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With which genre or playing style are Stingrays commonly associated?

#85
They have that classic Ray slap sound for sure but their fingerstyle punch cannot be denied. Listen to any song with Bernard Edwards playing bass with the group Chic. Teena Marie...I need your lovin. Cheryl Lynn...Shake it up tonight etc. etc. From experience in playing different Rays I'd say they are all not created equal. Certain basses from different eras, the notes fly off of those suckers. My buddy has a 4 banger that as soon as you pick it up and start playing you know it's special. And nope, he's not selling it anytime soon. His Ray is one of those basses you ask how much do you want for it as soon as you play it.
 
#88
Hey there, new to the forum but thought i would throw my 2 cents in. i have been playing death metal and gringcore for 12 years with a stingray ( the same one up until last year) they work great as far as tone. i have tried my fathers sabre and just didnt have the punch
 
#89
Saw a celtic band downtown last week, and the bassist played an SR5.
 

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#91
It's in pretty much any type of music. A one trick pony: hell no. Not with the EQ, not with that pickup. People say gibson LP juniors are one trick ponies but they aren't. You can get a lot of tones out of it depending on how you change your playing style. I've seen stringrays from funk to alternative rock, to hardcore, and everything in between and beyond. Plus it's pretty safe to say, that' ive yet to see any one modify intensively from the ground up a stringray bass, unlike people who modify jazz basses or precision basses, stingrays are pretty much built to what the everyday bass player needs to get a good solid tone for whatever music he plays.

I know i want one in my collection at some point, i just love the way they feel and sound. But i'll make due with a precision bass for now amongst my other variety
 
#92
ninjaaron said:
OK, I get that you can play any style on any bass, and that will be especially true for the 3rd most iconic bass out there, but I'm just asking what that guy might have been talking about when he called it a "one-trick pony." Is there a stereotype connected with the Stingray?
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Anybody who says that a Stingray is a one trick pony is an idiot. And probably has never owned or even played one—some people love to regurgitate crap based on nothing in particular. The Stingray is as versatile an instrument as any other out there.
 
#94
A Stingray is an extremely versatile instrument much like a Precision but with the added versatility of active electronics. It all comes down to eqing appropriately and right hand positioning. Sure each excels in specific genres but are fine for others too. It's no one trick pony....people who say so either haven't spent enough time with one or lack the skill to manipulate one PU basses.
 

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