Music Man Serial Number Database

**5Stringer** · 10-15-2009, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by bassman4130

Hey i was wondering what the Dob of my Sr4 was,and also what type of wood the body was made of Seriel# E17075.
Thanx,
bassman4130

Bassman, your Natural Ash StingRay was built on 08/08/00 and was shipped to Jim's Music Center in Irvine, CA.

Dan

**5Stringer** · 10-15-2009, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by jefft54

Just received my SR4 Dargie II SLO, serial #E42511. So what's her birthday cause I'm buying a cake.

Thanks
Jeff

Jeff, you can order the cake to be delivered on Sept 22 and of course it was built this year. Shipped to The Perfect Bass.

Dan

**DirtyHippie** · 10-17-2009, 12:21 AM

I have two beautiful Balls.
The first, SR5 serial# E66315.
The second, SR5 serial# E28656-I was told that this bass was the first fretless with a compensated nut. Is there any way to verify that?
Thank you,

**Renaud77** · 10-17-2009, 02:07 AM

Hi Dan,

Hope you are good

.

What can you tell me about a Stingray 5 s/n E57706 please?

I would like to know everything : year, finish (body, neck, pickups, pickguard,...), woods, electronics, and everything else

She should have been exported to France.

Thanks in advance and good week-end.

Bye.

Renaud

**vesuvio681** · 10-20-2009, 05:02 AM

Hi everybody,
I bought in Italy a Stingray 5 HH, Black, Rosewood fingerboard beginning of this year. Strangely the neck plate did not bear any EB MM logo, and the serial number (E45553) is kind of "laser printed" instead of carved. I checked the serial with MM Customer service, and they told me that it does not correspond to my bass.
I am pretty sure that the bass is original as I have been owning another Stingray 5 (H) for 10 years....
Does anybody have an explanation for this?

**cellkirk74** · 10-20-2009, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by 5Stringer

cellkirk, sure hope this bass gets found! It is a StingRay 5 HH True Gold with an all-rosewood neck. Pretty special, built on 3/05/09 and shipped to Guitar Center originally.

Dan

Hi Dan, I have the bass now here, the neckplate reads E 72021, but it is a 2-tone sunburst or tobaccoburst. It is a stunning bass.

It came like that from The Perfect Bass to the first owner. Did the neckplates happen to get mixed up at the factory?

**5Stringer** · 10-20-2009, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by DirtyHippie

I have two beautiful Balls.
The first, SR5 serial# E66315.
The second, SR5 serial# E28656-I was told that this bass was the first fretless with a compensated nut. Is there any way to verify that?
Thank you,

DH, sorry, no way to verify that as there are no records of that sort of thing. It is possible. We can tell you that it was built on 2/19/09 and was shipped to GC in Visalia, CA.

7/03/08 is the build date of your Trans Orange StingRay 5. That one was shipped to Bass Central.

Nice!

Dan

**5Stringer** · 10-20-2009, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Renaud77

Hi Dan,

Hope you are good

.

What can you tell me about a Stingray 5 s/n E57706 please?

I would like to know everything : year, finish (body, neck, pickups, pickguard,...), woods, electronics, and everything else

She should have been exported to France.

Thanks in advance and good week-end.

Bye.

Renaud

I did have a good weekend, thanks Renaud! Sorry I didn't get to this yesterday though ... this StingRay 5 has 2 humbuckers, 5-way switch, Ash body, Natural finish, maple neck with a rosewood fretboard and a black pickguard. And yes, it was shipped directly to France from the factory.
Hopefully that covers all!

Dan

**5Stringer** · 10-20-2009, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by vesuvio681

Hi everybody,
I bought in Italy a Stingray 5 HH, Black, Rosewood fingerboard beginning of this year. Strangely the neck plate did not bear any EB MM logo, and the serial number (E45553) is kind of "laser printed" instead of carved. I checked the serial with MM Customer service, and they told me that it does not correspond to my bass.
I am pretty sure that the bass is original as I have been owning another Stingray 5 (H) for 10 years....
Does anybody have an explanation for this?

vesuvio, very interesting! A few points though ...

The serial number does not match, it refers to a StingRay 4 that was shipped to a U.S. dealer

We have never used a laser print on any instrument we have ever made for any markings for serial numbers or anything else.

All authentic Music Man instrument neck plates (where the serial number is located) have the MM logo.

Other than that - I see no problems at all! Seriously, though, pictures might help.

Dan

**5Stringer** · 10-20-2009, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by cellkirk74

Hi Dan, I have the bass now here, the neckplate reads E 72021, but it is a 2-tone sunburst or tobaccoburst. It is a stunning bass.

It came like that from The Perfect Bass to the first owner. Did the neckplates happen to get mixed up at the factory?

No, that corresponds to our records. All is good. Correction made to my post up above.

Dan

**five7** · 10-20-2009, 09:23 AM

Stingray 4H with maple fretboard-E00642. When was she born? Thanks, 5Stringer!

**5Stringer** · 10-20-2009, 10:03 AM

May 20 1998!

**vesuvio681** · 10-20-2009, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by 5Stringer

vesuvio, very interesting! A few points though ...

The serial number does not match, it refers to a StingRay 4 that was shipped to a U.S. dealer

We have never used a laser print on any instrument we have ever made for any markings for serial numbers or anything else.

All authentic Music Man instrument neck plates (where the serial number is located) have the MM logo.

Other than that - I see no problems at all! Seriously, though, pictures might help.

Dan

Dear 5Stringer,
thank you for your help. Pls. find pictures in annex.
Pls also find link to no. 6 detailed pictures of the bass (zip file 2,37 Mb).

http://www.filedropper.com/stingray5hh

Again thank you in advance for your comments!

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**5Stringer** · 10-20-2009, 05:05 PM

vesuvio, to me it certainly looks authentic ... except for that neckplate. Don't know what the motivation would be to substitute that one for the real one, but that neck plate did not originate at the EBMM factory.

Dan

**mynan** · 10-21-2009, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by vesuvio681

Hi everybody,
I bought in Italy a Stingray 5 HH, Black, Rosewood fingerboard beginning of this year. Strangely the neck plate did not bear any EB MM logo, and the serial number (E45553) is kind of "laser printed" instead of carved. I checked the serial with MM Customer service, and they told me that it does not correspond to my bass.
I am pretty sure that the bass is original as I have been owning another Stingray 5 (H) for 10 years....
Does anybody have an explanation for this?

That is strange. You might try taking the plate off to see what's on the other side.