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MY STOLEN STINGRAY

#121
An interesting thing comes to light here re different attitudes toward instruments by players. Neither is right or wrong, but they're so different. In my case, I find a bass I like and I stick with it. It becomes a very personal thing, and as I said earlier, there's a connection through the soul once you've played and worked with an instrument for years/decades. Hell I still have my '68 Tele! Others look at their instruments for what they actually are - a slab of wood with wire strung on it. So they'll happily swap and trade around and buy new then sell, whatever. And if they lose an instrument they had for a while, it's truly no big deal other than financial. Certainly a more realistic view, but I can't relate and I know others cannot as well. So, as always, to each his own!
 
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Here's my Anvil briefcase, circa 1976. The shop I worked at was the first dealer in Dallas and they gave us each a briefcase with the shop logo. I carry it when I ride the train here in Dallas. Not as a case, but as a shield/weapon.
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Gary Herman down in Austin had a natural/maple Stingray of about that vintage in the early 90s. He may still have it.

Not suggesting he stole the OP’s bass - I think his had a black pickup anyway. But I got to play it on a couple of sit-ins with the band he was in at that time - it was a great instrument.
 
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Altitude said:
Gary Herman down in Austin had a natural/maple Stingray of about that vintage in the early 90s. He may still have it.

Not suggesting he stole the OP’s bass - I think his had a black pickup anyway. But I got to play it on a couple of sit-ins with the band he was in at that time - it was a great instrument.
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Oh some major sleuths here found my bass! It's in Japan.
 
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The Anvil case is nice, the 77 Stingray is awesome, but I think everyone is missing the fact that this man not only met the inventor of the Stingray but the inventor of the some of the finest musical instruments and amplifiers in the world.
Beautiful bass Freight Train, and you got it from the man behind it's invention. WOW!
You may not have the bass, but you will always have the memory of visiting the factory and meeting a truly historic person that people will still be reading about for centuries to come.
 
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Freight Train said:
In 1977 I was in L.A. for a recording seminar and met a guy there who worked at the new MusicMan factory. He took me to the factory one day, where I got to meet Leo, and I saw this beautiful bass coming down the assembly line, and said, "Put my name on that and send it to me.". The guy working on it said, "You're getting the first natural finish with maple fretboard off the line.". It was serial #B002359, which I believe makes it bass #59 out of the factory. It was such an exceptional bass, active pickups, and oddly guitar-sized fretwire. Not sure if that was common with Stingrays, but that's what this one had. Gave it very much a fretless vibe. The bass was stolen from me in 1989/90 here in Dallas, and it broke my heart. I was just wondering where it wound up. Or if someone will admit they have it, where they got it. Of course I'm sure the statute of limitations is way passed so no worries about legal action. I have no intention of that anyway. Just wondering if it found a good home with a good player.
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That is a heartbreaking post, as well as an amazing story.
I hope that you are reunited one day.
 

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