Musicman stingray (dartray) with status graphite neck. £1800 Surrey

[reggieboomboom]

Hi all.

 

This is my musicman stingray, 3eq. Think it's 2005.  Was originally a burgundy colour and resprayed in orange. I had the body fully stripped and refinished in a satin to look like the dart, scratch plate holes filled. All the electronics were reworked and serviced using genuine parts. Red graphite status neck added. All done by my guitar tech. We all know how rare these necks are becoming and this is the only red one I've seen. Looks black most of the time until it catches the light then it's a deep burgundy colour. 

 

It hasn't been used at all since the work was done and I find that while it is the exact sound I want, the nut spacing and pickup set back it doesn't suit my playing style. I love to have my hand right up at the neck.

 

I have loads of pics of the work in progress and how it looked before it was stripped.

 

I won't split the body and neck so please don't ask me to. 

 

I do not have a hard case so ideally it's collected. But if you want to sort a hardcase I can look into shipping it. 

[reggieboomboom]

[itu]

Tinted red, nice touch!

[BabyBlueSound]

oh man, this is so beautiful it hurts, AND has a Status neck... like a dream.

 

But I'm in similar shoes, I just can't get used to my (short) music man style bass, no matter how much I love the sound AND looks, they don't seem to work for my hands.

 

Good luck selling it, I'm sure someone will want this beaut shortly!

[Musicman666]

On 28/01/2025 at 06:49, BabyBlueSound said:

oh man, this is so beautiful it hurts, AND has a Status neck... like a dream.

 

But I'm in similar shoes, I just can't get used to my (short) music man style bass, no matter how much I love the sound AND looks, they don't seem to work for my hands.

 

Good luck selling it, I'm sure someone will want this beaut shortly!

..im a bit confused, is this a shortscale?

[AinsleyWalker]

What happened with the original neck, may I ask?

[reggieboomboom]

It's being refinished at the moment. 

[reggieboomboom]

3 hours ago, Musicman666 said:

..im a bit confused, is this a shortscale?

No it's standard scale. 

[HazBeen]

Many years ago I had a Stingray 5, that had been stripped and then resprayed with the thinnest of coats. It totally opened up the tone, which is why I never paint my self builds (just oil). This will be so much more open sounding than a normal Ray. GLWTS!

[reggieboomboom]

2 hours ago, HazBeen said:

Many years ago I had a Stingray 5, that had been stripped and then resprayed with the thinnest of coats. It totally opened up the tone, which is why I never paint my self builds (just oil). This will be so much more open sounding than a normal Ray. GLWTS!

Thanks, yes it is a real beast. Epic tone and sustain is crazy.

[Devers95]

Do you still have the black scratch plate? 

[reggieboomboom]

2 hours ago, Devers95 said:

Do you still have the black scratch plate? 

No the one that was on it was trashed with black spray. But they are easy to pick up.