BOO bass neck question

[pedullamvp5]

Did MM offer "Ebony" fretboard as an option in the 70/80's on the stingray? Not the Cutlass. Was there different neck widths"? Thanks

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

>>>>Did MM offer "Ebony" fretboard as an option in the 70/80's on the stingray?

They did offer Ebony but I believe it was in the 80s and not 70s. Aussie Mark has a 1976 Rosewood fretless and Pino Palladino has a 1979 Rosewood fretless.

The only fretless neck available in 1980 was Ebony.

>>>>Was there different neck widths"?

Yes, but only for fretted Maple necks. They offered a "narrow" neck which I believe was similar to the Fender Jazz Bass with its narrower neck.

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[phatduckk]

>>>>Did MM offer "Ebony" fretboard as an option in the 70/80's on the stingray?

They did offer Ebony but I believe it was in the 80s and not 70s. Aussie Mark has a 1976 Rosewood fretless and Pino Palladino has a 1979 Rosewood fretless.

The only fretless neck available in 1980 was Ebony.

>>>>Was there different neck widths"?

Yes, but only for fretted Maple necks. They offered a "narrow" neck which I believe was similar to the Fender Jazz Bass with its narrower neck.

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always amazed at how much stuff you some of guys know about these instruments ...

kudos and thanks!

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

>>>always amazed at how much stuff you some of guys know about these instruments ...

Make it up as I go along


Just taking a closer looking at pedullamvp5 's original post:

>>>Not the Cutlass.

My understanding is that the Cutlass didn't have a wooden frett board at all...it was all graphite, top and bottom.

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[oldbluebassman]

Well my 1980 Cutlass has an all graphite neck. Not a sign of ebony anywhere.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Yeah Dave...pretty sure that's the case with all Cutlass Basses.

If there was probs with the neck, they had to make them fretless after planning.

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