A good friend of mine has a fantastic old Stingray, he thinks it's from '89 or '90. I'm not a particular fan of the Ray but this bass has just got "it", whatever that may be. A fantastic instrument.
He's thinking of selling it so I was having a look at it again the other day after many years and noticed an unusual feature I've never seen before or since on a Stingray - a carving around the neck joint on the rear of the body and no neckplate.
Was this ever a feature? Google hasn't been much help and I'd hate to think he's not got a legit instrument.