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Can you please give me the information (DoB, used woods, dealer is was shipped to, colour, PG colour, etc) you know about these basses:

Sterling fretless; 38587
Stingray; E54080
Bongo; F08942

And do you perhaps know something about the black sparkle finish on the bongo? I have never seen a sparkled bongo before.

Many thanks in advance!
 
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Hello,
Can you please update me on the history of my Stingray ( E20395 ), and also, how to treat chipping of the epoxy... Should I fear for the wood under it? I live in a very humid climate. Thanks for any info.
Cheers.
 
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Hey Dan,

I just got a Sterling serial #F12580... What might be my new babys history..?

Thanks A lot!

Scott :D
 
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I have a 5 string musicman, couldyou tell me what year it was built and what wood has been used on the neck as its doesn't seem to be maple and doesn't have a rosewood fretboard the serial number is E28793

Thanks
Jonesyboy
 
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Bongodude said:
Can you please give me the information (DoB, used woods, dealer is was shipped to, colour, PG colour, etc) you know about these basses:

Sterling fretless; 38587
Stingray; E54080
Bongo; F08942

And do you perhaps know something about the black sparkle finish on the bongo? I have never seen a sparkled bongo before.

Many thanks in advance!
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Sterling fretless; 38587 - This bass was completed on 9/30/93 and is a finish called Pearl White, a very short-lived finish used on the new Sterling bass introduced that year. The body would be poplar and the neck maple. Shipped to the U.K.

Stingray; E54080 - StingRay 4 built on 8/09/06. Limited Edition Black/Gold shipped to Sweden.

Bongo; F08942 - Black Sparkle finish Bongo HH completed on 1/28/04. The Black Sparkle finish was discontinued in 2002, but my guess is that we made some specially for Voerman, our Swedish partners.

Dan
 
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Hi Dan

when you get a chance could you give me a dob and tell me if this is a one piece body,if its not its one hell of a match.and if you could too what type of wood the body is.
number from the bridge is
37546
thank you
Dave
 
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Nico1975 said:
Hello,
Can you please update me on the history of my Stingray ( E20395 ), and also, how to treat chipping of the epoxy... Should I fear for the wood under it? I live in a very humid climate. Thanks for any info.
Cheers.
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The wood should be fine, these types of stress cracks are not uncommon. But it is not epoxy, the finish is polyester clearcoat. Normally these cracks are in the finish only. Your Black Maple 2-EQ StingRay was built on 1/19/01 and was shipped to Sweden. (I didn't know it was humid there :p)

Dan
 
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DTG said:
Hi Dan

when you get a chance could you give me a dob and tell me if this is a one piece body,if its not its one hell of a match.and if you could too what type of wood the body is.
number from the bridge is
37546
thank you
Dave
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Dave, no way without seeing it to tell if is a one-piece or not. Our records don't tell us that. They do tell us that your bass is Honeyburst/Ash maple board 2 EQ StingRay.

Dan
 
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5Stringer said:
The wood should be fine, these types of stress cracks are not uncommon. But it is not epoxy, the finish is polyester clearcoat. Normally these cracks are in the finish only. Your Black Maple 2-EQ StingRay was built on 1/19/01 and was shipped to Sweden. (I didn't know it was humid there :p)

Dan
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:rolleyes:It was shipped to Sweden, I bought it in Belgium, went to work in China for 1 year with it, then moved to Korea for a year and now i'm living in Malaysia - and this is where the humidity is a parameter... Could it be stress crack from too much travelling?:p
Thanks for the info , Dan
 
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5Stringer said:
Dave, no way without seeing it to tell if is a one-piece or not. Our records don't tell us that. They do tell us that your bass is Honeyburst/Ash maple board 2 EQ StingRay.

Dan
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thanks Dan,
I will stick a picture up later to see if you can tell,did you get a DOB on her.

Dave
 
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5Stringer said:
Sterling fretless; 38587 - This bass was completed on 9/30/93 and is a finish called Pearl White, a very short-lived finish used on the new Sterling bass introduced that year. The body would be poplar and the neck maple. Shipped to the U.K.

Stingray; E54080 - StingRay 4 built on 8/09/06. Limited Edition Black/Gold shipped to Sweden.

Bongo; F08942 - Black Sparkle finish Bongo HH completed on 1/28/04. The Black Sparkle finish was discontinued in 2002, but my guess is that we made some specially for Voerman, our Swedish partners.

Dan
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Thank you so much, great service. Very interesting information. Do you have any idea how many black sparkle Bongo HH's were made?
 
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