Music Man Serial Number Database

[5Stringer]

Hello. May I have some history on E42069 (SR4 HH BD LE2007)?

Thanks!

Ärtsoppa, welcome to the Forum. Your StingRay in Limited Edition 1 (Radiance Red with a black headstock) was completed on 4/21/04 and was shipped to Sweden.

Dan

 

[5Stringer]

Just got a new Stingray 4H. Love it!!!

Serial number E67917. History??

Was super impressed with Bongo 4H NOS serial number F09972 history earlier this year.

Thanks for the info

Steve
Wilmington, NC

Steve, congratulations on your new StingRay. It was completed on 10/8/08 and was shipped to The Perfect Bass. It should compliment your Bongo H nicely.

Hi,

My best friend (and bass player too) has just purchased a used Sterling (black/maple). S/N is F 04873.

Hopefully I was right telling him it was built late 2001 ?

Please EBMM people, if you can give me a bit more information about this bass, thanks in advance !

jaylegroove, you were correct about your friend's year and time of production. The exact date was 10/21/01. The body should be Southern ash, the neck maple, the finish Black. Was originally shipped to France.

Dan

 

[5Stringer]

Hey,

I'm new to the forum. Have been playing for maybe 6/7 years and have always ALWAYS wanted a 3EQ black stingray 4 with a black plate and a maple board. Well now I've got one and I couldn't be happier! I would however love to know its age,
the SN is 47771 - am I right in thinking late 95? Also, there are black screws holding the scratch plate on. should they be chrome? Annoys me because I think everything else is original.
Cheers
Karl

karl, welcome to Forum,and congratulations on getting your dream bass. If it has a black pickguard the screws should also be black. You are correct about the production date. Your bass was built on December 4 1995 and was originally sent to a store called Ace Music SuperStore (oob) in Dayton, Ohio.

Cheers,

Dan

 

[slow roasted]

Good day from suburban Chicago Dan, I have succumbed yet again. This one is a drop dead gorgeous Stingray 5, serial # E65242. As always, any and all info is greatly appreciated. You are the man, my friend!

 

[5Stringer]

Wow, slo, you are not slowing down! Your newest was built on 2/21/08 and was shipped to GC. Rad Red was a gorgeous finish.

Dan

 

[jaylegroove]

Many thanks Dan !

 

[Old_Guy]

Bongo 5

Dan,
Just received a Bongo 5 (HHp), serial number F25869. What can you tell me? Thanks!

 

[muziker]

I have a Sterling bass SN: F05618, Could you please tell me more about it?

Thanks, Tom

 

[crushingday]

hey i got a saphire black jp6 with piezo and what not. serial is g29537 what year was this made?

 

[DJBenzBass]

Dan,
You stated that about 70 Sterling Pearl Purple S-Specials were made in 1996. Is there a similar story for Stingray Pearl Purple basses? I have one arriving tomorrow: Pearl Purple/Maple/Matching headstock, 2 band EQ. The store claims it arrived to them with a purple pickup cover, but then someone replaced it with a standard black. Could that have been stock?
I can provide the serial number tomorrow when the bass arrives.
Thank you,
Don

Cool! I remember us doing some of those .... it was sort of a contrast to the Silhouette Special that came out the year before, same S-Spec finish, called Pearl Purple, and a white pearloid pickguard as we only offered on the S-Specials back then, other than this of course.

Another interesting note: of the 70 or so of these built, all in 1996, only 8 stayed in the U.S. - the rest were shipped to our distributor in Germany.

Dan

 

[5Stringer]

I have a Sterling bass SN: F05618, Could you please tell me more about it?

Thanks, Tom

Tom, sure, your Sterling was made a giveaway for the first U.S. Emergenza tour. Built on 4/16/02.

Dan

 

[5Stringer]

Dan,
Just received a Bongo 5 (HHp), serial number F25869. What can you tell me? Thanks!

Stone, pretty familiar with this one .... this was just shipped out to Apple Music in your hometown on 11/20/09. Congratulations on your new beauty! It is a lovely Cabernet Pearl HH/Piezo with a white pearloid guard.

Dan

 

[5Stringer]

hey i got a saphire black jp6 with piezo and what not. serial is g29537 what year was this made?

cd, welcome to the Forum, but let's move you over to the serial number thread on the guitar side: http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-guitars/3830-important-my-ernie-balls-serial-294.html

meet you there! Dan

 

[5Stringer]

Dan,
You stated that about 70 Sterling Pearl Purple S-Specials were made in 1996. Is there a similar story for Stingray Pearl Purple basses? I have one arriving tomorrow: Pearl Purple/Maple/Matching headstock, 2 band EQ. The store claims it arrived to them with a purple pickup cover, but then someone replaced it with a standard black. Could that have been stock?
I can provide the serial number tomorrow when the bass arrives.
Thank you,
Don

Don, not that I know of- the 1996 run, I am pretty sure, was just Sterlings. But in 1999, Pearl Purple was introduced as a standard color for all instruments - I suspect yours was made in that time period (1999-2001) but we can find out when we get the serial#.

Oh - and no, we have never used purple covers for StingRays.

Dan

 

[Old_Guy]

Stone, pretty familiar with this one .... this was just shipped out to Apple Music in your hometown on 11/20/09. Congratulations on your new beauty! It is a lovely Cabernet Pearl HH/Piezo with a white pearloid guard.

Dan

Same birthday as my wife! You guys are geniuses! Thanks much. It is lovely.

 

[5Stringer]

we knew that - and waited for the appropriate day.

Dan

 

[ric426]

Can you give me any info on a Sterling HS Nat/tort/rosewood, serial number F23089? I haven't been able to find any numbers close to it to get an idea of the production date.

Thanks

 

[Dasgre0g]

Ok i have stingray 5 that was said to be custom made for some guy in a big band. any info anyone can give from THIS serial number? Any details would be awesome. Can you get this kind of help with any other bass community? I think not!

E35029
Custom Made

 

[RaginRog]

New Bongo

Dan,

I know you just looked up a Sterling for me the other day, but I decided to take it back when I saw they got a sweet orange Bongo in. I looove the color, and the sound ain't bad either!

Serial # F19068 Does it say what the color name is?

Thanks!
Rog

 

[muziker]

Tom, sure, your Sterling was made a giveaway for the first U.S. Emergenza tour. Built on 4/16/02.

Dan

Thanks very much, do you know if there is any other difference between regular sterling and this Emerganza tour besides a sticker o a body?
Thanks
Have a great day1
Tom