Question stingray body wood

[hoochie]

Hi everyone,

I just bought a Stingray, it is used, year 2000, 2-way eq., rosewood fingerboard. How can I find out which wood the body has been made of? Sorry if I am repeating the thread, I am new around here. If so, please tell me where I can find such kind of info. Thanks.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Up to end of 1999 to beginning 2000 they used to have Alder body and this was changed to Ash after 2000, I didn't make it up I have read it on Rod Trussbroken's EB-pedia website

 

[hoochie]

Thanks for the swift answer. According to serial number, it has been made sometime in August 2000, so it can be both. Can you send me a link EB-pedia?

 

[CFA]

Can't you find out what wood the body is made of by posting the serial number in the serial number thread? I could be wrong but I'm sure I've seen it there before..

 

[Grand Wazoo]

sure....

Home - Musicmanbass.org, Music Man, Musicman, Music Man Bass, Musicman Bass, Music Man Guitar

this is a website run by one of the members in this forum the ever knwoledgeable Gav aka Rod Trussbroken who is also a moderator and all around TOP MAN

 

[hoochie]

Thanks guys, appreciate your help, I will do both

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Up to end of 1999 to beginning 2000 they used to have Alder body and this was changed to Ash after 2000, I didn't make it up I have read it on Rod Trussbroken's EB-pedia website

Hey Fran. I'm pretty sure that's not on my website. If it is then it's wrong. I think Alder bodies were mainly for Trans Red finishes.

hoochie's Bass is more likely to be Ash

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Confusions confusions, my bad, I must be confusing it with that time we were dating my own red translucent Stingray bass wich is a 2000 and apparently Ash too. I remember you said that my previous pre-2000 Red Trans was Alder. So sorry.

 

[oli@bass]

Oh, and there was poplar used for some opaque colours like black. But I never found out during which years.

 

[Red Sector J]

Stingray body wood ???


Hi,

I have a Stingray 4 H Slo Special that I've been trying to figure out the body wood since I bought it last year.

From Music Man customer service I learned that the
bass was completed on October 16th, 2009. It was part of a special run for Guitar Center (the color, Black Magic Sparkle, is what made it special). When I asked about the body wood they I was told it is Ash. No reply when I asked which type.
Any idea what type of ash? Swamp, Northern/hard?
The bass weighs 10.20 pounds exactly if that helps.

 

[Soulkeeper]

This is a zombie thread. The appropriate thread for your question is the Music Man Serial Number Database thread.

It's a sticky, but nobody seems to manage to find it anyway. For some unfathomable reason ... (Just to clarify: "If everything is important, then nothing is." Twelve sticky threads in the bass forum, including one locked thread, makes the sticky threads appear not important.)

Anyway, state the serial number of your bass over there, and ask away.

 

[pete bass]

Thanks for this topic it seem my Trans Red ' Ray is now Alder and all the time i was thinking probably Ash

 

[Gravesend Black]

Thanks for this topic it seem my Trans Red ' Ray is now Alder and all the time i was thinking probably Ash

If it sounds great and looks good what is the matter of alder or ash?) And you always can specify your body wood for sure within the sticky thread.

 

[drTStingray]

Thanks for this topic it seem my Trans Red ' Ray is now Alder and all the time i was thinking probably Ash

Depends how old it is - I seem to recall them saying they changed to ash at some point (probably in the 2000s) - best bet is to post your serial number in the sticky thread and be sure to ask for body wood type as well as DOB - and Jacob Rocha will come back and tell you.

BTW there's nothing wrong with an alder Stingray - some people prefer them - said to be a little smoother sounding. Also a poplar one - the original Sub basses were poplar and people rave about them.

 

[tbonesullivan]

poplar, alder, and ash are all well-regarded tone woods. They just have some different tonal characteristics.

One of the reasons you see some woods used more for opaque finishes is the wood color. Swamp ash has a very strong grain, and is light, so it shows colors well and is very popular for translucent finishes. Alder is a bit darker and has a somewhat yellow/orange color, so it tends to look best with red-based translucent finishes. Poplar can look green, which is why, like basswood, it is often used under an opaque finish.