PRICE DROPPED – 1980 MUSICMAN STINGRAY BASS IN NATURAL FINISH – PRE ERNIE BALL

From the Third year under the Ernie Ball ownership , this 39 years old bass is a phenomenal player and a rare piece as well, as rosewood fretboards from this era are really scarce.

First year of the 3band eq.

Early bridge with the serial number on it.

Very light for a musicman, sitting at 4.3kg, the neck is one of the most comfortable I have seen on a ray and was made using a magnificent birdseye maple.

Bass was original black but has been stripped and refinished in natural a long time ago.

This bass has the low end of the early pre Ernieball at half the price.

Early musicman logo on the headstock as well, discontinued the same year.

Original case included

Original rare early musicman Stingray from the third year of production with the original coveted black epoxy preamp.

The neck and body are stamped 1978 and the Tone and sustain of this bass is out of this world.

Grain on the ash body is gorgeous and the ageing and mojo is just sublime.

The weight is really good as these B00 usually weight close to 5kg but this particular one sits at 4kg which makes a lot more comfortable to play for long gigs and one of the lightest I have ever seen.

Being an early one , it has the original high mass bridge with string through the body.

The Bone nut has been swapped for a brass one at some point.

Preamp , pickup and pots are perfectly working with no buzz or scratchy noise.

These are skyrocketing everywhere and they are considered the precbs of musicman.

Hard case included