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The awesomely designed MusicMan StingRay 5 is a 5-string bass guitar that will get you deep and dirty. The StingRay5 has an active 3-band preamp, MusicMan humbucker pickup with hum-canceling phantom coil, and unique 3-way switching (both coils in series mode, single coil, or both coils in parallel mode). Select hardwood body, maple neck, and Schaller BM tuners. MusicMan includes a hardshell case with the StingRay5 Bass.
One year parts and labor warranty on all guitars.
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With 35 years as an audio engineer for thousands of live concerts, Music Man was one of the few basses that impressed me. When you hook this bass to a direct box and walk out to the mixing console, you can count on it sounding like a bass and cutting through the mix, without having to tweak on any E.Q. . I never had a bad experience with Music Man. Some of the most popular basses out there sound good, and sweet tone at the amp, but when you try to put them together with the rest of a rythm section, they fall short on definition. Not many musicians consider the overall sound of the band when selecting there gear, but the ones that do are more succsessfull.
It's not as flashy looking as some other basses. But it delivers tone in spades. If you can't make this bass sound good, then you need lessons man! The coil switch takes a little getting used to. The series and parallel options are not stark differences but they are definitely two different flavors. The bridge is solid as hell. The action on mine is about the best action on any bass I have every played. And well, I have been playing for about 25 years. If you think you can get a better deal on a bass made in the USA, good luck. This is it. Made in the USA by Ernie Ball, a company still run by Sterling Ball. A man who new and worked with Leo Fender. I'm saving for an olive gold with maple neck right now. The only real downside to these basses is A-kinda heavy, but if you are a bassist you know the game. B-Some amps/effects are plain flattened by the active output. About all the claims that a Warwick would be a better bass for the money. Well if that is what you want, go for it. Besides, don't those come in gig bags? If I spend a G on a bass it better come with a case!
I know a guy who has a $5000. bass from a guitar company that endorsed him. But he told me he likes his Fender Jazz deluxe better. Im just saying, no bass is perfect. This Musicman Stingray 5 I just got from GC is not perfect either. I think it's better than any bass I have ever owned in my 11 years of hacking. I had a buzz noise out of my rig that stopped when I used this bass. My rig buzzed with my Fenders and Lakland. That Stingray 5 is dead quiet. I was using 2 Avatar SB112 cabs with my other basses. With this MM bass I only need one. I bought the bass used from GC. I went to my local Ernie Ball dealer, he called up the company (Ernie Ball)and gave them my basses serial # , they had my basses complete profile color mfg date body wood preamp fretboard etc. Impressive. The best bass I ever owned! Thanks Guitar Center!
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