Rare Basses At SLO

[Rod Trussbroken]

SR5 Prototype

First Production SR5
(protective plastic still on the pg)

Remains of Tony Levins 3 string Ray

Sabre Bass
(Blue neck, a Sting Ray pickup at the bridge and unusual logo with stress-mark over the "E")

 

[JB1]

Nice colour Sabre

In fact nice basses all round, except TL's poor baby!

 

[Urwordsbreakmed]

First Production SR5
(protective plastic still on the pg)

funny my bass is almost an exact replica

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

would that make it a SaBRAY?

Great shots, Gav!

 

[bovinehost]

The plastic on the pickguard of the white SR5 made me laugh.

 

[Psycho Ward]

I must be missing some pictures, wasn't the first lefty hanging on the wall too?

There are a couple of other shots I remember taking that didn't transfer to the computer, I've got to check into this.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

>>>>Is it a pun? Sabre-Ray... SabRay... Sabré?

Darn....YES!

Tricky guys there at EB. That's exactly what it is

 

[vonfog]

>>>>Is it a pun? Sabre-Ray... SabRay... Sabré?

Darn....YES!

Tricky guys there at EB. That's exactly what it is

Fuzzy beat me to it!

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

>>>I must be missing some pictures, wasn't the first lefty hanging on the wall too?

There was too much there with very little time to take it all in...bummer

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Did anyone get a full shot of the Cutlass 1 with the tremelo bridge?

My pic turned out crap

 

[drewbixcubed]

Here's a pic of #1 right off of the production line (so I'm told...I wasn't there )!

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

I saw that picture on the tour (I think). The guy that was assembling the blocks/bridges had it hanging above his desk.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

The serial of the White Bass above is 50207. I have serials going back to 50101 for the SR5. At the time I thought a non-chronogolical serial.

Maybe PB meant one of the first, as opposed to the first. Also, I could have missunderstood what was said

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

I doubt if the serials started at 50000 although they could have. My toss is that they started at 50100. This pic is 50101 which is prob second off the line?

 

[cgworkman]

Other than the color of the knobs, what's the difference between the proto and the final production model?

 

[bdgotoh]

I know the first few years had 2 coil pickups with alnico poles like the Stingray.

They later switched to steel/ceramic 3 coil pups like the Sterling.

They also put the plastic pop-out battery compartment in at some later time.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

What do you think about the Sabre Brad...likey?