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Originally Posted by GooCart
OK, now I'm tired of this. I feel stupid but can somebody please enlighten me about the Stingers. Evidently there where Stingers in the 50's but what was the purpose of the black color? Is it some kind of mask for a broken neck or what is it?
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As Delaware stated, it was sometimes used to hide flaws. Also, most of the high-end Gibson's throughout history had the black paint Stingers. It may be to hide the glue joints on the neck as most of the high-end Gibson's have 5-piece necks.