Triumph_Rock Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) Anybody else seen the new range of Sterling SUB Ray4 Bass Guitars? Which have been released this year. I'm pretty interested in these. Now includes a neck humbucker pick-up, and 5 way toggle switch! I kind of see this kind of as a reincarnation of the Gibson EB-3L. What does strike me as being a bit weird, is the lack of a volume or tone knob for the neck humbucker? If anybody gets the chance to play one, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts!? Link https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Sterling-SUB-Ray4-Bass-HH-MN-Olive/35OL Edited September 13, 2020 by Triumph_Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linear Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 The control knobs will be volume, treble and bass. 5-way switching, so options are rear humbucker, neck humbucker, both, inner single coils, and outer single coils. You don't tend to get individual volume controls or blends on Stingrays, I believe because the pickups are supposed to be connected directly to the preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassApprentice Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Here's a review - jump to 5:10 for the pickup selector explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Triumph_Rock said: Anybody else seen the new range of Sterling SUB Ray4 Bass Guitars? Which have been released this year. I'm pretty interested in these. Now includes a neck humbucker pick-up, and 5 way toggle switch! I kind of see this kind of as a reincarnation of the Gibson EB-3L. What does strike me as being a bit weird, is the lack of a volume or tone knob for the neck humbucker? If anybody gets the chance to play one, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts!? Link https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Sterling-SUB-Ray4-Bass-HH-MN-Olive/35OL I had a USA Stingray 5HH, great bass, just too 'expensive' for what I do. I tried one of these out though in PMT a few weeks ago, soundwise they're great and hit my expectation. But the neck felt a bit unfinished/rough, it needed more sanding or some oil to feel right for me. For the price however it wasn't a bad instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassApprentice Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 The finish is basically the difference for the Sub series. Perfectly good basses - but when compared to the middle range Ray34/35 you can see where the corners are cut. They just need a bit of work at home to make them great basses. At the end of the day that Julia on YouTube used a Sub for ages and she got some brilliant tones out of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasher80 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, BassApprentice said: They just need a bit of work at home to make them great basses. At the end of the day that Julia on YouTube used a Sub for ages and she got some brilliant tones out of it. This. For a few hundred quid she gets a fantastic sound from hers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Got an olive green sterling coming tomorrow, quite excited really. Well as excited as I ever get.... Wonder how it'll compare to my Stingray. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassApprentice Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I tried one this afternoon in the shiny blue. Was decent enough, the single coil setting did zero for me but both pickups on was nice. I had the original big logo Sub with the hot preamp, these new ones with the tamed preamp are a bit too polite as standard. If I got one I would definitely be tinkering with it to get more out of it! Fit and finish was good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I am going to make the unfinished neck super smooth like I did with the stingray. 'Polite' is good for church, assuming we ever get back there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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