Every time I see a Blue Dawn Stingray or Sterling, I'm left wondering why they discontinued that gorgeous finish. 
Nice collection, Kick!
Nice collection, Kick!
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Boo,
While they did run that color a few years ago, they did it again this year for the LE. I just received that bass yesterday, it was just built this month.
While they did run that color a few years ago, they did it again this year for the LE. I just received that bass yesterday, it was just built this month.
- Dec 5, 2002
- 4,165
- 2,254
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Ernie Ball Music Man/Sterling By Music Man
Cool finish, but are you sure that's a Music Man Stingray? Definitely NOT a MM bridge, pickup or electronics package...knobs are wrong.
Looks like it's been aftermarketed to death. But it certainly seems to have been a 'Ray at some point...
Had to share this with you guys.
We had an opening band on Saturday and the bass player had this custom EB Stingray. He said it was done by the same guy that does Steve Vai's JEM guitars. The headstock was done the same as the body too.
Check out their band if you have a sec.
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looks like an early sterling to me where the chorme knobs have been replaced. and it has funky finish too. the rest is pretty standard though, my sting ray has the same bridge.
Had to share this with you guys.
We had an opening band on Saturday and the bass player had this custom EB Stingray. He said it was done by the same guy that does Steve Vai's JEM guitars. The headstock was done the same as the body too.
Check out their band if you have a sec.
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looks like an early sterling to me where the chorme knobs have been replaced. and it has funky finish too. the rest is pretty standard though, my sting ray has the same bridge.
Yep, 100% sure.
Cool finish, but are you sure that's a Music Man Stingray? Definitely NOT a MM bridge, pickup or electronics package...knobs are wrong.
Stood about 3 feet from it.
Custom parts were added such as black tuners.
If you go to their website there are more pics.
By the way, he's a damn good bassist too.
30th Anniversary, Dargie Delight, Blue Dawn, Buttercream
Blue Dawn's give me GAS big time. I have a fund set up to save for one...
here was the one I used to have:
Every time I see a Blue Dawn Stingray or Sterling, I'm left wondering why they discontinued that gorgeous finish.
Nice collection, Kick!
It's a great looking finish. The only thing I don't like is that the limited edition reissues have the 2007 inlay at the 12th fret.
Actually, I think it is. Early SR's had built-in mutes. I've seen one personally.
Definitely NOT a MM bridge...
- Dec 5, 2002
- 4,165
- 2,254
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Ernie Ball Music Man/Sterling By Music Man
I've owned about ten of those with the mutes, but that isn't a Music Man bridge.
Anyway, that IS a very cool finish!
Dunno man, looks a lot like the one below to me!
Or possibly one of the others from the 80's-90's from this page, which I think even you're mentioned on?...
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Am I missing something?
Yeah, it was definitely an original bridge.
The pickguard is a replacement as well as the tuners and the electronics.
Bovine,
Yes that is the original bridge...it's what is commonly called the 'Flea bridge'.
You see how the string saddles have the strings a little offset...Flea requested they be made that way in the mid 90's.
Then shortly after the Flea bridge came out, EB quit supplying spring mutes as factory install, but the bridge was still the large plate. Thats why there's those funny botton-head caps where the thumbscrews would have been. For a couple of years, the spring mutes could be ordered and installed if someone wanted. Then in the late 90's they switched to the short plate bridge we know today.
Yes that is the original bridge...it's what is commonly called the 'Flea bridge'.
You see how the string saddles have the strings a little offset...Flea requested they be made that way in the mid 90's.
Then shortly after the Flea bridge came out, EB quit supplying spring mutes as factory install, but the bridge was still the large plate. Thats why there's those funny botton-head caps where the thumbscrews would have been. For a couple of years, the spring mutes could be ordered and installed if someone wanted. Then in the late 90's they switched to the short plate bridge we know today.
Ok, I've always wondered about this, as I noticed it on my SR5. Why is this? It seems a bit odd.
My guess it's cuz of spring rattle. A lot of people think that it's their truss rod buzzing when in fact it's the spring of the bridge rattling against the strings. Sometimes it's just the spring rattling. My Stingray does it sometimes and so does my Schecter Devil-Tribal. You can roll your finger across them once in a while to get it to stop or stick a little piece of sponge or something under it.
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