NAMM 2021 has arrived, however it appears just a little completely different this yr. This yr our mates on the Nationwide Affiliation of Music Retailers is internet hosting a digital “Consider in Music” version which you’ll be able to take a look at right here. To kick issues off, we’re asserting the newly obtainable finishes for a few of our hottest Ernie Ball Music Man devices, launching all year long. Be sure to comply with alongside on our social media channels for all of our product launches and should you haven’t already, join for our e-newsletter for unique updates from Ernie Ball Music Man.
SABRE Guitar
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The Sabre guitar options an Okoume physique, thick maple high, and customized Music Man humbucking pickups, delivering full of life, dynamic sound with hanging readability and maintain. Aesthetically, the Sabre is equally compelling. Its bookmatched premium high is adorned with pure binding, which elegantly highlights the uncooked great thing about the figured maple wooden grain. Crafted with a slender, contoured physique and barely wider neck (1 11/16” on the nut), the Sabre guitar offers unmatched consolation and playability. Outfitted with a roasted figured maple neck, Schaller locking tuners, a 5-way swap, and Music Man’s tremendous clean fashionable tremolo system, the Sabre is really a participant’s guitar. New for 2021, the Sabre is now supplied within the Gator Burst end.
STINGRAY SPECIAL BASS
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First launched in 1976, the StingRay has been revered as some of the iconic bass guitars in historical past. The StingRay bass was the primary manufacturing 4-string bass to have onboard energetic equalization and stays the flagship of the Ernie Ball Music Man line as we speak. At present, the StingRay bass (now often called the StingRay Particular) options light-weight aluminum {hardware}, elegant and cozy contours, and a sculpted neck joint for uninhibited entry to all chrome steel frets. By means of the many years, the StingRay has maintained the identical stable roadworthy development, with a definite oval pickguard, a 3+1 tuning key configuration, and the ever-popular Ernie Ball Music Man humbucker — all of which mix to supply a glance, really feel, and sound that’s remarkably unmistakable. New for 2021, the StingRay Particular might be supplied in eight new finishes together with Amethyst Sparkle, Black, Snowy Evening, Raspberry Burst, Smoked Chrome, Velocity Blue, Burnt Finishs, and Forest Inexperienced.
STINGRAY-5 SPECIAL BASS
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With its first introduction in 1987, the StingRay5 has turn out to be some of the iconic bass guitars within the business. With its highly effective punchy sound, the added flexibility of further pickups, and a comfortably contoured physique, the StingRay5 satisfies even probably the most demanding of gamers. Further options embody a sculpted neck joint for uninhibited entry to all 22 chrome steel frets, light-weight aluminum {hardware}, 4+1 tuning key configuration, and the unmistakable Ernie Ball Music Man humbucker. New for 2021, the StingRay5 Particular will function eight new finishes together with Frost Inexperienced, Black, Snowy Evening, Raspberry Burst, Smoked Chrome, Velocity Blue, Burnt Ends, and Amethyst Sparkle.
CUTLASS RS GUITAR
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Based mostly on the unique 1970s Ernie Ball Music Man designs, the Cutlass RS has been engineered to ship unparalleled playability and efficiency. That includes a roasted figured maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard, an alder physique, an excellent clean fashionable tremolo, and an outsized 4-over-2 headstock. The Cutlass RS is obtainable with both three Ernie Ball Music Man mid-60s type single coils (the SSS mannequin) or a customized would Ernie Ball Music Man ceramic humbucker with two single coils (the HSS mannequin). From biting result in crunchy rhythms to basic single-coil tones, the Cutlass has you coated. New for 2021, the Cutlass will function 2 new finishes together with Powder Blue and Classic Tobacco for each the SSS and HSS fashions.
STINGRAY RS GUITAR
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The StingRay RS encompasses a roasted figured maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard. The StingRay retains all unique specs because it was designed within the 1970s, together with classic spec humbucking pickups, an excellent clean fashionable tremolo system, and an off-set light-weight Okoume physique. The sound is massive and daring when wanted however clean as glass if desired because of the superbly voiced customized pickups. Providing a 3-way swap to entry its versatile coil mixtures whereas the StingRay’s outsized Four over 2 headstock with straight string pull offers superior tuning stability. Common with the flawless craftsmanship you’ve come to count on from Ernie Ball Music Man, the StingRay guitar is the right confluence of basic aesthetics and fashionable design and playability. New for 2021, the StingRay RS will function 2 new finishes together with Powder Blue and Burnt Amber.
BONGO BASS
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The Bongo represents every little thing a contemporary bass ought to be: effectively balanced, snug, resonant, and expressive with easy playability. The double-cutaway basswood physique design is of superior development and together with a 24 fret completed neck gives unimpeded entry for excessive register two-octave fretwork. The Bongo is offered with two Ernie Ball Music Man proprietary humbucking pickups, Four band eq, Neodymium magnets, and 18V energetic preamp that delivers a strong mixture of unparalleled tonal range. New for 2021, we’re providing the Bongo 4 within the all-new Harvest Orange end.
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