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“Start building your dream bass”: Ernie Ball Music Man launches The Custom Design Experience – allowing players to customize every single spec of its StingRay Special bass
By Phil Weller published
4 and 5-strings, changeable pickup configurations, neck profiles and 30 finish options. Could customizable electrics be next?
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By Chris Corfield last updated
Keep your axe feeling and sounding fresh with the best electric guitar strings on offer right now
“Strat connoisseurs should find that the pickups deliver the tonal qualities of their dreams”: Ernie Ball Music Man Luke 4 SSS review
By Chris Gill published
The EBMM x Steve Lukather collab celebrates a landmark anniversary with a triple-single coil model that is ridiculously effective and well put together
NAMM 2024: “Unique air cell core technology” in... a strap? Through modern engineering, Ernie Ball’s new Comfort Cloud line looks to provide “optimal cushioning” for prolonged playing
By Matt Owen published
The new design looks to make the strap “stronger and more comfortable” through a nifty neoprene and air cell core tech construction
NAMM 2024: Ernie Ball Music Man has finally dropped Rabea Massaad’s long-awaited Artist Series models, refining the classic Sabre design into a surprising new form
By Phil Weller published
With dark and light editions, Massaad's first release with Music Man has been a long time coming – and it looks as though it's been worth the wait
NAMM 2024: Ernie Ball Music Man just introduced the final instalment in the Joe Dart Artist Series… and it sold out in seconds
By Nick Wells published
Ernie Ball’s collaboration with Vulfpeck’s Joe Dart continues with this fresh take on Dart’s go-to short-scale P-Bass
“I’m not supposed to talk about these”: Rabea Massaad lifts the curtain on his two new Music Man signature guitars – and they’re looking mighty fine indeed
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist has been working with Ernie Ball since April, helping improve its future builds, with the new Sabre-inspired prototypes showing the fruits of their labor
Ernie Ball Music Man just dropped the Retro ‘70s StingRay bass range – and Brazilian thump master Fernando Rosa has demoed them in impeccable style
By Nick Wells published
Ernie Ball's new throwback StingRay combines ‘70s-inspired features with modern playability
“Punk rock should be accessible – I think it’s very cool to be somebody’s potential first bass”: Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz partners with Sterling by Music Man for its first full-scale passive bass
By Nick Wells published
Spotlighting his punk roots, the Pete Wentz Artist Series StingRay is visually inspired by watches and skateboards
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