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Musicman Sabre Club

#121
OutToPlayJazz said:
Hi Ray,

Yes, the Classic Sabre will do exactly that. In selector position 4 it sounds like the most creamy, soulful Precision bass you've ever heard. Raise the string mutes as well, and you're into James Jamerson territory.

I've just got an Enfield Lionheart which can electronically split it's pickups vertically and horizontally - Using the split coil sound on the front only gives a very authentic Precision impression (albeit with much higher quality woods!), but the Sabre's Precision impression is just so... Wow! I don't know what they did with the Classic Sabre, but it's speciality is shovelling out a wall of tone. If you spent several thousand having a luthier make you the perfect P, the Sabre is how you'd want it to sound.

Enough said? :)
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Thanks! I was afraid of that... The Sabre in my future is getting more clear... :)

fourstringdrums said:
I have to disagree a little on that. The middle position will do a great impression but I'd never give up a P I already had for it.
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An impression is all I'm looking for. My real P is not going anywhere! ;)
 
#122
Can I have a number please?

Neptune blue Classic Sabre arrived today [emoji4]

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#126
Well unfortunately I think I may be leaving the club shortly. I am in a bad way for money and am selling off some of my gear. Unfortunately I think the Sabre will be one of the basses that doesn't make it. It's not that I don't love it, it's just that I can get what I need right now for it.

Is there anyone who would be interested in taking over running the club and handing out numbers if it does get sold, which is likely?
 
#129
fourstringdrums said:
Well unfortunately I think I may be leaving the club shortly. I am in a bad way for money and am selling off some of my gear. Unfortunately I think the Sabre will be one of the basses that doesn't make it. It's not that I don't love it, it's just that I can get what I need right now for it.

Is there anyone who would be interested in taking over running the club and handing out numbers if it does get sold, which is likely?
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#130
fourstringdrums said:
Well unfortunately I think I may be leaving the club shortly. I am in a bad way for money and am selling off some of my gear. Unfortunately I think the Sabre will be one of the basses that doesn't make it. It's not that I don't love it, it's just that I can get what I need right now for it.

Is there anyone who would be interested in taking over running the club and handing out numbers if it does get sold, which is likely?
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You will still maintain emeritus status
 
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#131
fourstringdrums said:
Well unfortunately I think I may be leaving the club shortly. I am in a bad way for money and am selling off some of my gear. Unfortunately I think the Sabre will be one of the basses that doesn't make it. It's not that I don't love it, it's just that I can get what I need right now for it.

Is there anyone who would be interested in taking over running the club and handing out numbers if it does get sold, which is likely?
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Very unfortunate - you have a very nice Sabre bass.
 
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#135
And this ones quite different - it has stainless steel frets. It also has a black nut. All part of the LE package. Other differences from a classic Ray are compensated nut, and black truss rod wheel - a very minor piece of trim, I know but I really like the chrome truss rod wheel on my Classic Ray.

I used the bass at a wedding last week end it truly looks and sounds great. I tended towards the front single coil and rear humbucker setting most of the night which gave a warm but punchy and bassy sound. A bass player in the audience came and spoke to me afterwards and he said not only could you hear it nicely you could feel it and there was quite a growl to it. The other shock was using the front single coil setting (on a version of Stir it Up) - a great P bass type sound - fabulous!!
 
#136
Hello Sabre lovers. I just picked up a '79 Sabre yesterday, and played it with two bands last night. Hadn't had any time to get to grips with the controls, so just went with the both humbuckers on setting, bass and treble like 4/5ths of the way up.

Just wondering how other people dial in their sound? The back pickup on it's own sounds pretty stingray-ish to me, and both humbuckers on sounds like Louis Johnson's tone in 'Stomp'.

Also, I've read some conflicting things about the bass/treble controls. Are they boost/cut? There's no centre detente so it's hard to tell!
 
#139
Alex J said:
Hello Sabre lovers. I just picked up a '79 Sabre yesterday, and played it with two bands last night. Hadn't had any time to get to grips with the controls, so just went with the both humbuckers on setting, bass and treble like 4/5ths of the way up.

Just wondering how other people dial in their sound? The back pickup on it's own sounds pretty stingray-ish to me, and both humbuckers on sounds like Louis Johnson's tone in 'Stomp'.

Also, I've read some conflicting things about the bass/treble controls. Are they boost/cut? There's no centre detente so it's hard to tell!
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Yes, the 2 band preamp on the Sabre is cut and boost. (Correct me if I'm wrong on the early models with the switches!) I tend to use bass at about 75 percent and just a smidgen of treble above the centre-ish flat position. That gives me a nice scooped sound, but there's still plenty of mid shove naturally in the bass anyway. And THAT wall of tone... Aahhhh :)

I've been mainly using the full twin humbucker central selector position on mine for a lovely full and rich sound, and should I need something a little more pointed, I pull back one notch to rear humbucker and rear coil of the neck pickup. The position 4 sound with just the single coil is like a Precision on steroids, too.

Mine is rapidly becoming my favourite bass, and this is coming from someone who's played professionally (and sworn by) Status S2's for 25 years!
 
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#140
OutToPlayJazz said:
Yes, the 2 band preamp on the Sabre is cut and boost. (Correct me if I'm wrong on the early models with the switches!) I tend to use bass at about 75 percent and just a smidgen of treble above the centre-ish flat position. That gives me a nice scooped sound, but there's still plenty of mid shove naturally in the bass anyway. And THAT wall of tone... Aahhhh :)

I've been mainly using the full twin humbucker central selector position on mine for a lovely full and rich sound, and should I need something a little more pointed, I pull back one notch to rear humbucker and rear coil of the neck pickup. The position 4 sound with just the single coil is like a Precision on steroids, too.

Mine is rapidly becoming my favourite bass, and this is coming from someone who's played professionally (and sworn by) Status S2's for 25 years!
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Yeah, mine has the switches. The bright switch is cool..the phase switch is just plain weird! I've just done another gig with it, and I *think* the EQ controls are both boost/cut. The treble is, certainly. I find myself using just the rear pickup for fingerstyle, and then switching to both pickups for thumping. Either way it cut straight through the mix without ever getting brittle. Definitely my new favourite!
 

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