is this genuine? 79 ray

**sabb0** · 06-20-2007, 06:00 AM

is this genuine?

eBay Australia: 1979 Music Man Stingray Bass Sunburst RARE!! (item 330116629358, end time 04-Jul-07 04:47:57 AEST)

**Moondog** · 06-20-2007, 06:19 AM

I'm not a pre-EB expert but it looks good to me.

neckplate,bridge/strings-thru, headstock, trussrod
all appear accurate for a '79. It's a heavy sucka too!

The pickguard appears to be non-original

**bovinehost** · 06-20-2007, 07:42 AM

That is the ugliest sunburst I've seen in a long, long time.

**dlloyd** · 06-20-2007, 08:19 AM

That is hideous. That must be a refinish... surely nothing could have come out of the factory looking like that???

**mynan** · 06-20-2007, 08:30 AM

I think the tort is messing it up. Black would be better. My bigges "huh" is the price. I guess I have no appreciation for vintage. I don't get it.

**Musicman Nut** · 06-20-2007, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by sabb0

is this genuine?

eBay Australia: 1979 Music Man Stingray Bass Sunburst RARE!! (item 330116629358, end time 04-Jul-07 04:47:57 AEST)

Yup 10.2/3 Pounds, Sounds like one too me, Photos show it to be, But don't waste your Money, buy an Ernie Ball, a Million times better bass for half the money.

**Moondog** · 06-20-2007, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by Musicman Nut

But don't waste your Money, buy an Ernie Ball, a Million times better bass for half the money.

+1 and they know how to spray a nice VSB:

EB also does a great job mating 2-piece bodies. I've seen quite a few pre-EB
Rays with drastically different color tones and grain patterns on 2-piece bodies.

**ARES** · 06-20-2007, 10:41 AM

The only old skool MM I'd blow money on would be a Sabre.

Even then I'd likely just get a dual pickup Sterling instead.

**Mobay45** · 06-20-2007, 01:00 PM

Although I never thought I would say this about any bass, that tortoise shell guard looks like crap on that bass.

**Caca de Kick** · 06-20-2007, 02:58 PM

It obviously is a preEB, 3-bolt/string-through, but the only way of proving if it's a '79 is to remove the neck and show the body/neck dates.

The price is outrageous! Typical dealer! It's no suprise he hasn't been able to sell it all year. Although a month ago, someone else did sell a nice minty sunburst '80/81 with 4-bolt neck for $2200 on ebay...still kinda suprising.

Pickguard is not original, it should be black on that era, like mine...