Music Man Serial Number Database

[Crotch]

Hey Dan! Can you give me the info on my SR that I asked about on the previous page?

-E59092

Pretty Pretty Please?!?

Matthew

[Kristopher]

Kristopher, Yes, your Sterling is indeed a Honeyburst (though we just called it Sunburst back then), and it should have a rosewood fretboard. Your bass was completed on 2/09/99.

Sweet~

Dan

Thanks a ton Dan. She plays amazing and is pretty clean for being 8 years old. I would never have guessed it was older than a couple of years.

Rock on.

[5Stringer]

Hi, Dan. Got a bass for practically pocket change this weekend. You'll see why below:

SUB 4-string, serial #: X00081.

The former owner had this bass stripped of it's body-finish, so now it's "natural".
Can you tell me what it was originally?

Also this bass were never cleaned I think. So from the DOB untill I cleaned it three days ago........It took me a while, especially the fretboard. Urrk!!!

Anyway, it's nice and clean now and a great instrument. What a value indeed!!! I'll have light-gauge strings on this one and slap the crap out of it hehe. 2-band,baby!

Kenneth, that's cool that you were able to score that and rescue the "wounded pup" from its prior owner. The original color was the textured black. The production date was 5/01/03, probably one of the first ones to arrive in Europe. Nice!

Dan

[5Stringer]

Hey Dan! Can you give me the info on my SR that I asked about on the previous page?

-E59092

Pretty Pretty Please?!?

Matthew

Matthew, certainly! Sorry, didn't mean to overlook your request! Your lovely StingRay was completed on 4/05/07 and was originally shipped to L & M Music in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Dan

[Melissa]

Thanks, Dan!

[Crotch]

Matthew, certainly! Sorry, didn't mean to overlook your request! Your lovely StingRay was completed on 4/05/07 and was originally shipped to L & M Music in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Dan

Thanks alot Dan! My SR is still just a baby... lol

And I did buy her at L & M last thursday, so that is a good thing. I had this scary dream that I went back because something was wrong with it, and in the dream they told me that it was sold "as is" lol.

I bought their lifetime coverage plan with it anyway....

Thanks Again!

Matthew

[SugarMaple]

Wow, this thread looks like exactly what I was looking for. I have 3 Stingrays - two well-loved beauties and a new HS. Can you please help me determine their 'birthdays?'

47475 Honeyburst SR4, '95 or '96

D06808 Trans Red SR4, probably '97

E58640 Black SR4 HS, new

I bought them all new, but I can't remember on the 95/96, and it would be nice to know on all of them.

thanks!!

[5Stringer]

Sugar, glad you found this place! Here is the info on your beauties:

47475 Honeyburst SR4, '95 or '96 - 12/15/95

D06808 Trans Red SR4, probably '97 - 7/16/97

E58640 Black SR4 HS, new - 3/20/07

[LanFisher]

Thanks for posting this! I found out my bass is a Scorpio and born in November, just like me!

[noodle654]

Hi Dan,

Can you please tell me when my Stingray was made: S# E54715.

Thanks a ton!

Matt

[SugarMaple]

Sugar, glad you found this place! Here is the info on your beauties:

47475 Honeyburst SR4, '95 or '96 - 12/15/95

D06808 Trans Red SR4, probably '97 - 7/16/97

E58640 Black SR4 HS, new - 3/20/07

Awesome! Thanks.

[5Stringer]

Hi Dan,

Can you please tell me when my Stingray was made: S# E54715.

Thanks a ton!

Matt

Your bass was completed on 09/19/06.

Cheers!

Dan

[Seer-o]

Greetings,

Total newbie here - new to the forum and new to EBMM instruments. I just acquired a wonderful 4-string StingRay, the serial number is 26220. Looking at the list over at musicmanbass.org, I'm guessing my new #1 was made in 1988. Am I on the right track?

Thanks a bundle!

[noodle654]

Your bass was completed on 09/19/06.

Cheers!

Dan

Wow, thats really cool. Thats my birthday!

[Dead Seven]

Cliff,

I am very sorry for not finishing this investigation sooner. I started looking into this a while back, then got busy and kind of shelved it for a while.

Knowing that the first year we did matching headstocks was 2001, they still hadn't caught on to the degree they are at now. It wan't too hard to figure out when your bass was built based on the production date that was stamped on the body. This would be the date the body was sent to Finishing. The first StingRay 5 built after that date that was exactly like your bass was shipped to Carl's Music in Lexington, Kentucky, and the next one was sent to - you guessed it - Royal Music Center in Brooklyn, NY. These were the only two that would be in the right time frame to be built with that body that you now have.

So, my conclusion is that your correct serial number is E34915 and the correct build date is 1/8/03. The plates had to have been swapped at the store for reasons we will probably never know.

Hope that helps - and yes, your warranty is valid... so please rest peacefully in that assurance!

And someone probably has a Trans Teal SR5 that has your serial number on it .... they will probably check in shortty.

Dan

Dan, no apology necessary. You guys at EB continue to amaze and impress me. I can't thank you enough for follwing through on this wacky situation. I'm a person who is as impressed with service as I am with product, and since the day I purchased my SR5 back in February, I've been equally impressed with both. Big Poppa should be proud.