Why the Stingray CRUSHES Everything
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With that powerhouse pickup (close to the bridge for maximum honk) and active electronics, the Music Man StingRay remains an instrument that fulfills a particular job with enormous panache. If any bass can really compete with a Fender, this is the one!
From RATM to Chic to Pino Palladino to Joe Dart, in today’s lesson we’re taking on some of the StingRay’s greatest moments.
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Video Breakdown:
00:00 – Introduction
00:47 – Short History of Leo Fender
02:54 – The Birth of the StingRay
03:51 – Bass Legends Playing the StingRay
04:59 – Different Tones of the StingRay
05:30 – Bernard Edwards
06:15 – John Deacon
07:00 – Gail Ann Dorsey
08:21 – Improvements in the StingRay
11:30 – Tony Levin
12:33 – Pino Palladino
13:14 – Different Tones of the StingRay
14:08 – Flea and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
15:40 – Tim Commerford
17:21 – Joe Dart’s Bass and Tone
20:07 – Summary
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Filthy! 16:56
Slapping is just one way to play a bass. But when a site always shoves it down your throat, it just sucks. I'll go somewhere else.
was that a POOTY POOT @ 2:57? HAHAHA Ya'll mofos need to lay off them PINTO BEANS before airing. Merry Christmas
there is something important for people to understand.
Do you want to use it to record professionally in the style you play?
Do you want to use it to cover different styles?
Do you want to use it just for fun?
it's very important… because any bass can be used for everything… but if it's too versatile, it won't stand out in the most important styles where identity and sound texture is key.
modern examples…
Hip-Hop, Lofi and soul ..r&b, clearly not just any bass is going to give you that ''perfect tone'' ''standart'' for these styles, a bass made for rock is not going to work for you and if you want to compete at a professional level on spotify, you have to get the perfect tool, that's why those questions are so important to answer.
if you want to use it for your music and be ''competitive'' in the real world like spotify, get the bass MADE for your style, NOT THE MOST VERSATILE, because you will have already from a starting point, a disadvantage in the tone and quality of the final sound when mastered, also it could give you much more work in the mix to achieve the tone you are looking for.
Does anyone know what model stingray is in this video? I thought it was a retro but the color doesn’t match up. Thanks!
I wish I was friends with you guys coz I'm sure I'd learn quicker than reading a book…just sayin!
If the stingray is good enuf for cliff from ac/dc it’s good enuf for me
this video made me happy knowing I walked into my music store years ago and walked out with a stingray because I had loved the tone so much. it's sat on its stand sadly being underappreciated until I saw this video and was brought to light on the hidden gem I have casually sitting in my room. it shall be played more often now.
Yep, went and bought one.
I didn't know how easy it was to replicate that sound. I bought an OLP bass off craigslist for $80, made a Stingray preamp for it ($12 in parts), and installed a custom made alnico 5 pickup with long magnets wound to 4.5K. It sounds exactly like the 1977 Stingray I owned
What about the G and L?
Stingray was first new bass in 2021. Than a Jazz bass in 2022. Really like this topic… a was searchich a p bass but you made me realise I got it in my hands! Never realise the Stingray is the evolution of the p bass before this vlog. Thank you!
I had a Sabre, I beg to diffah!
You should have all of Leo Fenders Basses: P, J, Stingray an L2000…then you will be happy????
Had a Sabre for 15 years. Old dude here, it got too heavy, BUT best bass ever..????
A quite shortish story for you if you're interested!…I received £750 compensation following a collision where I was knocked off the back of a motorbike! That was in September 1977. I therefore went to our local music store in Portsmouth called Telecomms at the time and bought for £315, a MusicMan Stingray, blonde (off white) in colour with a maple fingerboard and black scatchplate. That baby served me well through my learning Slap technique years until I part exchanged it at The Bass Centre in Wapping, London in around 1992 where they gave me £500! Later on, it was featured in a Bass Guitar Magazine and they said that based upon it's serial number, it was built in January 1977 and was the 1st ever MM Stingray import into the United Kingdom! If only I'd known because that prominence would have made it increase in value quite consistently over the years! I bought an EBMM Stingray later on with the 3 band EQ which was far superior to my first model! I gigged that for many years…..I also bought a Stingray 5 and a Bongo 5, both of which, l didn't like so I got rid of them!
I'm pretty sure the bassist in Supertramp used a Stingray.
Joe's bass is a sterling.
To answer the question… On the podium of Bass greatness I think Jazz is still the Gold medallist. The Ray is Silver and Precision Bronze. However if you factor in their iconic places in bass history, the music they've made, then the J and P move ahead of the Ray because they've been around that much longer and made more of the memorable music out there.
I bought a “new Ray4” online.
When it arrived, it had a badly scratched pickguard with one tuner and a single string that had been replaced with lower-quality parts.
I was not amused.
So, I was less hesitant about an upgrade.
I gutted the Ray4, used copper tape in the cavities for shielding, replaced the preamp with one engineered in the UK (Thank you, Mr. East) to sound like the 1976 version, and replaced the pick-up with another pick-up (Nord@&$!?%) engineered to be almost identical in design to the 1976 Stingray. I also replaced the tuning machine with an OEM product.
I restrung the bass with EB Cobalt strings.
I then set up the bass. For all the reasons you articulated, it was Love at first pluck!
Thank you, guys, for your contributions to helping us learn!
I like the Stingray????
I have been playing J Basses forever But I recently bought a 5 string sterling stingray sub.
I put EMG electronics into it , Including a P bass pickup right up against the MM pickup. I have used it in my TOP, EWF, Chicago tribute band and also in my Latin Jazz/World band. I hate to say it, because my J basses sound killer, but I think the Stingray works better in both situations. I have been chasing the Marcus tone forever, now that I'm nailing it, the Stingray comes along and completely messes me up. I hate it. LOL