Question Green Sunburst Stingray - Is/Was there such a thing

[drTStingray]

On Easter Monday I travelled three or four miles to a village pub where I watched a band play - it was the Hamish Stewart Band, and they played to a packed village pub which Hamish runs.

To say they were awesome is an understatement and they played through some classic stuff like What Cha Gonna Do For Me, Person to Person etc etc. Absolutely unbelieveable - to me this is like seeing Eric Clapton playing in the local pub for fun.

Anyway back on topic - after they finished I spoke to Hamish briefly and he confirmed that Alan Gorrie had a green sunburst Ray circa 1979 with AWB. Unfortunely Hamish no longer has his Musicman basses and mostly plays guitar now.

Has anyone ever seen a green sunburst Ray or is the consensus that this was a one off.

As a postscript to this, I have a DVD of AWB playing in 1977 at Montreux (much is available on You Tube) and Alan Gorrie uses a natural Ray with a white PU cover (I guess a prototype), and Hamish uses a sunburst Ray ususally played with a pick - the bass sound on the DVD is really superb and captures the feel and nature of the Classic StingRay.

 

[Moondog]

 

[five7]

How sweet is that? Thanks so much for posting!

 

[GWDavis28]

Green guitars and basses don't sell.

That isn't bad though.

Glenn |B)

 

[danny-79]

Wow! never seen a green burst before, but i like it .

 

[Caca de Kick]

(Mike faints to the floor)


yeah, I rememebr seeing that pic years ago.

 

[fly]

my god..........never did i think green burst would look so sweet...........bring that colour back baby.

 

[drTStingray]

That really looks fantastic.

I'm hoping Rod might have some info on pre-EB green sunburst Rays also.

 

[Stephen]

Dargie-Heinz-Burst with carbon neck ... must be a rare beast indeed!

I like it, although I'm not sure if I would buy one. *tries to imagine this finish on a Bongo*

 

[oli@bass]

Should come with a beige pickguard for the ultimate Avocado look!

 

[sitonmybass]

I saw Paul McCartney at Tampa Stadium in 1990. Hamish Stuart who was alternating between guitar and bass duties played a Sunburst SR5 if memory serves me well.

 

[kevins]

friggin' awesome. i wonder how rare those pre EB green bursts are...

 

[bovinehost]

I remember that greenburst bass but not the details. It's not a pre-EB, though, as it has a contoured body and a six bolt neck attachment.

Gavin might have a better memory for it. I've had those same photos for YEARS.

 

[RaginRog]

Wow!! That's incredible looking...I'd definitely save up for one of those if BP ever decided to add that color choice!

 

[Kirby]

Was this a refinish job? I seem to remember something like that and the Status neck being added at that time.

 

[drTStingray]

I remember that greenburst bass but not the details. It's not a pre-EB, though, as it has a contoured body and a six bolt neck attachment.

Gavin might have a better memory for it. I've had those same photos for YEARS.

Noted this is an EBMM. It looks like blueburst but with green instead to me - very nice colour.

The Alan Gorrie one was circa 1979 - the colour was as 3 tone sunburst but think green instead of red. He used it when I saw them live back then.

I saw Paul McCartney at Tampa Stadium in 1990. Hamish Stuart who was alternating between guitar and bass duties played a Sunburst SR5 if memory serves me well.

Interesting he played an SR5 - he played with McCartney for some years - I like his bass playing but he seems to be primarily a guitarist - he doesn't alternate in his current band and Steve Pearce plays bass (an awesome player also!).