"MADE IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, USA"

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The buffing robot shines a Musicman guitar.

The electronics are assembled here. The sticker on one of your control pots bearing the manufacture date is likely placed there by this guy.

The familiar crescent shape of the control assemblies. Here they are completed and await installation.

Pickups are installed into this Bongo.

This beautiful newly-completed honeyburst Stingray body with a white pearloid pickguard awaits final assembly...

...Which will be joined with one of these necks.

This black Stingray is about to have a set of Ernie Ball Slinkys strung on. The white tubes in the back hold the strings.

It takes roughly six weeks to go from block of wood to completed instrument. Roughly 70-80 basses and guitars are completed by the Musicman factory each day. This dry erase board tracks down productivity. Note the SUB models are tracked separately.

My '91 Stingray5 comes back home to get a fret dressing by Jon Smith (aka jonguitarz) at his work bench, which was originally Leo Fender's work bench. What better place to get it done than the place where my bass was born? When all was said and done, my Stingray5 was literally reborn, with even frets which were as shiny as they were when they were first installed!

A million thanks to Jon Smith from Ernie Ball/Musicman for some great work and an awesome tour!