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Musicman Sabre Club
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Ok, so does anyone happen to know what the potentiometer value is for the volume knob? Looks like it'll need replacing. There are several numbers stamped on the pot, but no values. Thanks all.
I thought the sabre was supposed to have a 16 pole piece humbucker. Never seen one with double eight showing like yours above. Three switches also...is that normal? Makes me wonder if there was a pickup change/switch added to the preamp. Beautiful wearing of the paint and on the bridge though, congrats!
I may be wrong, but I believe you are speaking of the pick-up configuration of the new Sabre Classic serries. The new Sabres have an 8-pole piece humbucker at the bridge and a 16-pole piece pickup single coil at the neck. As for the switches you see, those where normal on the original 70's vintage Sabres and I'm not really sure what their function.
Here's the editor of BP talking about the new Sabre bass, speaking of the PU config.:
...and cool lefty Sabre! That's a real score, I've never seen one.
Thanks, I've only seen 3 or 4 come up for sale in my life, and certainly never held one until this one, last week.
All I've ever seen are double eights. My 79 and my 80 (as well as my 78 Ray) have 8-pole exposed. And 3 switches
- Pickup selector
- Pickup phase
- "Bright" (which I call the "Do Nothing switch")
I believe Ernie Ball changed the pickup design from 8 to sixteen. I think that's when they started covering the poles as well. I have a late '80's Sabre that I'm pretty sure has 16 poles at the neck.
Has anyone here ever had to replace the preamp in their pre-EB Sabre? If so, what did you do about it?
I was also wondering if a preamp from a G&L L2000 would work with the Sabre's pickups even thought the 3 switches have different functions than the Sabre.
I was also wondering if a preamp from a G&L L2000 would work with the Sabre's pickups even thought the 3 switches have different functions than the Sabre.
The original 8 pole pickups along with the original arrangement of switches was on the 78 thru 80.
The pickup pole change still happened during the preEB 81-83 era and also changed from the three swithces to the single blade switch.
Well I'll be getting my number back next week. I just ordered a rosewood necked transparent white one through Musician's Friend.
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Congrats on the new acquisition.
You never lost your number. You started this adventure. That means you are number
Congrats on the new acquisition.
lol Thanks. Well hopefully it arrives safely and with as good of QC as I expect from MM. I've only bought one other bass from Musician's Friend in my life, so I know chances are it's been sitting in a box for god knows how long and probably won't get a look over before it gets shipped. I would have ordered from anyone else but the rosewood necks are hard to find.
My all Rosewood Necked Trans White Sabre arrived today! She's beautiful...actually, the color, as you can see from the pictures (they're from MF, but they're of the bass), the color is more vintage blonde I'd say than white. The color is spot on to how it looks in person and you can see from my first post on page one of the white Sabre I had last year that it's definitely a different color. I prefer it though.
The neck feels beautiful. I wasn't a huge fan of the gloss on the maple neck, so this is perfect. Playability is of course spot on. The only issue I had was I broke a G while I was tuning up and then when I went to replace it, that kept slipping until I really forced it to stay at the bottom of the post. I'm hoping there isn't a problem with the tuner. I also have a slight dead spot on the 6th fret, which I had on my last Sabre, though that was on the 7th. It's funny, every bass I've had in the last year has had one somewhere between the 4th & 8th frets, fretted or fretless, neck-thru or bolt-on. So if someone says MM are immune, they're either lying or they can't hear it. But G&L, Lull, Reverend, Ibanez..they've all had them. So, par for course I guess.
I put on some Chromes and I think they're perfect for the bass. They thump nicely but still retain enough growl when I want it while favoring the first few positions.
WOW! Beautiful bass... That neck is gorgeous! Congratulations!
Thanks. It's just as nice in person. I've always wanted an all rosewood MM and like I said when I had my first Sabre, the gloss on the neck was the only thing I didn't like about it, so this is my dream Sabre. Actually, initially my dream Sabre would have had a natural finish, but I like this one better. I'm still amazed how much different it is from what I usually see in trans white Sabres.
Just looking at them side by side, the difference is obvious. This maple necked one wasn't the one I had, but the color was the same.
Has anyone tried Chromes on their Sabre yet? I know when I had my white/maple one last year, I tried GHS Brite Flats and I didn't like that it took away some of the growl when playing with the rear pickup. The Chromes seem to have fixed that problem. They thump, they have a nice round tone when using the front pickup and the middle two coils, but once you get to the rear pickup selections, the growl comes back. I'm very happy with them.
I was playing around with the G&L LB-100 I have that I'm going to be selling and I think I definitely prefer the Sabre. The neck is like butter and is effortless for me to play. Sure, it's not a passive p-bass, but I'm falling back in love with the versatility and the fact that hand placement and touch mean so much to the tone you get. I'm anxious to see how it sounds as the chromes break in. The LB-100 has chromes, but they're about a month old. I never thought I'd find something I enjoyed playing more than a precision, but I can't put it down.
I was playing around with the G&L LB-100 I have that I'm going to be selling and I think I definitely prefer the Sabre. The neck is like butter and is effortless for me to play. Sure, it's not a passive p-bass, but I'm falling back in love with the versatility and the fact that hand placement and touch mean so much to the tone you get. I'm anxious to see how it sounds as the chromes break in. The LB-100 has chromes, but they're about a month old. I never thought I'd find something I enjoyed playing more than a precision, but I can't put it down.
Funny, I was kickin' around the idea of putting Chromes on one of my Sabres just this morning! Thanks for doin' the leg work. 
