Pricey, but these give me such a bad case of WANT:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Musicman-U ... 1873544815
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| Author: | tim [ March 11th, 2016, 7:52 am ] | ||
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Pricey, but these give me such a bad case of WANT: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Musicman-U ... 1873544815
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| Author: | gravesbass [ March 11th, 2016, 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
Was this possibly Matt's old refurbished Sabre? |
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| Author: | tim [ March 11th, 2016, 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
I wondered that, too, but I don't think so. His was dinged up around the edges. But the year and the color match. |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ March 11th, 2016, 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
gravesbass wrote: Was this possibly Matt's old refurbished Sabre? No |
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| Author: | bhunt1 [ March 11th, 2016, 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
I second that no - no holes in the control plate |
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| Author: | danomite64 [ March 11th, 2016, 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
1980 was the only year Musicman made lefty Sabres, BTW. |
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| Author: | slybass3000 [ March 12th, 2016, 8:12 am ] |
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danomite64 wrote: 1980 was the only year Musicman made lefty Sabres, BTW. I didn't know that. I had 2 and sold one. |
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| Author: | pjmuck [ March 12th, 2016, 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
danomite64 wrote: 1980 was the only year Musicman made lefty Sabres, BTW. Yep. There was a single production run of lefties made the first week of March, 1980. I own one, and I've actually kept a log of all lefty Sabres I've spotted over the years. Every one of them had serial#s within a few numbers of mine. They were supposedly far less popular than Stingrays and therefore much rarer, yet I've seen far more Pre-EB lefty Sabres than Stingrays over the years. (By "far more" I really mean about 5 or 6 vs. about 2). |
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| Author: | bhunt1 [ March 12th, 2016, 1:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
That is interesting that they all fell in March '80 that was when Leo was making his break from Musician and starting G&L. The very first G&Ls were made right around then also - it's just weird to think both brands were being made in the same factory on Fender Ave. in Fullerton at the same time. |
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| Author: | danomite64 [ March 12th, 2016, 5:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
I had a Stingray and a Sabre; both were March 1980. Dan Lakin told me about the lefty run back in '93, when he was selling used Musicman basses, a few years before Lakland. He was very helpful to me finding parts for my Ray. |
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| Author: | tim [ March 13th, 2016, 6:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
...and sold. |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ March 13th, 2016, 7:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MM Sabre 1980 |
Yep the listing ended yesterday. |
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