Music Man Serial Number Database

breweroftak · Oct 31, 2016

Joel said:
This StingRay 5 was completed on January 7th, 2003. The color is Black with the Rosewood fretboard & matching headstock. It was originally shipped to Total Music Services.

Is it possible that it is HH from 2003?

drTStingray · Oct 31, 2016

Hi can you give me the DOB and details on C00793 please.

pfonck334 · Nov 1, 2016

Hi Joel
Would like to know the DOB, body wood and color , neck wood et where it was shipped for this Stingray 5 with serial number 50391
Thanks a lot!

JONYKUZA · Nov 1, 2016

Hello! I have an amazing translucide purple MM stingray 4 strings , I would have the detail for it, serial number E14670.
many thanks!!!

bassplayer125 · Nov 1, 2016

Hi I just bought this. Im hoping its not fake. The serial number on the neck plate is B032641. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

http://forums.ernieball.com/ernie-ball-music-man-basses/63304-bought-hoping-fake.html

Joel · Nov 1, 2016

drTStingray said:
Hi can you give me the DOB and details on C00793 please.

This Old Smoothie 40th Anniversary StingRay was completed on October 10th, 2016. The color is Smoothie Burst with the Maple neck. It was originally shipped to Strings & Things.

pfonck334 said:
Hi Joel
Would like to know the DOB, body wood and color , neck wood et where it was shipped for this Stingray 5 with serial number 50391
Thanks a lot!

This StingRay 5 was completed on December 6th, 1988. The color is White with the Rosewood fretboard. It was originally shipped to High Tech.

JONYKUZA said:
Hello! I have an amazing translucide purple MM stingray 4 strings , I would have the detail for it, serial number E14670.
many thanks!!!

This StingRay 3EQ was completed on May 23rd, 2000. The color is Translucent Purple with the Maple neck. It was originally shipped to High Tech.

bassplayer125 said:
Hi I just bought this. Im hoping its not fake. The serial number on the neck plate is B032641. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

http://forums.ernieball.com/ernie-ball-music-man-basses/63304-bought-hoping-fake.html

That serial number appears to belong to a Sterling by Music Man instrument. Unfortunately we don't have the production records for those. Here is a link to their contact page, Contact Welcome to the Sterling by Music Man Website.

gibber · Nov 1, 2016

New here, but not new to Musicman basses after quite some time with my Tony Levin labelled 5-String went back to just 4.
I believe i have a real beauty here in E55689. Please, what is the super-slim neck, rosewood or mahogany, and what's used for the body? And (hope i#m not asking too much) how many were made of these BFR-SR in "classic" H4 config and when was she done?

...and my natural Sterling pale home darling, never saw the sun with her unvarnished neck, not as shiny as the Stingray but a lot lighter on the strap and in tone -- and perhaps quite a bit older (#46238) ?

philcat4oe · Nov 1, 2016

Hi Joel could you check my stingray it's e60664

Blind Dog Gus · Nov 1, 2016

Hello Joel.............mine is X09249. what can you tell me about mine? Thanks!!!!

drTStingray · Nov 1, 2016

Joel said:
This Old Smoothie 40th Anniversary StingRay was completed on October 10th, 2016. The color is Smoothie Burst with the Maple neck. It was originally shipped to Strings & Things.

Thanks Joel. And 21 Days from manufacture to owner in England is very quick!!

4 Strings · Nov 2, 2016

Stingray 4 - Serial E41450

Hi Joel

I have just bought a rather lovely Stingray, believed to be 2004, a sort of copper colour with matching headstock and maple neck.

I would be very grateful to know it's birth date, colour name and anything else, if you would be so kind.

Many thanks

breweroftak · Nov 2, 2016

Thank you Joel,
You already replied on my question for the date, but is it possible that E34854(Nov 2013) is HH version of Stingray 5?
Thank you.

udo · Nov 2, 2016

Hello Joel,

I have a 3EQ Stingray in tobacco sunburst, believed to be from 2015. The serial is E94024. Would you mind checking if that is true? Thanks a lot!

bal704 · Nov 2, 2016

Can you give me the details on my new Black SR5, E90439?

cosmico · Nov 2, 2016

Hi Joel,
I owned my Stingray nearly 25 years ago.
It is a limited edition (Malibu Beach) and I want to know the DOB, the body wood and the number of basses in this edition.

