Music Man Serial Number Database

[5Stringer]

Here are my serial numbers. Can anyone give me the birth dates?

Thanks,

Ritchie


F07350

F13183

Ritchie,

Your bass's birthdays are:

F07350 - Sterling Natural Fretless, 8/13/03, was shipped to Pop's Music Shop in Prescott, Arizona.

F13183 - Sterling Limited Buttercream/Rosewood, 4/19/05, also sent to Pop's.

Nice basses.

Dan

[RitchieDarling]

Ritchie,

Your bass's birthdays are:

F07350 - Sterling Natural Fretless, 8/13/03, was shipped to Pop's Music Shop in Prescott, Arizona.

F13183 - Sterling Limited Buttercream/Rosewood, 4/19/05, also sent to Pop's.

Nice basses.

Dan

WOW! That's creepy!

Thanks for the help.

Ritchie

[5Stringer]

Who has an EB bass it took nine months from order to birth on?



tk

t, anyone who ordered anything from EBMM before 1998 will remember that at one time our backorder lead time swelled to over 14 months. Since we built the new factory, there hasn't been that kind of lead time, but there is still sometimes more than we would like, especially if the instrument is a limited edition or anniversary or some other model we haven't done before. Currently, our lead time is 5-6 months on any new orders.

Dan

[5Stringer]

WOW! That's creepy!

Thanks for the help.

Ritchie

we also know what you had for breakfast -

Enjoy!

Dan

[rogueone41]

Hi

Can I get a DOB for my Sterling please


Serial number - 48596



Thanks


Owen

[5Stringer]

Owen, your blue pearl/rosewood Sterling was completed on 3/15/96 and shipped to the now-defunct Luchetti's Drum & Guitar in Albuquerque, NM.



Dan

[rogueone41]

Thanks a lot for the help!

Owen

[HornetAMX]

Alnico magnets, as we still use on the StingRay, are generally considered a more "aggressive" sound, while ferrite is deemed to be "smoother", though that is very subjective. The inherent problem, though, seems to be that alnico is noisy and more difficult to keep quiet. Once the decision was made to have a single-coil position available as part of the 3-way switching system, it became obvious that alnico just wouldn't work as well as ferrite for the pole piece material due to the noise factor.

Can you tell me what the 3 way switch does on the Alnico equipped SR5 basses? Thank you again for all of the info.

[5Stringer]

Can you tell me what the 3 way switch does on the Alnico equipped SR5 basses? Thank you again for all of the info.

We used Alnico magnets in the first few years of the StingRay 5. The switching system was the same then as it is now - however, we discovered after a while that there was too much noise to be acceptable, especially in the single-coil position. So the designers went back to the drawing board and eventually came up with the design we use now to this day.

Arf!

Dan

[Rod Trussbroken]

Dan...the serials for the SR5.

For all the early ones they're 5xxxx

Are there any 4xxxx. If so, can you give an example?

[Rod Trussbroken]

Actually...number 1 off the production line was White (?) with Rosewood. I only have a black/white pic. Do you know the serial?

[5Stringer]

Gav, you're making me work too hard too early in the morning .. I will try to get an answer soon ...

Dan

[Rod Trussbroken]

Thanks bon san

[Rod Trussbroken]

Number 1

[roballanson]

Number 1

What a great idea for a limited edition run for the SR5.......