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[quote name='silddx' post='1157132' date='Mar 10 2011, 08:20 PM']Another thing people do is post stuff in the other high profile forums to get some more attention, I assume, and they never get moved to the recording forum.[/quote] This is what I've done. Still had relatively few responses, but the ones I did get where overwhelmingly positive! I might re-post them if there's a new surge of interest...

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1154219' date='Mar 8 2011, 06:28 PM']Maxwell Murder FTW[/quote] This.

I regret to announce that this is me now.

HH Sterling ...SICK!

HH. Right choice Twice as good.

[quote name='danny-79' post='1154364' date='Mar 8 2011, 07:45 PM'][u]On the downside.....[/u] it was VERY neck heavy, possibly a combination of the five heavy machine heads that are great when fitted to a bass thats made of [u]real wood [/u] (i.e a Stingray) but on something thats made of a light weigh, sustainable material, it doesn't work to well (add some light weight tuners an your set). So with that said, with the Bongo your paying for the electronic package so if you intend on gigging it hard, don't expect it to be a life long keeper, it will wear out.[/quote] I found my 5 string Bongos to be insanely neck heavy...the headstock is HUGE. The Bongo 4 has a tiny headstock though. I'm not sure what you what you mean about 'real wood' though. Bongos are made of basswood (okay, it's a cheaper wood) but it's not as if they'll just fall apart. Apparently it was chosen purely for the tone, complimenting the electronics very well.

I'm liking the look of these, saw a couple in birmingham today. They look brilliant but I didn't try them out...

The Bongo has different pickup placement, the bridge humbucker is closer to the bridge. Also the pickups and preamps are so different, the Bongo really sounds nothing like a Stingray. The single H Bongo has the same pickup placement as the stingrays.

I'm not a fan of the HS models, as I found them to have volume differences between the pickup selections...well on the two I've played anyway! the HH is a beast, I love it. Both pickups on just sounds insanely good, and the neck pickup on its own is...just awesome. But of course, both the HH and HS have that bridge humbucker. Which will always be there... I voted HH. However I do prefer how the single H looks!

Anything by Soul Coughing, some really nice double bass work... To name but a few!

POW!

That's a beauty! Although I do consider it blasphemy to install Duncan electronics to a Ray ...to me the entire point of any MusicMan is the electronics.

I've only tried the Humbucker version, and it was PHAT. Let us know when it arrives!

I'm always told I have big hands. All I know is I have unnaturally big thumbs.

C'mon...who voted 'other'? There's always one...

Bottom line: SUBs are Ernie Ball USA quality, solid-as-a-rock. They sound like a Stingray. They have the same components (poplar bodies were used in solid finish Stingrays back then). They were underpriced and underrated...and they make a SICK rock bass!

Closest to bridge - Parallel Middle - Single (bridge) coil Closest to neck - Series My favorite is actually the single coil.

Wow...that happened a few more times than I intended. Definitely have that vibe though...

Yeah...they got that vibe though!

[quote name='danhkr' post='1142314' date='Feb 26 2011, 01:33 PM']Whilst we're at it, is it the back switch position on a H sterling that 'is most like' a standard stingray pickup?[/quote] Well The Sterling HH is wired in series, so the back switch position is the back humbucker wired in series - the stingray is parallel. So it's 'most like' the stingray, but slightly different due to that. This also means that the other 2 positions on the H sterling are sacrificed (parallel and single coil mode) on the HH Sterling.

After suffereing that drum sound through my huge system...I can tell you that they are in EXACTLY the same place. You get all the same sounds. And more...Only the Bongo has the pickup moved, because of the 24 fret neck.

I try to single handedly bring the chilled vibes to the EB forum. Doesn't work...