Thank you very much !

cosmico · Nov 2, 2016

OOOPS
the SN is 35098

Joel · Nov 2, 2016

gibber said:
New here, but not new to Musicman basses after quite some time with my Tony Levin labelled 5-String went back to just 4.
I believe i have a real beauty here in E55689. Please, what is the super-slim neck, rosewood or mahogany, and what's used for the body? And (hope i#m not asking too much) how many were made of these BFR-SR in "classic" H4 config and when was she done?

...and my natural Sterling pale home darling, never saw the sun with her unvarnished neck, not as shiny as the Stingray but a lot lighter on the strap and in tone -- and perhaps quite a bit older (#46238) ?

E55689 - This StingRay 3EQ was completed on April 7th, 2008. The official color name is Redwood with the Mahogany neck. The body wood is African Mahogany. 1000 year old Redwood stumps were used for the tops on these. Unfortunately production number records are not available and we don't have the originally shipped to information for this one in the database.

46238 - This Sterling was completed on September 8th, 1995. The color is Natural Velvet with the Maple neck. The body wood is Ash. It was originally shipped to Guitar Center.

philcat4oe said:
Hi Joel could you check my stingray it's e60664

This StingRay 3EQ was completed on July 3rd, 2007. The color is Natural Gloss with the Rosewood fretboard. It was originally shipped to Guitar Center.

Blind Dog Gus said:
Hello Joel.............mine is X09249. what can you tell me about mine? Thanks!!!!

This S.U.B. 2EQ was completed on June 6th, 2005. The color is Textured Black with the Rosewood fretboard. It was originally shipped to Guitar Center.

4 Strings said:
Hi Joel

I have just bought a rather lovely Stingray, believed to be 2004, a sort of copper colour with matching headstock and maple neck.

I would be very grateful to know it's birth date, colour name and anything else, if you would be so kind.

Many thanks

This StingRay 3EQ was completed on May 13th, 2004. The color is Lava Pearl with the Maple neck & matching headstock. It was originally shipped to Guitar Center.

breweroftak said:
Thank you Joel,
You already replied on my question for the date, but is it possible that E34854(Nov 2013) is HH version of Stingray 5?
Thank you.

Not too sure what happened here. E34854 is coming up as a StingRay 5 H that was completed on January 7th, 2003. The color is Black with the Rosewood fretboard & matching headstock. It was originally shipped to Total Music Services.

udo said:
Hello Joel,

I have a 3EQ Stingray in tobacco sunburst, believed to be from 2015. The serial is E94024. Would you mind checking if that is true? Thanks a lot!

This StingRay 3EQ was completed on October 21st, 2014. The color is Tobacco Burst with the Maple neck. It was originally shipped to Strings & Things.

bal704 said:
Can you give me the details on my new Black SR5, E90439?

This StingRay 5 HH was completed on June 13th, 2013. The color is Black with the Maple neck. It was originally shipped to Bass Central.

cosmico said:
Hi Joel,
I owned my Stingray nearly 25 years ago.
It is a limited edition (Malibu Beach) and I want to know the DOB, the body wood and the number of basses in this edition.

Thank you very much !

35098 is coming up as a StingRay 2EQ that was completed on July 29th, 1992. The color is black with the Maple neck. It was originally shipped to Musik Meyer. Production number records are not available. Is there any chance the serial number could be something different?

4 Strings · Nov 2, 2016

Many thanks, Joel, very grateful.

gibber · Nov 2, 2016

Joel said:
E55689 - This StingRay 3EQ was completed on April 7th, 2008. The official color name is Redwood with the Mahogany neck. The body wood is African Mahogany. 1000 year old Redwood stumps were used for the tops on these. Unfortunately production number records are not available and we don't have the originally shipped to information for this one in the database.

Thank you a lot, Joel. Now, before posting my request to you i had been browsing the BFR picture thread (pics not visible to me??), where i had stumbled over this
http://forums.ernieball.com/ernie-b...rve-picture-thread-post470538.html#post470538

In the current absence of the original pictures, i was not sure if mine might be one of the 120-strong run mentioned there.
But following your answer, it appears the high weight of mine is explained by it's solid African Mahogany body as opposed to the ash body mentioned for those 120.

Thanks again,
Ralph

lowfreqMM5 · Nov 3, 2016

Hi from Germany,

could you please tell me the DOB, the name of the colour (the ancestor said it's called 'cabernet pearl') and the original place of shipping of my Big Al 4 SSS fretless. SerNo F25402

Thank you!

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