Impulse Buy - probably a bad move

[nglazebrook]

I should be old and wise enough to know better.
I recently bought what I thought was going to be an Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray (4) bass from eBay. When it arrived it certainly did not match the description.
Can someone help me figure out what I actually have.

The neck appears to be fairly new, no skunk stripe down the back and it has pilot holes for a six bolt mount to the body. The neck is attached to the body with a four bolt mount plate (music man logo on it). Machine heads are standard Music Man
The body has been repainted, not a bad job. It has three pots, volume and two tones. The bridge is has a serial number of 25855. It has the string dampers on it. It appears to have had a "through body string conversion" done on it.
The pickups look standard, I have not removed the pickguard to check though.
It has a standard 9v battery at the rear with what looks like the standard chrome cover.
How can I tell if I have a Music Man body, is there any way to tell?
Neil

 

[Aussie Mark]

Any chance of posting some pictures? We might be able to comment further if we can have a look.

One thing you could do is unbolt the neck and see if the end of the neck and the neck pocket on the body are both date stamped.

Also, if you cruise to the website listed in the "sticky" thread at the top of the forum, there are lots of photos and info on Stingrays that you can compare yours to, which might help you as well.

 

[jongitarz]

The serial number is for a teal 2 eq stingray made 8/27/87

 

[nglazebrook]

That makes sense, underneath the hideous purple/pink paint I can see a teal. At least the bridge and body appear to be a unit then.
Thanks again
Neil