Damonjames Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) Looks like all the multiple pickup sr5's come wired in series on the humbucker. I am assuming this will be the case with the sterling 5. Edited September 13, 2017 by Damonjames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Looking at the current specs on the Musicman site, the Stingray pickups are wired in parallel in themselves and continue to be wired in parallel through the multiple combinations. The Sterling seems to be in series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 [quote name='Muppet' timestamp='1505312504' post='3370951'] Looking at the current specs on the Musicman site, the Stingray pickups are wired in parallel in themselves and continue to be wired in parallel through the multiple combinations. The Sterling seems to be in series. [/quote] You are correct!! It is however not what I have been assured of how mine is!!! 😂 Perhaps they changed the wiring on the sr5 to be parallel when they swapped back to alnico pickups? Perhaps someone more knowledgable can chime in??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Just posted in the ebmm forum too, hopefully someone can sort it out. It's my only bug bear with musicman, the product lines are really confusing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Ok, looks like it the same as the sterling up until 2008, it must have been around the time they switched the sr5 pickups to alnico that they switch the wiring to parallel. Sorry for the thread hijack to the OP!!! So after all that, if you want the sterling sound but can't get a sterling 5, get an sr5 up until 2008 😂 Now I want a post 2008 alnico pickup sr5 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I've got both and I really like both versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Sterling H, all years, can switch series/parallel/single coil on a ceramic magnet pickup. The HH and HS models are ALL series mode. Unless things have changed or I've made a mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treb Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1505399134' post='3371623'] Sterling H, all years, can switch series/parallel/single coil on a ceramic magnet pickup. The HH and HS models are ALL series mode. Unless things have changed or I've made a mistake! [/quote] No mistakes made here, you're spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 (edited) I think the following is correct:- All Sterling H (4 or 5 strings) have ceramic and series - with series/parallel/some form of single coil switching. The Sterling with multi pickups are also ceramic - with series wiring (coil selection but no parallel) - as previously observed the multi pick up Sterling wouldn't do the classic Stingray parallel sound - the ceramic magnets make a more punchy and warm version of the Stingray parallel sound on H versions. Stingray 5H has similar electronics and pick up spec to the Sterling from 1992 to 2008 - after which the SR5H has alnico magnets which is the only difference as I understand. The early SR5s also had alnico but the single coil switch selection was not as silent as in the later post 1992 models. If you really want clarity on this, email EBMM customer services and they will confirm the specs - the one area I'm not clear about is whether the current SR5 HS and HH has parallel or series wiring but I suspect may be parallel - the H definitely has series still - not that I need to know as I'm not planning buying a multi pick up SR5 - maybe an SR5 H though....... Edited September 14, 2017 by drTStingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treb Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Check the MusicMan website. It has pictures with control layouts and pickup switching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) I was looking for one of these recently. Great in the vintage cream and the added bonus of the classic body shape. They're about $1,000 in the States so I guess that's about £700 here. It's the Ray35 Edited September 17, 2017 by leschirons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisswanbon Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) Bought one new last year and it was a thing of beauty... Had a gripe with the nut being a bit shoddy but Ernie ball sent me 2 new sets of strings of my choice to compensate. About 3 months into ownership there were some gnarly intermittent issues with pick up phase, sent away for repair 2 times and returned unrepaired every time. They kept just re securing the pick up instead of swapping it out. In the end I got a refund and switched to a sandberg California II vt4 which is a totally different thing, but I was a bit soured on EBMM after that. Edited September 19, 2017 by thisisswanbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 [quote name='thisisswanbon' timestamp='1505808073' post='3374378'] Bought one new last year and it was a thing of beauty... Had a gripe with the nut being a bit shoddy but Ernie ball sent me 2 new sets of strings of my choice to compensate. About 3 months into ownership there were some gnarly intermittent issues with pick up phase, sent away for repair 2 times and returned unrepaired every time. They kept just re securing the pick up instead of swapping it out. In the end I got a refund and switched to a sandberg California II vt4 which is a totally different thing, but I was a bit soured on EBMM after that. [/quote] That really isn't acceptable. Sorry to hear that. If you are in the UK, the dealer should have made everything good for you, no matter what it took. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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