Ernie Ball Music Man DarkRay 5 White Sparkle

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129-25-51-WB-CS-B1
$2,899.00

Designed in collaboration with world-renowned bass accessory manufacturer Darkglass Electronics, the DarkRay unlocks a whole new range of sonic capabilities.

At the heart of every instrument is its tone: in this case, a modern 2 Band EQ preamp was designed by Darkglass specifically for the DarkRay. This preamp offers three modes with very distinct and useful sounds: Clean, Alpha (distortion), and Omega (fuzz). Both distortion circuits are fully mixable via an onboard gain knob and blend control manipulated to the user’s preference. Astonishing clean, slight gain, or a brutal fuzz tone is obtainable, all with no low-end loss. A bright LED ring and the 3-way lever switch indicates which mode the bass is in.

The DarkRay is every bit a Stingray Special with neodymium humbucking pickup, roasted maple neck, comfort contoured body, 22 stainless steel frets, and the familiar 4+1 headstock configuration.

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Instrument Size 13-3/8" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 45-3/4" long (34.0 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 116.2 cm long)
Body Finish High Gloss Polyester
Body Wood Select Hardwood
Bridge Vintage Music Man® top loaded Black plated, steel bridge plate with vintage Black plated steel saddles
Controls Custom Darkglass® 2-band active preamp with two distinct distortion circuits (Alpha and Omega); vol, gain, blend, treble, bass
Fingerboard Ebony
Frets 22 - High profile, wide, stainless steel
Fret Markers Dot Inlay
Neck Attachment 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
Neck Colors Natural
Neck Finish Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
Neck Radius 11" (27.9 cm)
Neck Width 1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at the nut; 2-3/4" (69.9 mm) at the last fret
Neck Wood Roasted Maple
Pickups Single Humbucking with Neodymium magnets
Scale Length 34"
Strings 45w-65w-80w-100w-130w (Regular Slinky Bass #2836)
Switching 3-way lever distortion selector; Preamp Only, Preamp+Alpha Distortion, Preamp+Omega Distortion
Tuning Machines Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design

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