Delberthot

I haven't had this long but I think that this is my final attempt to bond with a Stingray. I have had many over the years but this is my first 2 band one. It looks incredible and it plays really well but I just can't get a sound that I am happy with. The body is dated January 1998 but the neck plate dates it to the beginning of March 1998. When I first got it I took the neck off it as it was grubby as expected for a 20 year old neck with a hand rubbed finish. I lightly sanded it and then gave it 4 coats of Birchwood Casey tru oil as recommended by EBMM. This was then lightly rubbed down with 000 steel wool. It still looks shiny but is really smooth to the touch. The tuners went into a container of cola to remove the dirt and then they were carefully dried off and put back together. The pickup poles were slightly oxidised as they do so I decided that, instead of taking a wire brush to them and having lots of metal filings sticking to the pickup, I would buy a closed cover pickup cover. I also took the opportunity to level out the poles to combat the quiet G string issue that these seem to have. This was done by gently pushing the poles down and it could be easily reversed if needs be. There are 2 dings on the body which are fortunately on the back so not noticable when you are playing. The first is on the upper horn near the strap button and the other is at the opposite corner near the jack. There are also a couple of other small dings around the headstock. Everything on it functions 100% and I made a slight adjustment to the truss rod so I know that it works as expected. It is strung with my usual D'addario EXL165, it has a brand new Duracell battery and comes in a functional gig bag. I can't work the colour out: I think that it is sunburst but in a certain light it looks more like cherry burst. It has been incredibly hard to photograph the colour but either way, it is a really nice colour.