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Musicman Sabre Classic *SOLD*
£1275


jay-syncro

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I'm selling a couple of basses due to extreme, uncontrollable GAS. 

The first is this absolute peach Musicman Sabre Classic. If you love the idea of a Stingray with added versatility then this is it. I've had a couple of HH pickup configuration Stingrays but found that the pickup switching options were a bit lacking. The Sabre's neck pickup has 16 poles (think of two jazz pickups side by side) and the bridge is a standard Musicman 8 pole jobbie. This means that you can get a great HS (humbucker + single coil) sound, and a lovely solo single coil sound. Wind up the string mutes and you're in vintage P heaven! Of course if you solo the bridge pickup it sounds exactly like a Stingray 😎

The build quality of this is exemplary, and it has the most amazing birds eye maple neck. 

I've owned a Stingray Classic in the past and this trumps it in every way. It's more sonically versatile, it has a smaller, contoured body, thinner neck, it's lighter, it's prettier.. It's cooler 😁

The bass is in excellent condition and comes with the Musicman Flightcase and case candy. It's had a recent setup with new D'Adarrio rounds but included are a set of used flats as they sound phenomenal on this bass. 

Collection from Margate, postage possible. 

 

 

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14 hours ago, Raslee said:

Lovely bass. What’s the weight and nut width please? Thanks

Thanks, it weighs 9.2lb. Regarding the neck profile, here's a quote from the Premier Guitar review -  '' The shallow C-profile neck was fast and fairly narrow (1 5/8") at the nut—almost J-bass-like in feel''

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4 hours ago, mc82 said:

It's my main bass... I absolutely love it. And it's almost a collectable, as only a few (compared to mass produced stingrays for instance) of them were actually built.

Very true, hard to believe these are less popular than the Stingray when you consider what they can do. 

 

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8 hours ago, totorbass said:

I had a '79 Sabre once and thus it sounded fantastic, the pickups were smaller than those found on Stingrays, and "bridge PU only" did not sound as full as a SR. Are the PU's bigger, same as Stingray's, on these new Sabre models?

The Classic's pickups are the same physical size as the Stingray, the bridge pickup soloed absolutely nails the classic Stingray tone.

I've never played an original Sabre but I gather the electronics are quite different between the two.

Some more neck porn for those that dig it. 

 

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