The Bass Doc Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I recently received a commission to restore a 1976 Musicman Stingray that some twit had converted to a 3-band circuit in the 80's. I contacted Higgie after seeing him mention that he could supply a circuit which should be the equivalent of the original 2-band jobbie and, VOILA! (as the Italians would say, Rodney), it gets big thumbs up from myself and, more signicantly, the end user who just happens to have a 1978 model to compare it with. (As an added bonus to the restoration the owner was able to have 3 'radio' knobs provided for the project from a secret supplier!). So if anyone has a project requiring pre-EB circuit capabilities, Higgie is your man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 No soundclips?? that's not fair. I've been looking for one of these and even considering the John East MMSR so I'll send Higgie a private. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1253911' date='Jun 2 2011, 01:16 PM']So if anyone has a project requiring pre-EB circuit capabilities, Higgie is your man.[/quote] Thanks for heads up Bass Doc. Who is Higgie? and how can i contact him? Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='lowdown' post='1254110' date='Jun 2 2011, 03:09 PM']Thanks for heads up Bass Doc. Who is Higgie? and how can i contact him? Garry[/quote] He's a member of this forum! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) [quote name='lowdown' post='1254110' date='Jun 2 2011, 03:09 PM']Thanks for heads up Bass Doc. Who is Higgie? and how can i contact him? Garry[/quote] I AM QUAID! ...er...I mean Higgie Thanks for the review Howard. Anyone looking for one please don't hesitate to PM me for a quote on prices/build time etc! Edited June 2, 2011 by Higgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='Higgie' post='1254272' date='Jun 2 2011, 05:00 PM']I AM QUAID! ...er...I mean Higgie Thanks for the review Howard. Anyone looking for one please don't hesitate to PM me![/quote] I did and you haven't answered!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='Mcgiver69' post='1254281' date='Jun 2 2011, 05:08 PM']I did and you haven't answered!!!!!!![/quote] PM replied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1253911' date='Jun 2 2011, 01:16 PM']I recently received a commission to restore a 1976 Musicman Stingray that some twit had converted to a 3-band circuit in the 80's.[/quote] We should remember that at the time of the upgrade the bass in question was something between 4 and 14 years old, and possibly didn't have the qudos currently attached to that model. So the 'Twit' in quesstion may simply have been making a logical upgrade at the time. After all there are whole threads on this site about how people have bought a bass, swapped this, fitted that, etc, and now it's a 'real beauty'. 'Upgrades' that might seem silly 30 years in the future when that bass has become something of a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) I had a bid on that bass! In fact I won it by a second chance offer the first time it was listed but I declined it. I was outbid on it's second time listed I couldn't chance anymore cash without seeing what the neck and frets were like so my 76' and 77' rootbeer hunt continues. Any pictures of it would be great in fact I started a pre EB porn thread a while ago for such beasties Edited June 2, 2011 by stingrayPete1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassy' post='1254322' date='Jun 2 2011, 05:38 PM']We should remember that at the time of the upgrade the bass in question was something between 4 and 14 years old, and possibly didn't have the qudos currently attached to that model. So the 'Twit' in quesstion may simply have been making a logical upgrade at the time. After all there are whole threads on this site about how people have bought a bass, swapped this, fitted that, etc, and now it's a 'real beauty'. 'Upgrades' that might seem silly 30 years in the future when that bass has become something of a classic.[/quote] I agree, I knew of two people in the late sixties who dug out the clay dots on their pre-CBS stratocasters and replaced them with pearl so as to look more 'up-to-date'. Around 1970 I actually carved a hole out of a 1962 Jazz bass to add a Gibson EBO pickup in the neck position - stereo wired. It's only now that I give myself the 'Twit' label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1254338' date='Jun 2 2011, 05:48 PM']I had a bid on that bass! In fact I won it by a second chance offer the first time it was listed but I declined it. I was outbid on it's second time listed I couldn't chance anymore cash without seeing what the neck and frets were like so my 76' and 77' rootbeer hunt continues. Any pictures of it would be great in fact I started a pre EB porn thread a while ago for such beasties [/quote] I'll see if I can borrow it back for a photo session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Nice one! Did you fill the jack socket hole and refin the black around the outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1254423' date='Jun 2 2011, 07:01 PM']Nice one! Did you fill the jack socket hole and refin the black around the outside?[/quote] Pete you need this:- [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-MUsicman-Stingr...