fearofcups
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Great site and a good idea, great reference point for past and present owners.
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5Stringer
Ernie Ball Customer Service
amBASSador said:Would like some information about F12902 please
amBASSador, your Bongo 4 was completed on 7/15/05.
All reet!
Dan
5Stringer
Ernie Ball Customer Service
doa said:some informations for me please, too?
Thanks!
E47017
doa,
Your StingRay was born on 5/17/05.
Dan
amBASSador
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Thank you for the quick response about my very first EBMM5Stringer said:
Rod Trussbroken
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>>>um...are you sure? it's a B0...and it's a Stingray...I thought it would be an 88 model...
It indicates a circa mid 1988 to me ?
It indicates a circa mid 1988 to me ?
5Stringer
Ernie Ball Customer Service
eric B said:
eric, your bass is evidently a Pre-Ernie Ball StingRay, and we have no database for those serial numbers. But Gav (Rod Trussbroken) has a cool site he has spent a lot of time on that may help. Click here: http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/TOWN8019/default.htm
Dan
Rod Trussbroken
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eric.
Ernie Ball Used "B" serials on their early Basses (the same as the Pre-EB serials).
If "Ernie Ball" appears on the headstock logo then it's obviously an EB Bass and should be a vintage mid 1988.
In the absence of "Ernie Ball" appearing on the logo, then check the number of dot markers past the 12th fret. EB will have four. Pre-EB has three. Also check the position of the string retainer. With EB, it will be on the A and D strings as opposed the Pre-EB which was on the D and G.
If it's an EB Bass and, in the absence of an official date of birth from EB, then in my opinion, the neck date is to be treated as the date of your Bass. In the case of the body date preceeding the date of the neck then, in my opinion, the neck date is still to be treated as the date of your Bass.
If you don't wish to remove the neck and it's an EB Bass, then remove the control plate. Pretty sure by this time a sticker was attached to the bass pot. The sticker has a date but this is only the date the pre-amp was made and not the Bass. However, this will give an accurate date (within a couple of month) as to when the Bass was put together.
Ernie Ball Used "B" serials on their early Basses (the same as the Pre-EB serials).
If "Ernie Ball" appears on the headstock logo then it's obviously an EB Bass and should be a vintage mid 1988.
In the absence of "Ernie Ball" appearing on the logo, then check the number of dot markers past the 12th fret. EB will have four. Pre-EB has three. Also check the position of the string retainer. With EB, it will be on the A and D strings as opposed the Pre-EB which was on the D and G.
If it's an EB Bass and, in the absence of an official date of birth from EB, then in my opinion, the neck date is to be treated as the date of your Bass. In the case of the body date preceeding the date of the neck then, in my opinion, the neck date is still to be treated as the date of your Bass.
If you don't wish to remove the neck and it's an EB Bass, then remove the control plate. Pretty sure by this time a sticker was attached to the bass pot. The sticker has a date but this is only the date the pre-amp was made and not the Bass. However, this will give an accurate date (within a couple of month) as to when the Bass was put together.
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adouglas
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DOB, please....
Bongo5 HHp, F13843, shipped sometime in the August/Sept. 2005 timeframe from the factory to BassCentral.
TIA.
Bongo5 HHp, F13843, shipped sometime in the August/Sept. 2005 timeframe from the factory to BassCentral.
TIA.
Hossinn
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Where is the serial number located on my pre-2000 stingray?
5Stringer
Ernie Ball Customer Service
adouglas said:
This beautiful Bongo Bass was completed on 9/22/05 and sent on its way to the fabled Orlando bass store.
Dan
5Stringer
Ernie Ball Customer Service
Hossinn said:
Hossinn, in 1997 we switched from putting the serial number on the bridges of the basses to putting them on the neck plates. So if your serial number isn't on the neck plate, it is on the bridge, and it was built in 1997 or before.
Dan
wavesurfer
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Hi guys. I just purchased a Stingray. They said it was new, but someone said they saw the same bass at the same shop nearly 3 years ago. Here's the serial: E26694
Any info you could give is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Any info you could give is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
5Stringer
Ernie Ball Customer Service
wavesurfer, your bass was completed on on 12/5/01 and was originally shipped to the Music Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia, where it has (believe it or not) never been sold! I have talked to George and the guys over there many times, and they have always been perplexed by that - they have had many others come and go, but that one seemed not to want to go. I am glad that you got it, I'm sure it's a gem!
We show it as having a candy red finish with a maple fretboard. It also went out with a tortoise shell pickguard.
You should register it online here: http://www.ernieball.com/mmonline/registration/ as it has a full factory warranty still.
Hope that helps!
Dan
We show it as having a candy red finish with a maple fretboard. It also went out with a tortoise shell pickguard.
You should register it online here: http://www.ernieball.com/mmonline/registration/ as it has a full factory warranty still.
Hope that helps!
Dan
wavesurfer
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5Stringer said:
Thanks Dan!
George told me it has been in the shop for a while, but didn't know the date of it.
BTW, that Lab in your avatar is GORGEOUS!
5Stringer
Ernie Ball Customer Service
wavesurfer said:
why ... thanks!
WickedThunder
Member
Any chance I can add my 'ray in the database?
Serial #: A01118
1996 20th Anniversary 4 string Stingray
Rosewood fretted fingerboard, Quilted top
Serial #: A01118
1996 20th Anniversary 4 string Stingray
Rosewood fretted fingerboard, Quilted top
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Rod Trussbroken
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Shall do. Thanks
simonbass
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Hi, could you guys give me the DOB for my sapphire black Bongo 4HH, shipped to the Netherlands? The serial number is: F14882
Thanks!
Thanks!
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