EmmettC Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I bought a Stingray 5 off HazBeen and it was delivered from Holland today, and so far so great! It's natural, with a black scratchplate and Nordstram Pup and JohnEast preamp. All the original electronics were included too. I'll be honest, a Stingray 5 H, was only third on my list of basses I wanted, after a G&L L2500 and a Stingray 5 HH. I think it was a good deal though, and I plan on making it even more to my taste, first off I'd like to paint it, and remove the scratchplate and fit a metal cover over the electronics cavity, a little like the Stingray 4. This should be managable easily enough, and reversable, but I'd really like to fit a second pickup, like the HH models. Is this possible? would I need a different preamp or is it possible to wire them up on the current preamp with a switch or plend pot? I'll post some pics tomorrw, but I'm heading out to the practise room to play it through my SWR rig back to back with my Tribby G&L before the rest of the band show up and make it impossible to compare them properly. Now all I need is an American L2500, and an EBS rig and my GAS will be expelled. Oh and maybe a Jazz. And a decent compressor. And an SWR baby blue. And and and................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 AFAIK, the pre-amps are the same. The difference is in the switch. The HH doesn't have a blend control, it has a five way switch instead of the three way. How much hassle it is depends on how your bass is wired up now I suppose. Any decent luther should be able to add the second pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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