ON HOLD: 1989 Musicman Stingray Ebony Fretless (SEI Mod) - SOLD
£1950
London/SE/ M25

Cairobill · November 28, 2023

Sold!

Up for sale is my modded 1989 Musicman Stingray with a fretless ebony board. I've always loved the sound of a fretless Stingray but only ever enjoyed the feel of an ebony 'Ray I once played (I don't get on with rosewood or pao ferro on a fretless). They're obviously outrageously rare from the factory so I had SEI mod me one up and it went very well indeed.

This started out as a fretted rosewood 'Ray. I took it to Sei to switch the fretboard for a lovely old slab of the darkest ebony. This very nice board switch includes subtle sidelines to help with intonation as well as luminlay inlays.

Neck is in great shape. Body has a bit of buckle rash and some dings from use but still looks good. Weight is a nice 4.2Kgs. Comes with OHSC

Colour is trans red. I'm pretty sure this is over alder going by the grain and various reports out there about these particular basses.

Flame is off the scale on the neck. That's the natural tint as well. Gorgeous neck. All the usual late 80s features are there like bullet truss, metal battery cover, mutes, 4 bolt neck plate.Preamp is 2 band (my pref). The bass sounds fantastic. Copious mwah, dark chunk from the preamp and a bit of sizzle if you want to go all sledgehammer on it. It obviously does the Pino thing

Anyway here are the pics. I don't want to move it on but needs must at the moment. No trades please!

Would prefer meet up but shipping isn't out of the question.