Maple bodies on Stingray?

Maple bodies on Stingray?

Hi all,

recently, I got into an interesting conversation on FB about the body woods that are used on Stingrays.

To my knowledge, 90% of all Stingrays are ash, with some alder and poplar here and there. However, another Stingray owner insists that his 2001 Ray 5 is in fact a custom order maple body. Looking at the pic of his bass, I am pretty certain that it is “just” ash.
Was/is it possible to do a custom order for a full solid maple body at all at MMEB? Never seen one, and as stated…

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