pre-EB Ray I'm restoring - is it a one-off or shop bass?

[TSanders]

Id have to tort it. Whew that would be sweet.

[todd4ta]

I have no idea what the original preamp was, it looked like an extra large chicklet. It made some sound, but it was far from optimal. I had a spare '79 preamp and an EB MM pickup. I plan to swap in a Nordstrand MM pickup at some point, but it sounds pretty darn good as it is. The pots on the preamp aren't exactly right, so I bought a set of new ones from Ernie Ball to finish it off.

I'm definitely planning to Tort it, but again it looks really good in all black, too.

Here is another refurb project I did about a year ago. It had a P/J pickup setup, with a virtual swimming pool routed in the body. I had Michael Dolan fill in the routes, and refin in Olympic White. Also, the neck was originally fretless, but was fretted at some point. The side dots were directly on the note, instead of the normal fretted position. This bothered me more than I thought it would, so I had Michael 'move' the dots and add some dots on the fingerboard (see pic). I have obtained a headstock decal that will be added soon.







As you can see, I've already had a couple of two pickup Stingrays, but I think the 'real' ones will be great to check out at NAMM in a few weeks (they will be there, right?).

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[dhuffguitars]

that's a nice decal!!
Dolan did a great job on the bass!

[Squozen]

Great work, but what the #*&$ was the original owner of the poor red Ray thinking??

[Dees]

great work, from a horrible looking bass (beaten up, abused, and who knows what else), to a gorgeous one.
And I'd put a tort or white PG on that one