Music Man Sabre Slap Demo

[Dr. Cheese]

Sounds like flats; that classic Louis Johnson tone!

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

 

[MaxSpinrun]

One of my favorite basses. I wish they would come back into production.

 

[Killing Floor]

That sounds great. I prefer rounds on my Sabre but that sounded nice.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

One of my favorite basses. I wish they would come back into production.

I had one for a short while in the Nineties. I should have kept it.

 

[Goodnight Cody]

Sounds like flats; that classic Louis Johnson tone!

Ah yeah the description says "Old-ish roundwounds (10-15 yrs, in a not too distant past cooked in vinegar to give them some sparkle again)."
Sounds great tho. I just got a Sabre two days ago !!

 

[MingusBass]

I had a Classic Sabre bass for a few years and the slap tone beat even my favorite StingRay I’ve owned but I moved it on late last year. Great bass!

 

[malthumb]

I still have a ‘79 Sabre…sorta…my youngest son is getting back into playing and I told him he could take one of mine to work on his chops. Pick anything but the Alembics. Winced a little bit when he grabbed the Sabre. We’re both clear that it’s a LOAN.

 

[Rib 13]

Sounds like flats; that classic Louis Johnson tone!

Sounds like broken-in not-so-fresh rounds to me

EDIT:

Ah yeah the description says "Old-ish roundwounds (10-15 yrs, in a not too distant past cooked in vinegar to give them some sparkle again)."
Sounds great tho. I just got a Sabre two days ago !!

Just read this....Glad my ears arent as shot as I thought they were lol

 

[Mark_70]

Ooohh that is nice!
Very good demo video - and some very tasty and useable sounds in there
Regards
Mark

 

[murphy]

Damn!!! Wish I had kept mine...
At least I still have a Stingray

 

[jimmydean]

Another bass I wish I would have kept.......OH DEAR !

 

[smarthound]

I tried out a fellow bassist's Sabre in the early '90s. I'd auditioned several Stingrays in the past and wasn't really impressed, but the Sabre felt and sounded just right. I've never bought one, but the Sabre, together with the Riverhead Unicorn, remains on my "I Wish" list.

 

[rmayer]

I had one for a short while in the Nineties. I should have kept it.

I had one around 78-79, probably very similar to this one. Dark Brown with the Maple board, which I was never a fan of. But it did have some great tone.
Sold it and bought my 62 Jazz Bass with the sweetest neck I’ve ever played.

 

[malthumb]

I had one around 78-79, probably very similar to this one. Dark Brown with the Maple board, which I was never a fan of. But it did have some great tone.
Sold it and bought my 62 Jazz Bass with the sweetest neck I’ve ever played.

My first “real” bass was a ‘79 dark brown with maple board that I owned for over 20 years. When I put it up for sale all my bass playing buddies screamed “nooooooo!”. I did it anyway. And regretted it. Eventually I went on a mission to find another and eventually landed on a ‘79 sunburst and an ‘80 natural . Still have the ‘79 and I don’t see ever being without it.

 

[Mrtoodamnsabre]

My first “real” bass was a ‘79 dark brown with maple board that I owned for over 20 years. When I put it up for sale all my bass playing buddies screamed “nooooooo!”. I did it anyway. And regretted it. Eventually I went on a mission to find another and eventually landed on a ‘79 sunburst and an ‘80 natural . Still have the ‘79 and I don’t see ever being without it.

So lucky to get one back, there’s only like 4,000 of them out there