I assume the skinny stringers have seen this one?

[Aussie Mark]

I had a quick look over their side of the fence but didn't see any obvious thread discussing this one .....

Music Man StingRay 1 Electric Guitar Serial #001 - eBay (item 160250775022 end time Jan-09-09 06:41:59 PST)

 

[koogie2k]

WOW...never saw one of those before. Not sure about the price...but...would love to hear Pops give us some history on it. Interesting.

 

[fly]

nice find Mark..........wish i had the coin for that,but i'm saving for the new HSS........

 

[RocketRalf]

Well its the very first one, and it really looks like mint. I don't think the price is crazy. If I had a job in the US I might consider it.

 

[oli@bass]

That one should go back home... IMO it belongs to BP's collection

 

[mynan]

IMO it belongs to BP's collection

I'd be curious to hear what BP thinks of those guitars. I can't say that I know anything about them, but it seems like I remember hearing that they had a shaky existence.

 

[paranoid70]

Wow, that's some mad $ he is asking for it. I know I would rather buy two new Silhouettes and still have money left over for an amp.

Regardless, it is a very interesting bit of Music Man history. I do wonder how the old Stingray guitars play. Since it is a Music Man, it's gotta be pretty sweet.

I gotta be honest though, the input jack with that huge switch looks a bit tacky. The newer MM guitars look so much cooler.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Great investment - $3000 is a fair price over here!!

 

[Smellybum]

September 16 1976??? - that's a week before my birthdate.... how cool is that....


very nice item,

Anyone know who the initals are?

 

[silverburst]

He's knocked a couple grand off since the last time he listed it.

 

[Caca de Kick]

Yeah, I've seen that one listed before too, like Rex said it was 5k before.
But I'm digging the vintage strap more though.
For some reason I never liked the 'look' of the StingRay guitar with that big butt area after the bridge, but I sure thought the Sabre guitars looked much better.

 

[silverburst]

I'm pretty close by if anyone wants me to go look it over.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Great investment - $3000 is a fair price over here!!

Over here also!

 

[Colin]

Over here also!

Gav are these guitars rare?

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Gav are these guitars rare?

Hey Col.

The serials start at G001000 (and B001000 for the Basses). So this is number one off the line. It's condition is good also.

 

[rokkitt]

hey looks worth it to me .....but outta my range


remember-------there is only one number 1



that is where the value lies....


someone buy it on the board here.....cmon! man up!

hehhehehe

 

[five7]

Ugly, but beautiful.