Evil_Ernie_Ball
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Do They ? 
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bovinehost
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I myself was waiting for some type of clarification.
Although I'm pretty sure the answer will still be, "Hmm, I don't know."
Although I'm pretty sure the answer will still be, "Hmm, I don't know."
basspastor
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Oh please, Let me decipher this one.
He wants to know if the afore mentioned basses have string thru bodys to the neck.
UH OH; I don't think I said that correctly. Or did I
He wants to know if the afore mentioned basses have string thru bodys to the neck.
UH OH; I don't think I said that correctly. Or did I
uvapete
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speaking of indecipherable
what ever happened to our resident stream of consciousness post modernist poster Mike Carr?
Mike- if you are out there, write something.
Pete
what ever happened to our resident stream of consciousness post modernist poster Mike Carr?
Mike- if you are out there, write something.
Pete
Evil_Ernie_Ball
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Do Sabres have necks like sterlings? (thin at the nut and so) and/or are they string thru body like pre EB's ??
I read somewhere here that Sabres have necks like Sterlings... do they ??
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2818&highlight=settings
I read somewhere here that Sabres have necks like Sterlings... do they ??
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2818&highlight=settings
Jazzbassman23
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Okay, now I see. As I understand it, the Sabre neck is closer to a Stingray than a Sterling. Maybe even the same.
Evil_Ernie_Ball said:
I don't know about the neck
Bridges were top-loaded on later ones at least, but the first sabres used stingray bridges that were through-body.
http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/TOWN8019/mycustompage0004.htm
Rod Trussbroken
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>>>Bridges were top-loaded on later ones at least, but the first sabres used stingray bridges that were through-body.
The Pre-EB Sabre came into being in 1979 and used a top-load "horse shoe" type bridge...never string-through as far as I know....which remained in use untill the end of the Pre-EB period (1984).
The Pre-EB 'Rays (although string-through earlier) changed to top-load in 1980 and remained that way.
So, at the end of the Pre-EB period, the Sabres and 'Rays were both top-loaded with their respective bridge designs.
When EB began production in 85, left over top-loaded 'Ray bridges were put to use on the Sabre (the "horse-shoe" was deleted). The new EB Sabre and 'Ray both used the Pre-EB top-load bridges. The Sabre never used Pre-EB string-through bridges and EB had no "string-through" design.
In effect, the Sabre was never a "string-through".
I have absolutely no idea what Evil is asking.
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The Pre-EB Sabre came into being in 1979 and used a top-load "horse shoe" type bridge...never string-through as far as I know....which remained in use untill the end of the Pre-EB period (1984).
The Pre-EB 'Rays (although string-through earlier) changed to top-load in 1980 and remained that way.
So, at the end of the Pre-EB period, the Sabres and 'Rays were both top-loaded with their respective bridge designs.
When EB began production in 85, left over top-loaded 'Ray bridges were put to use on the Sabre (the "horse-shoe" was deleted). The new EB Sabre and 'Ray both used the Pre-EB top-load bridges. The Sabre never used Pre-EB string-through bridges and EB had no "string-through" design.
In effect, the Sabre was never a "string-through".
I have absolutely no idea what Evil is asking.
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Rod Trussbroken
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Can be confusing... I'm always double checking notes when trying to work out a Bass vintage
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I'm always double checking notes when trying to work out a Bass vintage .
