FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The Music Man Sabre series was introduced in 1978 as a refinement of the Stingray model. The Roman numeral after the model name denotes a fretboard radius of 7 1/2 inches. The bridge introduced on the Sabre was the ancestor of the G&L Saddle Lock bridge. Interestingly, the pickups are low impedance and specifically designed to work with the Sabre preamp. The bridge and neck pickups are sized differently. The neck pickup, which closely resembles the dimensions of a standard humbucker, has narrow polepiece spacing while the bridge unit is wider with wider polepiece spacing.

 Body:  Solid; 2-piece ash

 Finish:  Sunburst,  nitrocellulose

 Neck:  1-piece maple, bolt-on

 Fingerboard:  Maple; black plastic dot markers

 Number of Frets:  22

 Pickguard:  Black/white/black plastic laminate

 Bridge:  Music Man, chrome

 Nut:  Plastic

 Tuners:  Schaller, enclosed, nickel

 Pickups:  Two, Music Man humbucking with non-adjustable pole pieces, active

 Controls:  Volume, treble, bass, 3-way pickup selector , phase switch, treble boost switch

 Scale Length:  25 1/2 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 5/8 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  14 inches

 Body Depth:  1 1/2 inches

 Weight:  8.2 lb

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