Help with Bass ID

[fthronson]

I just purchased a 2004 Limited ed Stingray Envy Green. I plugged in the serial number and the description says "SLO Special Maple Neck Pau Ferro Lined Fretless Matching Headstock " but the neck has frets. Is this a error? or was it initially designed to be fretless but sent out with frets. It is a beauty by the way and I am in love. The serial is E42325

 

[Mu5icM@n]

Could be that someone switched the neck at some point in the past.

 

[fthronson]

Could be that someone switched the neck at some point in the past.

Thanks for the reply however the only problem is I've seen other exact models with the description on reverb that also have frets

 

[Golem]

Could be that someone switched the neck at some point in the past.

That happens. Somewhere out there is a fretted four string Lavender Pearl Sterling that was born fretless. Im still playing its original fretless neck on a Natural Finish Sterling 4HS. And thaz not my only swap.

 

[Mu5icM@n]

Same with my Sterling fretless, it started out fretted according to the serial # db.

 

[DrKev]

Also, there may be occasional errors in the database.

 

[fthronson]

Could be that someone switched the neck at some point in the past.

Thats what I thought but there are other 2004 basses on Reverb same color and have frets. but when you plug in their serial numbers they all come up with "Fretless". Bizaar.

 

[DrKev]

I just purchased a 2004 Limited ed Stingray Envy Green. I plugged in the serial number and the description says "SLO Special Maple Neck Pau Ferro Lined Fretless Matching Headstock " but the neck has frets. Is this a error? or was it initially designed to be fretless but sent out with frets. It is a beauty by the way and I am in love. The serial is E42325

Wait a second, the SLO Special didn't come out until 2009. And your serial number is E42352, not E42325? Because that comes up looking OK except for the neck specification, which suggests to me that there is an error or overlap in neck build codes in the database. That would explain other models showing the same error.

The 2004 LEs had black headstock with gold print, maple neck with rosewood board. If that's what you got, you have the original neck.

I'll flag the problem to EBMM.

Edit: And we've noticed this before...!

STINGRAY Limited Edition Envy Green. Is this fake?

Hi everyone. I’ve just seen a bass for sale in Japan. The serial number says it’s a limited edition envy green model from 2004. But all photos I’ve found seem to have a green headstock. This one doesn’t. It also looks like the neck is a diffferent colour. Is it just a different headstock? Great...

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