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Music Man StingRay 5

5+ string bass guitar from Music Man belonging to the StingRay series

polykarpov polykarpov
Published on 05/31/08 at 06:57
Construction trs rigorous nothing wrong. Easel indestructible, mechanical prcises, varnishes trs pais. Electronics (quite tasty) PCB is rather rare. Slecteur microphones: parallle, series and single coil. Micro trs well molded, but the plots tend to draw the strings inopinment, o the noise pnibles enough. I rsolu the pav bp covering the gaff '.

UTILIZATION

The handle is certainly one of the highlights of this bass. Trs silky touch. Large enough, Access in acute trs correct. The weight is consquent (corp frne two pices) but quilibrage russi. I often wear it for 5 or 6 hours without tiring. I always use the same SETTING THE sound: microphones SERIES, developed acute settings, mdiums also in the middle and lower three-quarters.

SOUNDS

It is not versatile instrument par excellence. In jazz, for example, it is not conclusive trs. His field is plutt the groove. Down mdium "grunts" terribly (with a bit of gauze is carrment kicks ass) notes died out easily. The treble is both its strength and its weakness: place lower than a Jazz Bass Active (less than scintillating, more aggressive, less beautiful I got) I find them a bit " tear out "in slap. For it is against the finger rgal: a piercing littralement the mix. The grave is full (thank you ...). The pramp If the grave is trs trs trs refund prcis well. I play mainly on the fingers, I do not like the sound slap on the MODEL that I use and I am sure that on those possdant a neck pickup sound SLAPP must be more int drought, more like a Jazz Bass. I use a head and speakers EBS Eden.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for more than 15 years, almost every day. I had to plug it in over thirty diffrent amp and I always had the sound I wanted. In the studio is often the same story that BPS: I bring the Stingray, a Fender or two, or one Noguera GL to see which stick best to the project and every time I Music Man branch hear in the headphones "Ok it's good, that the guard! Let's go"
I do not know what REALLY is but the instrument of possde the rare ability to stand in a natural mix. Almost never do qual.
Yet the beginners I have a little regret this purchase, I was nervous and sometimes difficult to control, I always came back my old Jazz Bass. Moving from passive assets is not always an easy task. But over the years it has finally established itself as one that never falls stranded (quoique. .. see below), sounds in any direct box, supports the holds of aircraft without flinching and reassures ings of the sound. (I even ended up buying me a 4 string version h h h) I love the growl that comes down mdium I like less acute. I love the handle and if serious majestic.
It does not replace a precision or a Jazz Bass which are other strong characters bx ;-) It is simply and diffrent complmentaire.
To make it totally reliable I had to change the battery compartment that can be a nest rvler trouble. MODEL is the rocker with flat contacts at the bottom of the housing, and after a few years making the contact did you have to change more precisely the pice.