Help! Sabre HT, all black hardware, at GC used. What model/year?

[Pott]

Hi folks, super quick one tonight.

My local GC has a gorgeous blue Sabre HT. Unlike the current EBMM website model though, that one's got all black hardware.
It's advertised as an HT and the neck does look roasted.

My question is simple; are the previous versions with the black hardware different in any other way than the current model?
For example, maybe it has regular nickel frets instead of stainless-steel.

For reference I MUCH prefer the black hardware, I just want to make sure there aren't any differences I won't spot for a while.

Cheers!

 

[racerx]

I assume you mean this one: Platinum Ernie Ball Music Man Sabre Limited-Edition Electric Guitar Blue Dream | Guitar Center

This was the model just before the HT refresh/pickup change. These specs should largely be the same: Sabre (the notable difference is the pickups)

 

[Pott]

Yeah this seem to be the exact same model. Thanks! Pickups are the bit I care about the least, I've always been fine with stock EBMM DiMarzios (current version has EBMM pickups so I ASSUME, and may be wrong, that this black-hardware version had the DiMarzios?).

 

[GWDavis28]

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[Sweat]

Model/year get the Serial Number, I cannot read it from their pics, has some similarity to the DuBaldo Diablo Blue which I own one off, mainly blue and black hardware but the Diablo has more custom add ons