This one-of-a-kind item becomes rarer still as I swapped out the chrome hardware for black, straight from the factory at great expense. It has only been used in the studio, never live. Pristine condition, roasted maple neck. As you can see, I replaced the machine heads, everything. They gave me a new neck plate, which has a different serial number than the one that it came with. They insisted I send them the pickup, the bridge, and the neck plate, so I could prove I wasn't going to build another one. It comes with a extra set of black beauties, the only strings that belong on this bass. (in my opinion) Whoever gets it, gets a piece of this old man's dream. I've been playing bass for 50 years, and out of the hundreds of basses I've owned in my career, which was in metal, I never got my dream bass from when I was 10 years old. I got this bass two years ago. Now I'm dying, and I want somebody else to give this bass a good home.
Here's some specs. This bass plays like a dream.
Neodymium Humbucking Pickup, 18 Volt, 3 band eq active preamp, Roasted maple neck and compensated nut. Improved lightweight tuning machines create a more balanced neck while still providing ultra-reliable tuning stability.
Specifications StingRay Special
Model StingRay Special
Size 13-1/2" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 44-7/8" long (34.3 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 114.0 cm long)
Body Wood Select Hardwoods
Body Finish High gloss polyester (Except Black Rock - Matte)
Bridge Vintage Music Man® top loaded chrome plated, steel bridge plate with vintage nickel plated steel saddles
Scale Length 34" (86.4 cm)
Neck Radius 11" (27.9 cm)
Headstock Size Only 8-3/4" (22.2 cm) long
Frets 22 - High profile, wide, Stainless Steel
Neck Width 1-11/16" (42.86 mm) at nut 2-1/2" (63.5 mm) at last fret
Neck Wood Select roasted maple neck
Fingerboard Fretted - Maple, Rosewood, or Ebony (dependent on body color)
Neck Finish Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
Neck Colors Standard – Natural with finished headstock
Tuning Machines Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design
Truss Rod Adjustable - no component or string removal
Neck Attachment 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
Electronic Shielding Black plated aluminum control cover (dependent on body color)
Controls 3-band active preamp with 18 volts of headroom; vol, treble, mid, bass
Pickups Standard - Single Humbucking with Neodymium magnets.