, with a ton of good tones in them.

When it comes to recording StingRays with distortion, it can make life easier to dial the bass, and treble controls back a bit, and compensate between the clean, and distorted tones at the amp (distortion is very forgiving of a little treble loss on the source signal. Not so much if you cut the treble for the clean tone at the amp).
 
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Andy Marshman said:
Interesting to see. I don't own a Stingray but it's the only brand name I haven't tried. I always imagined that this was for players seeking a distinct treble-strong tone, with clang. Settings in this post show a consistent bass content that is higher than the treble.
Generally, I'm a short scale, passive bass guy so I'll check out the Sterling shorty model. I don't need more basses of course and can't justify price of the EB models.
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I just got my Sterling Short Scale Ray last Friday & only bass I’ve played since. Loving it so far.
 
#35
It depends on the amp but I tend to be weird and start with every thing 100% and then adjust down. Typically my mids stay up to make up for the natural scooped sound of my amps/cabs and then my bass goes down until it’s not muddy. Usually 8/9is and then my highs are at about 7 and as my strings die I give it small bumps. I often have wondered if I run my settings to boosted but when I try to go flat or a more modest setting I end up hating my sound. And nothing ever sounds distressed. I like a mean grinding up front tone… well when I play rock. When I do my R&B stuff I usually bump my bass up and run treble and mids center eq. But that’s also without a guitar player. I also should mention all the guitar players i play with insist on big low cabs and boosted lows… kinda a pain.
 
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#39
90s Stingray, 3 band.
Let's say 50% is center detent, flat.

My go to settings for live use:
Bass - 60%
Mids - 65%
Treble - 60%

It's basically a bit of a signal boost, with slight, just slight boost to mids. Works fantastically well for my RHCP tribute band.

At home, through audio interface, I mostly go center detent, unless I'm looking for a specific tone. For smooth tones I cut the treble and boost the bass a bit, sometimes boosting mids as well. For example, 0% treble 100% bass and mids gives a great thumpy, smooth tone.
 

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