No, Stingray is a tricky beast to conquer. There are quite a few different necks used between
EBMM Stingrays,
EBMM Sterlings
EBMM BFR SLO Special Stingray
and
SBMM Ray4
SBMM Ray24,
SBMM Ray34
There are 3, possibly 4 possible necks, and in some cases, you need to check the actual instrument
Neck 1, the Stingray neck - listed in these sizes.
1.69
1.6875
43mm
42.92mm
21 frets
This neck is found on Stingray Classic 4 strings, and SBMM Ray34
neck 2, the Sterling Neck
38mm
1.496"
1 1/2"
1.5"
22 frets
This is found on the model Sterling by Music Man
neck 2, SLO neck (San Luis Obispo)
38mm
1.496"
1 1/2"
1.5"
21 frets
This is found on Music Man BFR (Ball Family Reserve) SLO Special Stingrays
and it is found on the SBMM Stingray Sub Ray4 and Ray24ca
The quality of the neck from Music Man (SLO) and Sterling is obviously way different, so you can’t really say that the Sub Ray4 has a SLO neck on it, and you wouldn’t say the SLO Special has a Ray4 neck on it. so we could just call them the Sub Ray necks, even tho the Ray24 is not of the Sub Series., oh well, close enough
neck 4, The one that doesn’t belong
41.25mm. (41.27 to be exact)
1 5/8"
1.625"
This is reported to be the neck size for some of the Stingray Specials (note: in 2018 Music Man gave the Stingray Classic a face lift and a new name, called the Stingray Special). I have seen it called out on the Music Man website for some basses, but not all basses of the same class (Stingray Special). and I have seen other re-seller sites list the Stingray Special neck to be 1.625 at the nut, but I have seen the same seller list a Stingray Classic as 1.625 at the nut, and I have not been able to find anywhere on the music-man site stating a Stingray Classic EVER was 1.625 at the nut, only have I seen several Stingray Specials listed as that.
AND I have seen a couple BFR Stingray basses listed at 1.5/8" at the nut. I fully beleive the BFR claims, I question any other claims of 1.625 for Stingray classic or Special however, and I would want to measure it myself or have somebody measure it for me prior to believing that it is 1.625
If anybody has a stingray with a 1.625 nut width and it doesn’t fit within the scope of the Stingrays I mentioned above, please feel free to correct me, likewise with any of the neck information given above, this is from memory from limited research. I do like to know about the stingrays in general, bt I have verified the size necks mine have and am happy with them, so I cont’ follow it daily, and I know some things, especially around, before or after NAMM, can change fast and often.
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