E sharp Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Musicman Stingray Modulus hybrid . Culling my 4 strings , and now selling the bass that I said , I'd never sell . I bought this in around '92 , as a fretless . Had a matched fretted one , but missed out at the last minute on that . Guy I bought it off wanted Modulus necks on his Stingrays , and shipped in two Modulus Quantum necks direct from the factory . He kept the MM hardware , and electrics , and got Rodger Giffin , to make him a more fancy topped body . Stuck all the electrics back in and fitted the neck . The neck is one of the old Quantum trussrod free ones . Needed it fretted , and only person who was willing to do it , was a guy called Steve Smith from Southend - there's a thread somewhere mentioning him . I can only assume that the frets are stainless , as in 27 years of hard gigging , I've only had one fret dress up - around 10 years ago , by Martin Booth . I have gigged this hard from '93 to 2020 . Had a large collection over the years , but this was the only bass I ever used , as I could do anything on it . Don't worry about having a bass relic'ed for you - I've saved you the trouble . I used to have heavy 'downtune' strings on this , and dropping from low E to a C , holds really well - better than many 5's I've had . Modulus neck # - 880641 MM Bridge # B022379 Weight on scales - 10lbs I have this in a double gigbag , that has another bass in it , so alas , I have no case or bag to go with this . It'll be a gut wrench for this to go , as it's been my mate for close 30 years now , but as I've now gone 'full 5' , it'll never be gigged again . Difficult to price this , as it's sort of a 'one off' , but I reckon £850 is about right . I can travel a bit to meet half way , and would prefer cash really . Thanks . Paul . 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Neck serial tells us it was made in 1988. My guess is that there is no truss rod - there's no need to it. The bass looks really kool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E sharp Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Yep , no truss rod . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moley6knipe Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 NICE mojo, chap. You’ll kick yourself if you sell this IMO…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E sharp Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, moley6knipe said: NICE mojo, chap. You’ll kick yourself if you sell this IMO…. I know . It was like new when I had it (guy who had it built, only probably had it for a couple of years) , and I've owned it for nearly 30 years now . Every mark on the body is mine - back of the neck is still as smooth as it left the factory . It'll be a bass I'll remember forever , but it's not going to get played at all . As much as it'll upset me to sell it , and it will , I have to be brutal about it . Hopefully meeting up with someone in a few days . I'll probably end up like Mr Travis , and try and buy it back in 10 years . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E sharp Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 SOLD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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