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05-24-2008, 11:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | Leo Fender Music Man club - gosh darn it - why not!
I've traded this bass - would someone else like to manage the thread and receive the LFMM #1?
It seems that this is uncharted territory.
Rules are pretty simple...
You own a Leo Fender Music Man.
Here is my '79   
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05-24-2008, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | This will be pretty cool, I love Pre-EB basses.  Might get to see some Sabre's!
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05-25-2008, 02:40 AM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | Ask for a Sabre, and you shall receive Roon...  |
05-25-2008, 07:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Michigan | | do trans-era basses count? Mine was made in 1985 or '86 and has all the features of the Leo Fender basses (bullet trussrod, 2-band EQ, neck profile, etc), except with a tiny "Ernie Ball" above the logo on the headstock.
So, maybe not 
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05-25-2008, 07:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | to mike I bequeath #2
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05-25-2008, 11:09 PM
| | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | I wonder where the other preEB owners are at? |
05-25-2008, 11:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: illinois | | i had an opportunity to get a 77 stingray yesterday but i was a bit short  |
05-25-2008, 11:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I have a 78, stingray, no pix though.
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05-25-2008, 11:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego | | Only MM I own. '79 Sabre. No weak G string here if anything the G is louder than the rest.
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05-26-2008, 12:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | mmm, Leo Sabre's I want one - indeed!
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05-26-2008, 01:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Caca de Kick  Ask for a Sabre, and you shall receive Roon... | Really? Should I PM you my address? Heck, I'll even pay shipping.  
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05-26-2008, 09:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | knarleybass #3 pending foto
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cool tunes man!
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05-26-2008, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | What are the big cylinders on the bridge?
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05-26-2008, 09:25 AM
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05-26-2008, 09:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Suprise Panda! What are the big cylinders on the bridge? | String mutes. Same idea as putting a piece of foam under a bridge cover on a Fender. It gives the strings a kind of "muffled" sound. You can emulate it with a scrunchie on the nut or shoving a piece of foam near your bridge.
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05-26-2008, 12:52 PM
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05-26-2008, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Suprise Panda! What are the big cylinders on the bridge? | Those are the thumb screws you see for the mutes.
You turn the screws to engage the mutes, or no muting, or just a little bit of muting to take the 'zing' off.
I for one thought it was a great design, because it's low-key, and isn't big and bulky like an after-thought. Sure it takes 6 to 8 seconds to set them up, but requires no screwdrivers and doesn't ruin the finish of your bass.   |
05-26-2008, 08:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: SoCal | | | I don't own one, but just got to play one at a store. These are incredible instruments.
If only we all could have everything we want. |
05-27-2008, 08:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Sadly, no longer. I had one I want back that I bought new around 1979 or so. The IC died and I had to replace the pre- with a non-epoxied one just before EB took over. Very nice 'burst StingRay with the bass control centered at a very usable frequency. I sold it to Dan Lakin when the value of a StingRay got to be more than $1000. In fact, my bass was listed in his little montly newsletter that announced that he was making a new bass of his own design.
I later came across a 1977 StingRay for $1000, but it was in 1997. I bought it be never bonded with that one. It was substanially heavier, and the bass control was centered much lower, making it pretty useless for me. I don't regret getting rid of the '77, but the other one I had still bugs me.
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05-27-2008, 10:36 AM
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