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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1425560013' post='2708570']
Looks tidy...just over a day to go

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1976-Musicman-Stingray-/261790757068?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf3f1f0cc"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cf3f1f0cc[/url]
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I'm not sure about those interchangable scratchplates for photography nerds. :ph34r:

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[color=teal][size=1][b][font=Times New Roman][size=3]A NOTE ON THE USE OF ROSEWOOD AND EBONY, SERIAL NUMBER LOCATION, THE USE OF BLACK EPOXY ON PRE-AMPS, BODY CONTOURING & BRIDGES.

Although Rosewood was used for [u]fretless[/u] Basses, [u]fretted Rosewood[/u] was not introduced as an option until very late 1979 (or very early 1980). At the same time fretless Basses changed from Rosewood to Ebony.[/size][/font][/b][/size][/color]

with the lack of dot markers on the board it looks like this maybe a fretless that has been fretted?

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[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1425660935' post='2709550']
not original

[color=teal][size=1][b][font=Times New Roman][size=3]A NOTE ON THE USE OF ROSEWOOD AND EBONY, SERIAL NUMBER LOCATION, THE USE OF BLACK EPOXY ON PRE-AMPS, BODY CONTOURING & BRIDGES.

Although Rosewood was used for [u]fretless[/u] Basses, [u]fretted Rosewood[/u] was not introduced as an option until very late 1979 (or very early 1980). At the same time fretless Basses changed from Rosewood to Ebony.[/size][/font][/b][/size][/color]

with the lack of dot markers on the board it looks like this maybe a fretless that has been fretted?
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He's aware of the non-originality of the fingerboard/frets but he's not letting on. ;)
"[color=#231F20][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]From what I can gather the original fretboard was replaced. As the end of the neck is signed LF and dated for Nov 76." (ebay message)[/font][/color]
[color=#231F20][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]However it could explain why a previous winner of this bass on ebay never completed the sale. ;)[/font][/color]

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