MARKWHITE wrote:
Well that's pretty much it. Music man finally got around to making lefty basses and that was one of four I got at the same time in Manny's, three were painted after I got them, two rainbow, one yellow and I left one of them the original black. I think I used that bass a few times on stage, but I could can't remember which shows or for how long. I mostly used that other rainbow Music Man for everything after I got tired of that stupid ATK bass. It's sad but those Ernie Balls never really did it for me sound wise, but it was one of the few basses I set up perfectly so it was hard to put down. I finally got around to setting up my Jazz basses after hearing one of them on a old David Letterman show. I basically set up my own basses by taking off the neck and sticking some paper in there to get the tilt just right. I didn't have to do that with the pink jazz bass since it has that amazing tilt thing built in. Anyway I got contacted by an old spin fan on facebook and he wanted to know if I had any basses to donate to this Ben Harper museum, he actually paid me a nice price so I don't really care about it being on Ebay. Being a lefty it's hard to get rid of basses, so I'm stuck with these things for now. I'm only using jazz basses for the rest of my time on this stupid planet. I have no Idea what I was thinking when I stopped playing them.
Small world. I also bought my '97 lefty Stingray from Mannys.
I sold it a while ago though. Never did bond with the tones, and I much prefer the Sterlings or Pre-EB 'Rays. (Still a J bass lover at heart as well). Did you mean to say Ernie Ball finally got around to making lefties though? Musicman (Leo era, pre-Ernie Ball buyout) were making lefty Stingrays on and off from '79 onwards. I own an '80 Stingray as well as an '80 Sabre (And yes, the Sabre is a killer unsung monster in the Musicman line). What year did you pick up the 4 EB Rays?
