bbl wrote:
All lefties from that list:
B011857..1980. LEFT HANDED. Natural with Maple. Black pg. 3 bolt neck. Strings through body. Non-epoxy pre-amp with new switchable black plastic jack.
B011861..Neck 21 Feb 1980. Body 1 Apl 1980. LEFT HANDED. Natural with Maple. Black pg. 3 bolt neck. Strings through body. Encircled "R" on headstock logo.
B015691..Purchased 1980. Sunburst. LEFT HANDED.
B015778..Purchased in late 1979. Black. LEFT HANDED.
B015827..Neck 26 Feb 1980. Body 18 Feb 1980. LEFT HANDED. Sunburst with Maple.
B016096..Neck 26 Feb 1980. Body14 Feb 1980. Natural with flamed Maple. Black pg. LEFT HANDED.
B01xxxx..1980. Black with Rosewood. Black pg. String-through-body bridge. 3 Bolt neck. LEFT HANDED.
B0162xx..Body 3 Mar 1980. No neck date. Black with Rosewood. Serial on bridge. String-through-body bridge. 3 Bolt neck. LEFT HANDED.
B016224..1980. Black with Rosewood. Strings through body. 3 bolt neck. Serial on bridge. LEFT HANDED.
B016252..Neck 26 Feb 1980. Walnut with Maple. LEFT HANDED.
B0162xx..Body 3 Mar 1980. No neck date. Black with Rosewood. Serial on bridge. String-through-body bridge. 3 Bolt neck. LEFT HANDED.
B016224..1980. Black with Rosewood. Strings through body. 3 bolt neck. Serial on bridge. LEFT HANDED.
B016394..Neck 28 Feb 1980. Body 14 (?) Feb 1980. Natural with fretless Ebony. Black pg. Left Handed. 3 Bolt neck. Strings through body. Black pg. Encircled "R" on headstock logo.
B016412..Neck 21 Feb 1980. Black with Maple. Black pg. LEFT HANDED.
B01642x..Neck 1980. Body 10 Mar 1980 . Sunburst with ROSEWOOD. Black pg. LEFT HANDED.
B016426..Neck 12 Mar 1980. Tobacco Burst with Maple. Black pg. 3 bolt neck. LEFT HANDED.
B019148..Neck 12 Mar 1980 Neck 11 Feb 1980. Rosewood. LEFT HANDED. Natural with Black pg.
B019348..Body 1979. Natural with Rosewood. Black pg. LEFT HANDED.
B019398..1980. Sunburst with Rosewood. Left handed.
B019433..Believed to be 1980. N.O.S. Ernie Ball Museum. Black with Maple. Black pg. Smaller width J Bass style neck. Strings through body. 3 bolt neck. LEFT HANDED.
B019517..Body 14 Feb 1980. Refinished in Black. Original colour unknown. LEFT HANDED. Fretless board.
B016442...Owner says 1978 to 1980. LEFT HANDED. White with Rosewood. Strings through body. 3 Bolt neck.
B019457...Sunburst. LEFT HANDED.
Nice work! (I glanced at the list but wasn't going to arrange them.
). So we can basically assume that all lefties were made within about a month's time from Feb-March, 1980
Note that that's only a list of basses that I assume were entered by the owners themselves for some website registry. Thus, my two pre-EB basses are not up there. But at least we know there's no less than 24 Pre-EB lefty Rays in existence. Here's mine:
Stingray:
B011925: 1980 Feb. black body, March maple/rosewood neck (I didn't write down the actual dates the last time I checked)
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Sabre:
C004901: 1980 2/22/80 sunburst body, 3/4/80 maple neck
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