ped Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 No worries, I am probably being a bit sad now. Ahem... So anyone else got some picz???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickd Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 [quote name='ped' post='301606' date='Oct 7 2008, 06:50 PM']Hi Mick, I am sure it is the other way round - the 1983 wooden neck (called the 'S.T.M neck) with a metal laminate was a precursor to the graphite models that began to be offered around '84 along with a slightly more streamlined profile (narrower horns) in '86. The series 3 was the introduction of the 10/90 in about 1989 where the 5 string was the first bass to have the system, and series 2 full graphite was still an option... I will get confirmation either way on this soon! Cheers ped[/quote] I could be wrong then Ped dunno... Mines number 028 so its a very early one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 It is indeed!! I am not sure how the serial #s went so the early number does not mean it is series 1 - the first 5 string 10/90 basses for example had low serial #s. I will try and track down some details!! Get some pics of your bass up on here, it is fantastic! Cheers ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 By the by, but on a Vigeir note, I had to align the knobs on my bass, because im anal like that, so just for info the knobs are not pull off/ push fit but have a cap that has to be removed with a very thin blade which reveals a nut underneath in the body of the knob. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Cheers David! I don't have those knobs on either of mine but I think the series III had them. Just to say I have confirmed the series/neck conundrum - it is as I said but the STM neck began in fact in 1980. Cheers ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 so Series II 5 strings were made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I don't THINK so, but I am pretty sure I had seen a series 2 six string bass so possibly... there cant be many if so. The series 3 was the first 5 string they made in any volume... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Might be wrong but recall a Bass Centre ad many years ago with what looked like a Series II Arpege in a V format...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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