Dodgy Pre EB Musicman on Bay

[Mr Cougar]

Hmmm, I'm not sure about this one:

It looks like a refin to me, that colour?? Also that rectangular neck plate is wrong should be the v shaped 3 bolt. Worst part is he's listed it before and when someone asked about the neck plate he said he could take it apart and check, but he clearly has done that and still doesn't mention it when relisted.

Smells fishy to me.

Thoughts?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-80-PRE-ERNIE-BALL-MUSICMAN-STINGRAY-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ370088992003QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370088992003&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]Pre EB MM[/url]

[Annoying Twit]

If you'll excuse me posting inconsequential follow-ups to your post, that colour may be suspicious. But I think the red semi-trans body, black pickguard, and light (presumably) maple neck looks bl**dy brilliant. I like it when people take bass shapes that we've seen a million times before, and do something subtle but nice with it. Not that I have huge amounts of bass style critical analysis experience.

[tombboy]

Nothing dodgy. Looks completely genuine.

"The 4 bolt was introduced in circa late 1979. As the 3 bolt plate was not deleted immediately, both appeared concurrently during 1980 and 1981. From 1982, the 4 bolt plate appeared exclusively to the end of the Pre-EB period in 1984. The words "MADE IN U.S.A." were deleted from 4 bolt plates when Ernie Ball commenced production in 1985. However, some stocks of the Pre-EB 4 bolt plate were used on very early EB Basses. "

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