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    Pre-EB Music Man sabre with sunburst over white finish, is that a factory respray?

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    12 hours ago, mikeswals said:

    I'll let you in on a little secret. If you are on Facebook and go join the page called; pre Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray Bass fans. There is a man there named James, he bought all of Leo's (CLF) shop and paint shop records from 76-79. Those docs show how the bass left the workshop and if it was ever sent back under warranty. He can look up your serial.

    His docs do not say where the basses went. Since CLF and Musicman were kept as separate companies, James only has the workshop records til about mid 79.

     

    I am one of the administrators of that fb page. I know very well James from the ernieball forum and it was me that invited him to the pre ernieball page. James has record until end 1978 only. Nothing for 1979 and nothing for sabres...

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    Pre-EB Music Man sabre with sunburst over white finish, is that a factory respray?

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    When basses with detective finishes were sent back to the factory for fixing the problem they normally put on the first available body with good correct finish. The detective finish bodies were at this point refinished for being assembled with another neck. The refinish was not necessairnly made with the same color and at MM they did not take the original finish off. So it is likely that you can find a sunburst over white . I have personally saw silver over black and black over silver stingrays. 

    Despite the possibility to be honest yours seems not a factory refinish. Too much red in my opinion. Anyway a good way to check is examine the neck pocket. If you can post a pic I can be more precise

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    Pre EB Stingray 78/79 Sold please lock

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    On 24/01/2019 at 22:00, PRE EB BASSIST said:

    I see same era/colour basses for sale on another site, is my pricing wrong? 

    https://rvrb.io/1979-stingray-bass-em3

    https://rvrb.io/1979-stingray-bass-gbt

     

    That prices on the links are relatively high especially with respect to the conditions of the basses. In italy a good condition 1978 stingray all original is sold for 2200-2400 euros. Modifications on vintage basses can affect seriously the value. 

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