Music Man

This Petrucci features Music Mans revolutionary roasted maple neck. The roasting, or thermal modification, process increases resonance and resistance to temperature and humidity. It also produces a clearer tone with a strong fundamental. Feel and hear the magic of roasted maple for yourself. The Roasted Maple Neck -adds dimensional stability and resistance to temperature and humidity changes -Increases resistance to warping -Reduces density while maintaining stiffness for a lighter neck with sufficient strength -Yields a microstructure similar to naturally aged woods with lower moisture content -More resonance and less damping -Eliminates the need for hazardous chemical treatments -Vibrational testing indicates that roasted maple exhibits clearer tone with a stronger fundamental than untreated maple samples.

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.

Performance benefits of a thermally modified microstructure: Adds dimensional stability and resistance to temperature and humidity changes Increases resistance to warping Reduces density while maintaining stiffness for a lighter neck with sufficient strength Yields a microstructure similar to naturally aged woods with lower moisture content More resonance and less damping Eliminates the need for hazardous chemical treatments Vibrational testing indicates that roasted maple exhibits clearer tone with a stronger fundamental than untreated maple samples Package includes: Roasted figured neck Black Sugar finish Ebony fretboard BFR inlay * Available on all models except the Classic Series and Floyd Rose equiped guitars

A basswood body with a bookmatched figured maple top gives this Music Man an especially elegant look. Its select maple neck is attached with 5 bolts for perfect alignment and no shifting. The joint is sculpted and neck plate flush mounted to allow smooth access to the highest frets. Pickups are 2 custom DiMarzio humbuckers with 3-way switching. Schaller tuners with pearl buttons. Music Man Floyd Rose-licensed locking tremolo (lowers pitch only). Includes a Music Man hardshell case.

 The Game Changer fundamentally changes the guitar player's experience. Rather than relying on pre-set pickup configurations traditionally provided by instrument manufacturers, The Game Changer gives guitarists unrestricted access to a vast library of tones via a true analog pickup switching system.

Available on select Music Man Reflex models, this patent-pending system electronically rewires a guitar or bass instantly, combining any order of pickup coils in series, parallel, and in or out of phase to create tones unique to the individual creating them. Imagine having complete tonal control of your instrument with more than 250,000 pickup configurations*, without rewiring anything.

With The Game Changer, the audio signal is never digitized or modeled in any way, providing a transparent analog signal path for the absolute purist. In conjunction with The Game Changer website (HYPERLINK "http://www.gamechanger.music-man.com/"www.gamechanger.music-man.com), musicians can also create, save and share their tonal selections with other players from around the world.

"The Game Changer is the most significant innovation our company has developed," said Sterling Ball, CEO of Ernie Ball Music Man. "I'm truly proud of this technology and am looking forward to sharing and creating new and unique tones with musicians and artists alike. This really paves the way for musicians to personalize their tonal options like never before."

The Game Changer is currently offered in Music Man H-H, H-S-H Reflex guitar models, as well as the Music Man H-H Reflex bass model. (*More than 250,000 with a 5-coil instrument.)