This is from a 2 year old thread on TB:
“A total of 1,246 anniversary Basses made. With regards to the necks, 713 were Maple, 477 Rosewood, 21 lined fretless, and 35 unlined fretless. No records kept concerning the type of wood used for veneer…flame v quilt Maple. (Per EB). This model introduced the down-sized bridge on Sting Ray Basses. (Per EB). Ash body with various figured Maple tops. Serial located on bridge. Tortoise pickguards glued to body only. Solid bridge saddles. Capstan wheel truss adjustment. 3 Band EQ only. No control plate. Rear mounted electronics. Old style neck plate logo (recessed).”
I think it’s interesting that they made more unlined than lined fretless necks. Mind you, the fretboard of this particular bass was unique.
I’m pretty sure I was playing a ‘96 fretless Sterling when I saw the eBay listing. I let the Sterling go after quite a few years and have since regretted that. I thought I wouldn’t like a Stingray neck relative to the Sterling, but I rather liked the wider but shallow neck of an 81 Sabre that I bought years later, so maybe I would’ve loved to play as well as look at that fancy Ray.
