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05-05-2010, 02:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orange County, CA | | | MUSIC MAN 1979 Pre-EB Stingray - "Restored"!
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This is a 1979 Pre-EB Ray - when I got it, it was in bad shape - had been badly refinished, neck was shredded, frets were not level, tuners bent, truss rod nut stripped, etc. So I had Pat Wilkins refinish it - body is aged Olympic White, neck is tinted vintage. New decal, new tortoiseshell pickguard from WD, new Schaller BML tuners, new truss rod nut, new Dunlop straplock pins, new strings retainer. Also received a fret level, new nut and a fresh set of DR Sunbeams. The body, neck, pickup, all plates, bridge and electronics are original (one pot has been swapped).
Looks and plays like a million bucks but still sounds like a pre-EB should - fat and funky. I've got four pre-EB basses right now and have gotten more and more fond of the skinny necks on my Sabres, so I'm moving this 'Ray. I have the original, Music Man molded hardshell case (very beat up) that I can include or I can include a newer generic case.
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05-05-2010, 05:26 PM
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05-05-2010, 06:12 PM
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05-05-2010, 06:16 PM
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05-05-2010, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orange County, CA | | Thanks guys. It was a labor of love - whenever I see a battered, screwed up pre-EB bass, I feel compelled to buy it and nurse it back to health.  |
05-05-2010, 11:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: US | | | Very interesting... What does she weigh?
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05-06-2010, 12:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orange County, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by king_biscuit  Very interesting... What does she weigh? | I'll get you a weight tomorrow. I took it down to my tech to have the nut slots cut a little bit. It's a lighter one though - around 9.5 lbs (one of my others weighs 12!). |
05-06-2010, 12:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | | | Sweet looker! |
05-06-2010, 12:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: alabama | | | I`ve got wood.
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05-06-2010, 02:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Zürich, Switzerland | | | Wow! That's likely to be the most beautiful pre-EB I've seen.... |
05-08-2010, 08:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia | | | Wow! Is that really the same bass? Amazing! Hardly recognize it.
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05-08-2010, 08:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orange County, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by megadan Wow! Is that really the same bass? Amazing! Hardly recognize it. | Actually this is a different one. The one I bought from you is being kept - redid that one in 2-tone sunburst and keeping it. I'll get you pics of that one next week (getting a new preamp installed). |
05-08-2010, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jtlee Actually this is a different one. The one I bought from you is being kept - redid that one in 2-tone sunburst and keeping it. I'll get you pics of that one next week (getting a new preamp installed). |
Ah! Yeah that makes more sense 
yeah I'm curious to see some pictures!
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05-08-2010, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Lincoln, Massachusetts | | | You and Pat Wilkins did a beautiful restoration job on this bass.
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05-08-2010, 02:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spokane | | | Pat Wilkins does amazing work! Good job man! I've never owned a ray, and I've always wanted one. Beautiful bass! |
05-09-2010, 12:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amarillo, TX | | | Very nice, free bump
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05-13-2010, 02:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: TENNESSEE | | | Wow, can I have that?
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05-17-2010, 11:27 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL | | | Price? |
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