Musicman stingray natural. Fully refinished inc refret. Slight neck issue. - *SOLD* £850 REIGATE

[reggieboomboom]

Originally sold to @bigthumb but it was returned due to a neck issue. The neck was left off the bass for 3 years, and now seems there is a slight bow in it. The action is set very low, and if adjusted it may improve, but currently the strings buzz on frets 8-11. i just dont have time to get it sorted. So taken £200 off the price for someone to get a good deal. @bigthumb will be able to tell you the quality of the refinished and fret work.its really excellent.

 

Originally a burgundy colour that was then sprayed orange, so i had the bass professionally stripped and refinished in clear satin. beautiful ash body.

 

The original neck has been completely refinished, fret board cleaned and refretted, the headstock has a new coat of clear coat. The rear of the neck has been left as natural wood as i don't like sticky necks, the neck is now unbelievably fast playing.

 

2 scratchplates are included but no screws.

 

Electronics were tested and cleaned. All original hardware. 

 

 

 

I have a gig bag and cardboard box, so it can be posted, I think fully insured would be about £30. 

Edited 4 hours ago by reggieboomboom
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[petecarlton]

Real looker! GLWTS

[andydye]

Hi, does it just need a truss rod tweak or is there something more inherent amiss?

[reggieboomboom]

The truss rod works fine, and at the moment is backed right off, maybe half turn on. I have adjusted the action to about 2.5mm and its playing well with just a hint of buzz but that's the sound you want from a stingray, nice and raspy. There does look to be about .5mm of belly in the neck when I put a straight edge on it. Maybe a fret levelling would be enough. 

[reggieboomboom]

Just looking again there is definitely a curve in the neck. Maybe just clamped for a while would straighten it up

[Kev]

Nice one for accepting the return and being upfront with the new listing, goes a long way to add a sense of trust to the community!

 

Hopefully nothing that a decent luthier couldn't improve.  I had a similar issue with a Warwick bass that got fixed up nicely.

[reggieboomboom]

We are all here together to enjoy these beautiful instruments. Would never want to be dishonest about a bass. 

 

I do think the neck is fixable, and as it sits now the action could go a bit higher which might sort it out. If I had the time I'd get it looked at, but 2 year old twins and hobbies don't mix.

[reggieboomboom]

Will let this go for £800 for the next couple of days, as i have something incoming. If not sold by then I'll keep it.

[bigthumb]

I have to sat that the finish is superb. I loved it and IMO much nicer than a glossy lacquered finish from the factory. 

When I received the bass it was obvious that something wasn't right. I took it to the tech I use for his opinion. He got back to me saying that the neck would need clamping, frets levelling and possibly steaming. The fretwork as mentioned is very good otherwise. 

I sadly couldn't afford to get the work done, I really had to push the boat out to buy it in the first place. So even if (and don't think you would) spent 300 quid on it to get it right, it's still a great price for a Stingray. And at 4.1 Kg, it's no boat anchor either. 

[reggieboomboom]

Thanks @bigthumb, it really is a beauty and a proper professional finish, and now playing much better. If you don't mind a higher action than 2.5-3mm I really don't think you would need to do anything to it. But it deserves the love of someone. I put 3 years into this bass project and would love to see it played by a new owner.

[caterhamsuper7]

Looks a beaut. Wish I had cash to buy this 

Got a couple of basses  to sell myself 

Maybe A few other bits too of Hifi 

All the best Stu 

[Sharkfinger]

On 07/06/2025 at 15:30, Kev said:

Nice one for accepting the return and being upfront with the new listing, goes a long way to add a sense of trust to the community!

Hopefully nothing that a decent luthier couldn't improve.  I had a similar issue with a Warwick bass that got fixed up nicely.

 

Absolutely 100%.  A few years ago, I bought a bass on BC that I then realised had a bowed neck after I tried to (unsuccessfully) lower the action to my liking.  The seller not only refused to take it back but completely denied there was anything wrong with it because they'd just had it set up.  Which either makes his luthier inexperienced/incompetent or the seller an out-and-out liar.  It's only when things go wrong that you find out people's true character.

 

My luthier managed to straighten it with heating and clamping, but I then couldn't stand the sight of it so sold it on eBay.  Obviously, detailing the problem and remedial action.  Lost a lot of money on it and made me very wary of buying basses here.

 

So huge kudos to @reggieboomboom, you're one of the good ones.

Edited 8 hours ago by Sharkfinger