MM Cutlass Fretless?

[Feral Feline]

A question for all you MusicMan fanatics.

I've searched the web, I've searched TB, spent a lot of time looking for the answer before posting the question.

"Did MM ever make fretless Cutlasses?"

I vaguely recall reading one of Monsieur Pomeroy's vintage bass articles about a Cutlass and a Sabre, one being fretless... maybe.

The closest I've come to such info is from the Ernie Ball forums where one EBer states: "Some of the Cutlass necks used to warp and bow. They also don't have a trussrod. The only way to remedy was to to defret and shave them for a fretless setup."
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So, MM experts. Did a "graphite"-necked Cutlass escape the MM factory sans frets?

 

[Feral Feline]

Badda Bump.

Any fretless cutlasses out there?

 

[fourfinger]

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I see just one on this page; not stated if it was stock.

 

[basshista]

I own a factory fretless cutlass. It has the rarer cutlass only (without 1 or 2) decal. To my knowledge It is the only one ever produced.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Oh, so apparently there was an active Cutlass model prior to the more recent passive Cutlass model.

 

[Chuck M]

Oh, so apparently there was an active Cutlass model prior to the more recent passive Cutlass model.

The original Cutlass was a Stingray with a graphite neck.

 

[mouthmw]

Oh, so apparently there was an active Cutlass model prior to the more recent passive Cutlass model.

Yup, Flea played one back in the 80s (all stickered up), early albums era.

 

[Arohana]

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Tony Levin recorded 'Sledgehammer' with a fretless Cutlass, c. 1986.

 

[Arohana]

I'd sooner buy a fretless Cutlass than an E-type Jag. Unfortunately, both are completely out of my budget...

 

[Mrtoodamnsabre]

Extremely rare bass but they’re out there, probably not looking at a ton of them being made at all.