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5Stringer

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Hi there,

I do have two Stingrays:
SR5 Maple Neck in translucent red (serial: 59619)
SR4 fretless 2band in translucent teal (serial: D 07269)
I bought them ~10 years ago. When were they made?
Are the bodys made of ash or alder?

I hope you can help me.
Thanks & Regards & Greetings from Munich
Henk5

Henk, your SR5 ser # 59619 was completed on 9/11/97 and was shipped to Germany. The body wood is alder.

Ser #D07269 was completed on 08/20/97 and was also shipped to Germany. The body wood on this one is ash.

Nice!
 

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How do you do. Beside me bass-guitar Music Man Sterling F14004. I should like to hear really this guitar Ernie Ball,when she is made, her(its) completing and colour,colouration of the sounding board and vulture
Excuse me for bad english. RESPECTFULLY YOURS Sergey.Russia

Sergey, welcome to the Forum. All forms of English accepted here! :D Your Natural Ash Sterling was completed on 10/14/05 and was shipped to Guitar Center.

Dan
 

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Blue sterling F12595 and I have a black sub 4 string with no serial number on the peghead. Is there a date on the bottom end of the neck or is there any other way of dating it? Thanks!
 

slow roasted

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Hello again Dan!

Yet another new 'Ray, this one is : E60966.

Any and all info greatly appreciated! Thanks again!
 

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My question isn't specifically serial number related, but I didn't want to post a whole new thread just to ask. I've a lava pearl, white ice pg, maple, matching headstock SR5, and I got to wondering how many were made in the same configuration, or even lava pearl SR5's in general? I see more pictures of limited edition colors than pictures of ones like the one I have, so I'm curious which is actually more rare.
 

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Hey there - my first post because i got my first real bass. After playing a Squier my dad passed me for quite a while, I got a sweet stingray. Guy'd just gotten it from Guitar Center and passed savings on to me.

Serial is E61105. Natural, rosewood fretboard, active, black p/g. Would love to know its birthday. ;)
 

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HI! I would love to know the born on date of my Rays!

An Ice Blue SR5 H with SN E73332

and a Fiesta Red Classic SR 4 H with SN B050505

Thanks so much!

Peace,

T

T, nice pair! Your Ice Blue StingRay 5 was completed on 7/27/09 and was shipped to The Perfect Bass.

Your Fiesta Red Classic SR4 was completed on 10/26/09 - and you know where you got that one!

Dan
 

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Dan,

Can you help me out with 1) The info on each of these, and 2) How can I get a printout of the wiring / switch diagram for each one? Thanks!

1) F21282
2) F22913
3) F19149
4) F08028
5) E55342
6) F11155
7) G11597

Wow, quite an array of basses. All yours? OK - here we go:


1) F21282 - Sterling BFR H Quilt Emerald Burst maple-1/05/09-sent to Bass Central.
2) F22913 - 25th Ann. H Quilt V-Red maple 5/15/09-also Bass Central.
3) F19149 - Sterling 4 HH White rosewood MHS-9/05/07-shipped to DuBaldo's.
4) F08028 - Black Onyx Sterling-only 150 made-built 10/24/02-shipped to Mary's Music in Clarksville, TN.
5) E55342 - 30th Anniversary StingRay-rosewood-built 06/13/06-shipped to Bass Central.
6) F11155 - Bongo 4 HS in Limited Edition Blue Dawn-built 6/28/07-sent to Bass Central.
7) G11597 - Axis SuperSport with piezo and tremolo, Black Sparkle finish, rosewood, matching headstock. Built 8/16/00 and shipped to Germany.

Nice collection! :cool:

You can get CWD's for these by emailing me at [email protected]

Dan
 

5Stringer

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Hi,
What about MusicMan Sterling HH
Serial F04876

If is possible to unveil year of production,color and body wood (Its something like graphite pearl or sapphire black but I would like to be sure)

Thank you very much....big respect for you EBMM CS guys!!!!!
Jakub

Jakub, your Sterling 4 HH was completed on 3/20/06 and is in fact the Sapphire Black finish. The body wood is Southern ash.

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There is a pre-owned Stingray 4 H available locally. The serial number is 35431. I think that this guitar was born in 1992. Can you help me out with more info on this Ray??

Thanks,
GerryC

GerryC, welcome to the Forum and sorry for the late response. You are correct, this Natural (gloss) StingRay with a maple neck was complete on 10/22/92 and was shipped to the GC in Arlington, Texas.

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Blue sterling F12595 and I have a black sub 4 string with no serial number on the peghead. Is there a date on the bottom end of the neck or is there any other way of dating it? Thanks!

57FJ, your Blue Pearl Sterling with a rosewood fretboard was completed on 8/05/05.

The serial numbers on all of the SUB instruments are supposed to be on the back of the headstock. The serial numbers were affixed with a label. If it is not there, the only way to date it would be to remove the neck, and there should be a work order number there that we usually are able to trace. I would not recommend removing the neck unless you are a trained professional or are very comfortable reassembling guitars. Otherwise, you can be content to know that your bass was built between 2003 and 2006.

Dan
 

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Hello again Dan!

Yet another new 'Ray, this one is : E60966.

Any and all info greatly appreciated! Thanks again!

SLO roasted, very cool, congrats on your latest! The most recent member of your family was completed on 8/01/07. Natural Ash, maple board, originally shipped to GC's massive distribution center.

Dan
 

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My question isn't specifically serial number related, but I didn't want to post a whole new thread just to ask. I've a lava pearl, white ice pg, maple, matching headstock SR5, and I got to wondering how many were made in the same configuration, or even lava pearl SR5's in general? I see more pictures of limited edition colors than pictures of ones like the one I have, so I'm curious which is actually more rare.

Bob, the Lava Pearl finish was offered from the beginning of 2003 (it was an original Bongo color) until the summer of last year. It was pretty popular in the beginning but had outlived its life by the time we dropped it last year. Almost all of the 600 + StingRay 5's H's in that finish were built before 2006.

Do you want to know when yours was built? I can let you know if you provide the serial number.

Dan
 

5Stringer

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Hey there - my first post because i got my first real bass. After playing a Squier my dad passed me for quite a while, I got a sweet stingray. Guy'd just gotten it from Guitar Center and passed savings on to me.

Serial is E61105. Natural, rosewood fretboard, active, black p/g. Would love to know its birthday. ;)

Jemi, welcome to the Forum, and congrats on your new StingRay. It was built on 8/08/07.

Dan
 

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Bob, the Lava Pearl finish was offered from the beginning of 2003 (it was an original Bongo color) until the summer of last year. It was pretty popular in the beginning but had outlived its life by the time we dropped it last year. Almost all of the 600 + StingRay 5's H's in that finish were built before 2006.

Do you want to know when yours was built? I can let you know if you provide the serial number.

Dan

That's not necessary. Thanks, Dan!
 
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