peabody
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My son is very involved in his school's band program, and so I offered to take the school owned bass and guitar into my guitar tech and have them looked over. I had a feeling it had been awhile since they had any service, so I thought I'd get them set up, get new strings put on, etc...and the cost of the repairs would be my donation to the band program.
When I opened the bass case, I was a little surprised to see a vintage Music Man Stingray (pre-Ernie Ball). I forgot to write down the serial number before I took it in, but I'm guessing from what I remember of the number, the bass is a '78 or '79. It has a cool olympic white finish and I love the original triangular shaped case with the Music Man logo on it.
My son described the bass as being "beat up", but in reality the bass is pretty good shape. It has it share of bumps and bruises (that's what you get when you spend 35 years with high school kids), paint patina, etc., but the neck is great shape and I think it overall, it looks pretty good.
I contacted the high school band director and told him exactly what he had. I offered to sell it for him, after it gets out of the shop. I told him they could probably buy a decent brand new bass and could still have $1000 or so left over to put back into the band program. I can't think of too many band programs right now that couldn't use the extra cash. So, if you you're looking for a vintage Stingray, check the classifieds next week.
I'm thinking there are a lot of high schools out there that probably have some pretty cool basses lying around and they don't even know what they have.
When I opened the bass case, I was a little surprised to see a vintage Music Man Stingray (pre-Ernie Ball). I forgot to write down the serial number before I took it in, but I'm guessing from what I remember of the number, the bass is a '78 or '79. It has a cool olympic white finish and I love the original triangular shaped case with the Music Man logo on it.
My son described the bass as being "beat up", but in reality the bass is pretty good shape. It has it share of bumps and bruises (that's what you get when you spend 35 years with high school kids), paint patina, etc., but the neck is great shape and I think it overall, it looks pretty good.
I contacted the high school band director and told him exactly what he had. I offered to sell it for him, after it gets out of the shop. I told him they could probably buy a decent brand new bass and could still have $1000 or so left over to put back into the band program. I can't think of too many band programs right now that couldn't use the extra cash. So, if you you're looking for a vintage Stingray, check the classifieds next week.
I'm thinking there are a lot of high schools out there that probably have some pretty cool basses lying around and they don't even know what they have.
