Burns-bass Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 (edited) Picked this up in a trade + cash deal. A light and all original 77 Stingray. Almost no marks or damage just a little wear on the body. Lightweight, pencil thin neck and plays as good as and Musicman I’ve ever played. Happy days! Edited November 22 by Burns-bass 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Looks like the long pole pieces magnets pickup or am I wrong and it is already the "new" pickup? Epoxy preamp for sure as the non epoxy was only introduced in 1978. Superb looking model, congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted November 22 Author Share Posted November 22 6 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Looks like the long pole pieces magnets pickup or am I wrong and it is already the "new" pickup? Epoxy preamp for sure as the non epoxy was only introduced in 1978. Superb looking model, congratulations! Yes, you're right it has the longer pickup poles for A and D. The pre amp is epoxy coated which is interesting. Do you have any idea why they did that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 2 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: Yes, you're right it has the longer pickup poles for A and D. The pre amp is epoxy coated which is interesting. Do you have any idea why they did that? The preamp was epoxied to avoid any counterfeit as the design was and still is totally non conventional. For the long pole pieces, it was Leo's idea for a stronger output and to follow the radius of the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 In fact the 4 pole pieces protrude at the back of the pickup, which implied to have a specific routing for them in the pickup cavity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted November 22 Author Share Posted November 22 2 minutes ago, Hellzero said: The preamp was epoxied to avoid any counterfeit as the design was and still is totally non conventional. For the long pole pieces, it was Leo's idea for a stronger output and to follow the radius of the neck. Fascinating, thanks – as always – for your help and advice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokl Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Oof, nice score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 That's the real deal right there. The chances of finding a light one from this era are pretty remote, so well done you! The necks on these vintage Stingrays is like a very shallow capital "D". I was playing a Stingray Special the other day and the neck profile bears little or no relation to the original Stingrays. Not that the newer profile isn't very playable, it's just that I expect most folks would prefer the original slimmer profile, given the choice. I'd be very interested to know what this bass actually weighs, and whether you plan to put rounds or flats on it. Either way, may you get much pleasure from this beautiful bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Fabulous - that’s really nice. As stated earlier, the pick up cavity has an additional routing in the middle to accommodate the deeper protruding long pole pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 2 minutes ago, Misdee said: That's the real deal right there. The chances of finding a light one from this era are pretty remote, so well done you! The necks on these vintage Stingrays is like a very shallow capital "D". I was playing a Stingray Special the other day and the neck profile bears little or no relation to the original Stingrays. Not that the newer profile isn't very playable, it's just that I expect most folks would prefer the original slimmer profile, given the choice. I'd be very interested to know what this bass actually weighs, and whether you plan to put rounds or flats on it. Either way, may you get much pleasure from this beautiful bass. I was observing my Stingrays which sit in a guitar rack the other day. The Special definitely has a slimmer neck profile altogether than the earlier ones. Incredibly comfortable to play as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted November 22 Author Share Posted November 22 1 hour ago, Misdee said: That's the real deal right there. The chances of finding a light one from this era are pretty remote, so well done you! The necks on these vintage Stingrays is like a very shallow capital "D". I was playing a Stingray Special the other day and the neck profile bears little or no relation to the original Stingrays. Not that the newer profile isn't very playable, it's just that I expect most folks would prefer the original slimmer profile, given the choice. I'd be very interested to know what this bass actually weighs, and whether you plan to put rounds or flats on it. Either way, may you get much pleasure from this beautiful bass. I was expecting a thick neck but then when I got to the shop it was really thin, which is what I wanted. It’s flats all the way and I’ll weigh tomorrow. Shop had it as 9.5 pounds and that feels right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 "If I tell you...." Sade going thru my head.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 4 hours ago, drTStingray said: I was observing my Stingrays which sit in a guitar rack the other day. The Special definitely has a slimmer neck profile altogether than the earlier ones. Incredibly comfortable to play as well. Yes, nothing wrong with the Stingray Special neck profile, (I've got one myself, lovely bass for sure) but in my estimation it's got much more depth front-to-back than a pre-EBMM Stingray. As a point of reference, The Lakland 44-94 and Skyline 44-02 version thereof to has got a neck profile much closer to the old MM basses. I believe they copied the neck profile of Dan Lakin's favourite vintage MM Stingray. I had an 82/83 Stingray that had exactly that shallow neck profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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