Music Man Sabre Color Poll (Sabre Pr0n inside)

[verycoolname]

Blue. Blue plus tort is always a win, it just looks so great. Definitely pops. Do they offer it with a rosewood board?

 

[malthumb]

Blue. Blue plus tort is always a win, it just looks so great. Definitely pops. Do they offer it with a rosewood board?

Yes. I've played a sunburst and a natural with RW.

 

[verycoolname]

Yes. I've played a sunburst and a natural with RW.

Nice. If they put rosewood on the blue it'd be no contest.

 

[j.kernodle]

yep. all of em come with maple or rosewood. I just went all maple for consistency on the photos. I'm up in the air on the board as well. I prefer rosewood in general, but these necks are just so sexy that hiding them under rosewood seems almost criminal.

 

[ubnomnar]

Birdseye board and light weight... that 9 pound natural looks awesome... as does the 9.5 pound trans white. Gotta wonder about the featherweight 8 pound "Sledge."

 

[Titania]

I just bought one of these two weeks ago and went with Silver with the maple fretboard. That neck is way too nice to cover up with rosewood.

Edit: This is the MM bass that finally won me over, Stingrays and Sterlings always left me feeling kind of 'meh'.

 

[MoeTown1986]

sunburst, change out the PG to black. POW!

 

[Webtroll]

voted burst, but for me it was a toss up between that and natural. had tobacco brown been an option that would have gotten my vote.

 

[Photobass]

I have this bass, looks way nicer in person.

 

[Fuzzbass]

Yeah, what's with all the tort? :scowl: I'd go with black/black or silver/black or blue/pearloid.

Wait a sec.... trans white/gold anodized.




My old Sabre was an '89 EBMM in black/black with figured maple neck, pretty much the same as the ones offered today. It was possibly the nicest four string I ever owned.

 

[themarshall]

The only one that doesn't really turn me on, is the blue.

And 1. Looks like a gobstopper.

 

[catgut]

agreed, its got kind of an 80's vibe going, in a good way. the non-exposed pole piece look makes it more of an 80's reissue than a pre-EB reissue.

If it makes you feel any better Music Man made them like this for 2 years prior to Ernie Ball ownership. I have an '83. They mixed and matched headstocks, pups, and electronics during most of the Sabre run. I didn't even know Ernie Ball made them at all in the later 80's until I read TalkBass. So you can comfortably refer to it still as a pre-EB reissue And the Blue is really sweet. So is the Black thanks to the pickgaurd and I am partial to the sunburst for obvious reasons.