Russkull Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 My wife's sister is a pretty good bass player, but not a member of this forum. She ordered this Classic Stingray 4 as a birthday present from her husband. I think the color is great - it looks much more gold and less greenish tinged in person. She also has a Stingray 5 with ceramic pickups, and says the alnico pickups on this new bass have smoother highs and fuller lows. Perhaps some tech oriented member could elaborate on the differences between those two pickup types. Even though it's not my bass, I wanted to share this anyway for all you Stingray fans. http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/386608_2390170115871_1299394565_31950298_155812703_n.jpg "Of all the world's bassists, I'm one of them!" - Lug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Nice! Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Those rectangles with the circles in the middle of them just north of the bridge saddles....Wassat? A mute? A pickup? Whaaa??? I like the color a lot. Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklab Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Those rectangles with the circles in the middle of them just north of the bridge saddles....Wassat? A mute? A pickup? Whaaa??? I like the color a lot. Those are string mutes. They were pretty much standard on Stingray bridges until the late 90's. My first Stingray which I got around '95 or so had them. But when I got a pair of Stingray 5's around 2000 or so the string mutes had been 86's from the Stingray bridges. This is actually a feature that I'm glad to see EB/MM brought back for the classic series. But I can't say that I'm a fan of the slab body. That being said, I really dig that gold finish! Obligatory Social Media Link "My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Pretty sure I'm going to get an SR-5 next year. I was looking for one a few years back, but stumbled across my Pedulla instead. Time to get back on track. "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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