Stingray Tone 3EQ

[Jack_Stroud_Bass]

On 10/07/2022 at 22:37, garyt said:

My preference on my Stingray 3-band EQ is everything maxxed.   I’ve tried tweaking, but the max setting is almost like a magnet. 

Same. Whack it all up 100% and let the soundie sort it out! Never have a problem hearing myself that's for sure!

 

Obviously there are compromises to be made. If I was doing a jazz kinda gig then the above wouldn't suit, but seeing as when I was doing it, I was mostly playing funk / rock / metal I found everything on full usually did the trick! Plus, to my ears it  seemed to be the setting that gave the Stingray it's distinctive sound. 

[BassAdder60]

Surprisingly the output from my Ray34 is no more than my passive bass 

 

[Vanheusen77]

41 minutes ago, BassAdder27 said:

Surprisingly the output from my Ray34 is no more than my passive bass 

 

If I don’t boost the eq on my special it has the same output as a Fender. With the bass fully boosted it’s a lot hotter though.

[drTStingray]

43 minutes ago, Vanheusen77 said:

If I don’t boost the eq on my special it has the same output as a Fender. With the bass fully boosted it’s a lot hotter though.

I managed to get the VU meter on an Ashdown ABM permanently at the top of red with my Stingray 5HH Special earlier in the week - with the EQ boosted and the active/passive button not engaged - don’t think I’ve ever had that happen before. 

[Vanheusen77]

I think I’m going to make an unscientific test and record one pass with eq flat, one maxed out, one bass and treble maxed and one mids cut to see how they compare level matched.

[BassAdder60]

14 hours ago, drTStingray said:

I managed to get the VU meter on an Ashdown ABM permanently at the top of red with my Stingray 5HH Special earlier in the week - with the EQ boosted and the active/passive button not engaged - don’t think I’ve ever had that happen before. 

My normal ABM600 input level is set at 3oclock for my PBass and EQ settings on the amp ( nothing extreme)

The Ray34 with a little bass boost etc was needing the ABM600 input increased which surprised me.

If I max the EQ on the Ray I can pound it into the Red on the VU as expected