Spotted this Stingray EX on Ebay

[John T]

 

This is currently on Ebay at £650.

I may be wrong but from what iv'e read they were made in Japan with USA parts, now discontinued...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ernie-Ball-Musicman-Stingray-EX-4-strings-white/282628649939?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

[AndyTravis]

Very near my house. £200 over my spare money fund at the minute. Asked the wife if I could borrow £200 and she said “not for a bass just after Christmas love” and I said ok...

and it’s a stingray which means I’d only sell it.

[Delberthot]

I spotted that as well but collection only so you may get it for a relatively low offer

[John T]

I think i'll message him, worth a punt......Japanese workmanship is pretty spot on.

Manchester is only an hour from me.

[John T]

I'm assuming this would be a different animal to the Sterling?

[AndyTravis]

Nice one. Saves me explaining why £200 has gone out of the holiday pot and why there’s “another bloodyfucking stringray or whatever it’s called here after you sold the last 6”

[John T]

Haha!!.....Rude not to check it out i guess.

Have messaged regarding age, condition etc, waiting for reply which may not be until tomorrow now.

Edited December 29, 2017 by John T

[John T]

The chap has just got back to me and said - 'Don't know how old it is as they don't have a serial number'.....Hmmmm

[AndyTravis]

Pressed on the bridge under the saddle adjustment 

[AndyTravis]

The Stingray EX is a discontiued bass Manufactured for the Japanese market by our 
distributor Kanda Shokai. The basses were built in Japan utilizing U.S. parts. An intresting feature is the Japanese decided to put back the old mute pads on the Stingray EX for a more historically accurate version. The basses were intended for the Japanese market only but with the advent of "webshops" they can be ordered
all over the world including the U.S.  

Thanks

Derek

[Mudpup]

22 minutes ago, John T said:

The chap has just got back to me and said - 'Don't know how old it is as they don't have a serial number'.....Hmmmm

Looks real to me......bargain

[John T]

Yeah i just found the same AndyTravis...Also thanks for the location advice on serial number.

Mudpup - Thanks for your input, you can never be too sure with these thing i guess.

[John T]

Seems a bargain but seller adamant there is no serial number anywhere on the bass.....

[AndyTravis]

Probability was bridge - that’s where older MM basses have them.

someone may have sanded it off to make it look as if it’s a USA.

irony is, these are more scarce.

[John T]

That's a fair assumption....Or changed the bridge. T'is a shame though as it could be a very nice bass but without a serial number anywhere people are always weary...Everything has a s/number

[AndyTravis]

The bridge won’t have been changed...nobody does a decent MM replacement with mutes.

id still go for it if I had the cash.

[John T]

Thanks for that, i'll bear it in mind....

Edited January 1, 2018 by John T

[floFC]

Out of curiosity, how can you tell it is an EX/MIJ Stingray?

[AndyTravis]

Just now, floFC said:

Out of curiosity, how can you tell it is an EX/MIJ Stingray?

Not got the “san luis” thing on the back of the head...they did mute bridges when Musicman didn’t offer that.

other than that - not sure.

[John T]

My thoughts really, this is why serial numbers exist....

[John T]

Hypothetically, if someone has taken the time to grind the serial number off the bridge and re chrome it would be no prob to put a decal on the headstock and try to pass it as a USA model.

 

[AndyTravis]

Yeah that’d be my gut instinct 

[MrTea]

What’s with the weird white patch in the top left of the body (above the pick up). Looks like 2 raised bumps in one of the photos?

[John T]

Bodged repair?

[Phil_T]

19 minutes ago, MrTea said:

What’s with the weird white patch in the top left of the body (above the pick up). Looks like 2 raised bumps in one of the photos?

Looks to me like the paper backing left behind from a sticker that's been removed (somewhat half-arsedly)