Bass Guitar
Sterling SUB StingRay Ray5HH
Price: 482 EUR – 858 EUR
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A five-string, dual-humbucker StingRay from the original Sterling SUB budget sub-brand, offering a different pickup voicing than the single-humbucker Ray5.
About the Sterling SUB StingRay Ray5HH
The Ray5HH designation identifies a five-string StingRay with two humbucking pickups rather than the single-pickup layout of the standard Ray5, giving it a wider tonal range through pickup blending in addition to the StingRay's signature active preamp. The 'SUB' branding marks this as part of Ernie Ball Music Man's original Indonesian-made budget sub-brand, the predecessor naming to what later became simply 'Sterling by Music Man'.
Compared to the single-humbucker Ray5, the Ray5HH's added neck-position pickup allows a broader spread from focused, midrange-forward tones to fuller, rounder voicings, extending the StingRay concept's flexibility at Sterling's accessible manufacturing tier rather than Ernie Ball Music Man's US-built pricing.
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Sound character of the Sterling SUB StingRay Ray5HH
Unlike the standard single-humbucker StingRay, the Ray5HH uses two humbuckers, adding more midrange output and tonal blending options (via pickup selector/blend) on top of the same active-EQ-driven StingRay growl, plus the extended range of a 5-string.
Technical data for the Sterling SUB StingRay Ray5HH
| Strings | 5 (low B) |
|---|---|
| Pickups | 2x humbucker |
| Preamp | Active |
| Origin | Indonesia (Sterling SUB) |
Price history for the Sterling SUB StingRay Ray5HH
Cheapest seen: 482 EUR · Most expensive seen: 858 EUR
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The history of the Sterling SUB StingRay Ray5HH
The Sterling SUB StingRay Ray5HH pairs five-string range with a dual-humbucker layout, part of the original SUB-branded Indonesian-made budget StingRay range.
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