johnebassman Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi All, I am offering for sale an early-ish Ernie Ball era Sabre bass. Serial Number is: 25007. Neck is dated Feb 25 1986, body is Oct 20 1986. I think EB mades Sabres from sometime in '95. It has a "Strat style" 5 way pickup selector which I actually prefer to the older Sabres (I've owned both). It gives some very usable more Fender-y options to the more "gnarly" MusicMan tones. If you think of the 2 humbucking pickups as 4 separate coils (Bridge 1/2... Neck 3/4...all combinations wired in parallel) it gives these combinations. 1: Coil 3 (neck pickup as a single coil - quite Precision like). 2: Coils 1,2,3 (bridge humbucker with added neck single coil). 3: Coils 1,2 (bridge humbucker - very StingRay like). 4: Coils 1,2,3,4 (both humbuckers together). 5: Coils 3,4 (Neck humbucker). It's in a rather nice translucent cherry red finish with a black pearloid scratchplate, all original as far as I know. Fair condition, but as you would expect for a bass of this age, plenty of dings and a bit of belt buckle rash. The neck varnish is aged and dark, with many cracks in it. Ive tried to show all this in the various photos. I don't have a hard case, but will include a decent gig bag. I have puts strap lock on but still have the original strap buttons which I will dig out. 2 band EQ, as per older MM basses - crank everything up and it becomes a slap funk monster. Back the treble off and it can give more midrange-y finger style tones - but still with a MusicMan edge. For what its worth, I bought this bass at the gallery In Camden, and none other than Pino Palladino was there that day, so I asked him for his opinion on it - he said it was a good bass - so its "Pino approved"!. he also advised me not to turn up the EQ to full on MusicMan basses - but as I alluded to earlier, it really depends on your stye of playing - if you want to sound like Flea or Louis Johnston, this baby will do it . I'm in East London - and very happy for people to come and try it out if you can. I'm looking for £1000. Shipping at cost to buyer. Any questions please ask. Regards, John [attachment=97714:DSC_2521.jpg][attachment=97715:DSC_2522.jpg][attachment=97716:DSC_2523.jpg][attachment=97717:DSC_2524.jpg][attachment=97719:DSC_2526.jpg][attachment=97720:DSC_2533.jpg][attachment=97721:DSC_2537.jpg][attachment=97722:DSC_2538.jpg][attachment=97723:DSC_2539.jpg][attachment=97724:DSC_2542.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnebassman Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Just to add the bass is now being offered on E Bay. Depending on what offers I get I may not be able to sell via the forum any more, but please do let me know if you are interested. Regards, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me And My Bass Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 any trades at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnebassman Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hi, Mr Taxman needs the money so no trades unfortunately - but thanks for asking. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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