NBD Sterling SUB 4 **PICS ADDED**

[theyellowcar]

Woooow that is lovely!

[tom1946]

I fitted the Stinger preamp yesterday and it's transformed the bass, in fact I've put my amp levels back and it's very articulate too, I'm glad I did it.

[theyellowcar]

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I fitted the Stinger preamp yesterday and it's transformed the bass, in fact I've put my amp levels back and it's very articulate too, I'm glad I did it.
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Nice work. How was the fitting of it? Easy enough to do?

[kendall]

How does the neck feel compared to the Music Man you originally tried? I love the sound of the Stingray - but could not get on with the neck. Felt too chunky.

[tom1946]

Neck is fine for me, I'm used to precisions so it feels smaller,

yellercar, yes just 4 wires to solder and that's it, if you can solder it's a doddle

[Funky Dunky]

Tom, can you tell us a wee bit more about how the Stinger improved the bass please mate?

[ColinB]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1423649787' post='2687358']
Tom, can you tell us a wee bit more about how the Stinger improved the bass please mate?
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I'm interested in that, too, please. Does the bass pot have a 'cut', or is it just boost?

[tom1946]

I'm just a hack and haven't been playing that long so I'm not good on things like cut and boost Colin so I'll try and explain how it feels better to me:

when I turn the bass knob now there is a much smoother transition to a deeper bass thump, (is that boost?) more progressive than the original pot. The treble control is the same, the volume before was nothing, nothing, 'bl**dy hell that's loud' and now it's a lot more gradual, like it should be.

I don't understand why sterling put stuff out like this? to me it's quite unplayable without a lot of fiddling about with amp settings.

hope that helps.

[ColinB]

Thanks, Tom.

[Funky Dunky]

That does indeed help Tom, thank you. Yeah, I totally agree with you on the volune control, I find mine the same. Provided it doesn't in any way hamper the tone of the bass, I will most likely have one of these fitted to mine.

[drTStingray]

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1423722965' post='2688222']
I don't understand why sterling put stuff out like this? to me it's quite unplayable without a lot of fiddling about with amp settings.
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V nice bass - you can't beat black and maple - Interesting mod, and I heard a great demo of the Aguillar EQ and pick up in a pre EB Ray.

You may find lowering the pick up helps. As you lowered the action when you got the bass it's possible the pole pieces were too close to the strings afterwards.

I find Stingray basses are at their best (for my style of playing) with the action slightly higher than very low - too low and I find that any slight digging in whilst playing results in notes sounding like they're being popped as opposed to simply plucked.

Edited February 15, 2015 by drTStingray