=item3a66a67903"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-MUsicman-Stingr...=item3a66a67903[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1254423' date='Jun 2 2011, 07:01 PM']Nice one! Did you fill the jack socket hole and refin the black around the outside?[/quote] (*in the style of the Churchill dog*) Ohhhh......yes - bit off a broom handle, small amount of filler and painted (deliberately not shiney). It'll be very hard to spot although I'm expecting some slight settlement and will offer a further re-fin if and when required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1254438' date='Jun 2 2011, 07:10 PM'](*in the style of the Churchill dog*) Ohhhh......yes - bit off a broom handle, small amount of filler and painted (deliberately not shiney). It'll be very hard to spot although I'm expecting some slight settlement and will offer a further re-fin if and when required.[/quote] Very good, thats exactly what the certain mr GB basses had planned for it if I had decided to go for it. I was partly up for the challenge of hunting for parts and half thinking to just wait for an original one plus the wife was less keen on me buying another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 [quote name='gareth' post='1254435' date='Jun 2 2011, 07:09 PM']Pete you need this:- [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-MUsicman-Stingr...=item3a66a67903"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-MUsicman-Stingr...=item3a66a67903[/url][/quote] Thats just amazing and at that price it needs to come into the Basschat community surely? I think thats way under priced if it plays as good as it looks. V&R could ask £2500+ IMO for that when has another 76' in original condition last been available in the UK never mind as good as that! Serious GAS going on right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Awkward Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Any chance of a circuit diagram? And has anyone tried wiring up one of the [url="http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=33100.0"]Bartolini NTMB schematics[/url] kicking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1254484' date='Jun 2 2011, 07:51 PM']Thats just amazing and at that price it needs to come into the Basschat community surely? I think thats way under priced if it plays as good as it looks. V&R could ask £2500+ IMO for that when has another 76' in original condition last been available in the UK never mind as good as that! Serious GAS going on right now.[/quote] Been talking to Pete about this. I'm not sure that this is a 76... I would wager this bass is B004444, which would make it a refin, and a 77. The (one number short - I'm guessing the * in the add dictates a number) serial number would suggest it's certainly a 77. 1976, all original? Depends if you call that colour burgundy or not and you believe the serial number makes it a 76... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1254338' date='Jun 2 2011, 05:48 PM']so my 76' and 77' rootbeer hunt continues.[/quote] Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1254353' date='Jun 2 2011, 06:04 PM']I agree, I knew of two people in the late sixties who dug out the clay dots on their pre-CBS stratocasters and replaced them with pearl so as to look more 'up-to-date'. Around 1970 I actually carved a hole out of a 1962 Jazz bass to add a Gibson EBO pickup in the neck position - stereo wired. It's only now that I give myself the 'Twit' label.[/quote] Hindsight is 20/20, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 The thing is though,Jaco modded a Jazz and look how many imitations of that are arround now.It's only a couple of bits of mass produced wood and wire.The mudbucker in a Jazz was quite a popular mod at the time,and it's only the fact that Doc's 62 Jazz is'nt owned by some over rated "legend" that it's de-valued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 But I [i]am[/i] an over-rated leg-end and I still own it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Fair point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 [quote name='cd_david' post='1255042' date='Jun 3 2011, 08:51 AM'] Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pete[/quote] Want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 [quote name='EBS_freak' post='1255017' date='Jun 3 2011, 08:06 AM']Been talking to Pete about this. I'm not sure that this is a 76... I would wager this bass is B004444, which would make it a refin, and a 77. The (one number short - I'm guessing the * in the add dictates a number) serial number would suggest it's certainly a 77. 1976, all original? Depends if you call that colour burgundy or not and you believe the serial number makes it a 76...[/quote] As EBS has said I was on the phone to him this morning on my way to work having the usuall how can I raise funds or sneak this past the wife conversation and as I dont have internet access in the day I asked him to check out that serial number, Because it looks possible things are not what they first seem I thought it best to get him to update this thread in case anyone went rushing out for it. If its a refin 77' I still think its worth that price but does that leave questions about the sellers honesty? A little bit of digging required....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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