veedonfleece Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Hey guys and gals, we helped one of our local customers sell several Steinberger guitars and basses when their father passed a couple years ago. I have tried to research this model, and I just can't seem to nail down exactly what it is. What I know (at least I think so) is that it is the 4 string width neck, bolt on neck, wood body, no lined fretless 5 string. It has a serial number of N5907. I thought it was an XP series, but I'm not really sure. I really appreciate any insight. I do have more pictures if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be.eM Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Hi, yes, this is an XP-25, probably made in late 1988 or 1989. They were called "narrow 5-string", as they had the same neck and bridge dimensions as the regular 4-string. This was the standard back then, narrow 5-strings were also available as XL and XM basses. "Wide 5-string" basses were later available as XL25W (very rare and expensive), and as the XQ bass (standard, not so rare). The XP-25 you're showing above seems to be the version with active EMGs (although I cannot clearly see the logo on the EMGs), but it also has the separate removable part of the pickguard above the bridge for battery access. Nice 🙂 Bernd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veedonfleece Posted March 11 Author Report Share Posted March 11 Thank you so much! I guess I wasn't as far away identifying this as I thought. I'm a vintage keyboard/percussion guy so this is out of my normal area of expertise. You are correct, it has a circuit board inside and battery and active pickups. We actually have some spare parts that came with the collection, including a few necks. One of them is the wider 5 string neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be.eM Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 6 minutes ago, veedonfleece said: We actually have some spare parts that came with the collection, including a few necks. One of them is the wider 5 string neck. That's a treasure box you've got there… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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