Great demo and comparisons thanks. I've got a Stingray with plain maple neck (I can't see the fret dots on a dark stage amongst the pretty RS roasted maple neck pattern option) as my main gigging guitar, playing a ballsy country honk through a Peavey Classic rig and a Tom Bukovac style set of stacked pedals. My other guitar right now is a Musicman Valentine. I'm not 100% convinced about it's the single coil sound and I can't see the fret dots when quickly glancing down whilst singing lots of harmony vocals on dark stages, so I'm looking at options. The Sabre has, for me, sweeter tones than the Stingray, Luke and Albert Lee HH, but as this video asks, if I want all the in-between sounds, why not play a Strat / Cutlass ? Choices eh ?? Then again, to have one guitar doing it all live would be an advantage, but maybe less variance in the studio ? Are we all mad ??
I had them both and side by side and I felt the stingray was not only a better made guitar but had a lot more personality. Didn’t connect with the Sabre at all despite loving the specs and look. IMO…
If I already have a stingray do you think getting a sabre would be redundant? I want my guitars to sound different enough for different songs but not so different that they change the sounds of my rig drastically.
Hi Tim, do your traveler guitar(s) stay in tune? I read they dont, and found that to be the case when playing one at guitar center. I wanted one but passed. Wondering how you find runing stability. Thanks!
Correction. 11:12 and 14:13 are both labeled as bridge pickup when they should be labeled as Neck.
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I dont know, that Stingray sounds pretty good...
Thanks for this great review and comparison. Useful to hear such good players on these guitars
I would play that Sabre everyday of the week!!!
Great demo and comparisons thanks. I've got a Stingray with plain maple neck (I can't see the fret dots on a dark stage amongst the pretty RS roasted maple neck pattern option) as my main gigging guitar, playing a ballsy country honk through a Peavey Classic rig and a Tom Bukovac style set of stacked pedals. My other guitar right now is a Musicman Valentine. I'm not 100% convinced about it's the single coil sound and I can't see the fret dots when quickly glancing down whilst singing lots of harmony vocals on dark stages, so I'm looking at options. The Sabre has, for me, sweeter tones than the Stingray, Luke and Albert Lee HH, but as this video asks, if I want all the in-between sounds, why not play a Strat / Cutlass ? Choices eh ?? Then again, to have one guitar doing it all live would be an advantage, but maybe less variance in the studio ? Are we all mad ??
The stringray had a brighter / more direct sound. The Sabre had more of a midrange growl. They both sound great. I love the look of the Sabre.
I'll take one of each!
Deal!
I THINK I PREFER THE SOUND OF THE STINGRAY HAS MORE BITE
Nice video thanks can ya tell me which guitar has a bigger neck profile 😊
I had them both and side by side and I felt the stingray was not only a better made guitar but had a lot more personality. Didn’t connect with the Sabre at all despite loving the specs and look. IMO…
If I already have a stingray do you think getting a sabre would be redundant? I want my guitars to sound different enough for different songs but not so different that they change the sounds of my rig drastically.
If you check out the head to head comparison in this video, you can hear that they sound very different.
Hi Tim, do your traveler guitar(s) stay in tune? I read they dont, and found that to be the case when playing one at guitar center. I wanted one but passed. Wondering how you find runing stability. Thanks!
The Sabre had much better tone
sabre looks better, stingray sounds better.