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01-08-2013, 03:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | FS: 1981 Music Man Sabre
$1700
Bridge serial number is C006144 which puts it somewhere around 1981. Edit: See posts below which indicate this is probably a 1982.
Maple neck with a 3-bolt plate and micro-tilt. The neck is straight, and the instrument is very alive and has a lot of sustain. Covered pickups with non-exposed pole pieces. Bathroom scale says it is close to 10lbs.
The body has surface scratches and a few minor dings along the top and bottom edges. The neck has two dings on the back that have been filled, and a number of spots along the fretboard where the finish has chipped and flaked off.
I currently don't have a case for this bass, and given that it is less than mint condition I'm looking for an in-person sale. I'm in Philadelphia, and can meet a buyer a reasonable halfway distance if they are serious.       
Last edited by desmodromic : 01-22-2013 at 11:27 AM.
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01-08-2013, 04:19 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Jaydee Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | What are the dates stamped on the neck and on the neck pocket? |
01-08-2013, 05:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Milwaukee , Wisconsin | | | Had one in Candy Apple Red.
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01-08-2013, 09:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Pacific NW | | | Beautiful bass, closed cover pickups and lever switch point more towards 1983 or later. |
01-08-2013, 09:42 PM
|  | Soaking up the cathode rays... | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bdgotoh  Beautiful bass, closed cover pickups and lever switch point more towards 1983 or later. | I was going to say the same... It'd be interesting to see the neck stamp... From the decal, it looks like an older Pre EB neck attached to an EB Sabre body. Maybe one of the first ones made after EB took over and made their refinements to the electronics, yeah? Perhaps made during the transition. I don't think they started putting EB on the headstock until sometime in '85... Also, string tree is still in the Pre EB position, pointing to the neck being possibly from an older run...
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01-08-2013, 11:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Pacific NW | | | The neck and battery plates and the bridge are correct for an earlier body, I think it's just an early version of the later model. MM went to closed covers and lever switch right around '83, well before the Ernie Ball buyout. |
01-08-2013, 11:50 PM
| | Soaking up the cathode rays... | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bdgotoh The neck and battery plates and the bridge are correct for an earlier body, I think it's just an early version of the later model. MM went to closed covers and lever switch right around '83, well before the Ernie Ball buyout. | AAAhhh! So the new electronics configuration was something already in the works before the buyout... Cool. I did not know that.  |
01-09-2013, 03:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Zürich, Switzerland | | | Pure beauty!
I have a '83 Sabre in white. One of my favorite basses!
The only difference is that mine has a 4 bolt neck joint. The closed covers and lever switch were definitely available pre-EB. |
01-09-2013, 07:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | | | I think this is the most beautiful example of this model I have ever seen. |
01-09-2013, 08:10 AM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | | "desmodromic"
I presume you're a Ducati rider.
Wish I was local bump.
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01-09-2013, 08:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | Hello, thanks for all the interest.
I took the neck off this morning, and this is what I found: 
The body stamp is 1980, and there is no neck stamp. The handwritten date appears to be 8-4-82. It actually looks more like a distinguishable '2' on camera than in person for whatever reason; there is a bit of rough grain under that area that kind of obscures the digit. Any further thoughts? I will change the advertised year if there is a consensus.
Cheers, and yes, a former Ducati rider 
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01-09-2013, 09:33 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Jaydee Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | 82 is more reasonable...based on that pencil date....  |
01-09-2013, 10:15 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: North Carolina | | | Its not unusual at all to have mixed part dates on these early MMs.They just grabbed parts out of the stack and put them together.That same thing with the early G & L's.There were actual G & L's that would have mixed hardware like a chrome bridge with a black control plate.And by the way the bass is beautiful.
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01-22-2013, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | Still seeking a local sale for this.. |
01-22-2013, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The Motor City | | | I bump for Sabres.
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02-26-2013, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | Bump. |
02-26-2013, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | That thing's sharp.
Looks like it would fit inside a standard P-Bass case but can anyone confirm or deny that for sure? |
02-26-2013, 09:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Indiana, USA | | | Pm sent
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03-08-2013, 05:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | | | How is this incredible beauty not sold? |
03-23-2013, 07:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | MM Sabre is still for sale.
This bass is now available for shipping. Price includes a new Gator Deluxe case. Buyer pays shipping; US/Canada preferred.
$1700
Last edited by desmodromic : 03-26-2013 at 08:46 AM.
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