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pre ebmm stingray headstock brand query

Justice4trance

Justice4trance

Sep 20, 2013
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#1
Anyone knows if pre ebmm stingray headstock will not have the stingray word on it. I have interest to purchase this bass actually. Pardon that picture is not so clear

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#2
I have three Leo era Music Man basses:

  • '78 StingRay
  • '79 Sabre
  • '80 Sabre

All three have the model name on the headstock. Here's the StingRay....

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Question is....why does the one you are thinking of buying NOT have it?

If you have contact with the seller, ask him to disassemble the neck from the body and send you photos of the date stamps. I am guessing they were not born together. The neck is probably a replacement. Could be that it is a Sabre neck on a StingRay body

Whether that is a bad thing or meh is all up to you.
 
#6
smcd said:
Every Stingray bass, pre or post EBMM, will have the word "Stingray" on the headstock. The bass you're looking at has had the neck replaced or refinished.
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I'm thinking now that it may be fake. The neck may be a non-MM version with an MM logo awkwardly placed.

Look where the first "M" in the logo is placed on the OP photo, relative the the G-string post.....then look at where it is placed on mine. The logo in the OP is quite a bit further toward the tip of the headstock and further away from the G-string post. Probably not leaving enough room for the "StingRay" part of the decal.
 
#8
Caca de Kick said:
Im thinking that someone used a Sabre neck as a replacement on a Ray, and simply sanded off the "StingRay Bass" part of the decal.
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I don't think so. The placement of "Music Man" still doesn't line up right. The M on my Sabre headstock below is further away from the G-string post than on my StingRay, but the end of the word and the trademark do not extend beyond the D-string on any of my basses like they do on the one in the OP.

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#9
malthumb said:
I don't think so. The placement of "Music Man" still doesn't line up right. The M on my Sabre headstock below is further away from the G-string post than on my StingRay, but the end of the word and the trademark do not extend beyond the D-string on any of my basses like they do on the one in the OP.
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I've noticed decal placement wasn't exact or any kind of science. They were all over the place.

An easy way for someone to tell if it's an original neck, is going to be removing the tuners and looking for the pin router hole plugs on the back of the headstock.
 
#12
thanks everyone, truly appreciate it.

The feel and sound is nice. But I've given it a miss (though the price is quite reasonable)Just in case it needs to be sold off, it will be rather difficult for me.
one main attraction which is not there also is this one is not strung through the body, something that i saw in some urls and made me drool.

Just processed my 51pbass reissue and corvette proline transaction...will be in before christmas.
 

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