Ernie Ball Music Man Dark Ray 5 Bass in Starry Night
Roasted Maple/Ebony with Darkglass Alpha/Omega Pre Amp
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SKU: 129SN5001
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.
STINGRAY MEETS DARKGLASS
CUSTOM DARKGLASS® CLEAN 2-BAND ACTIVE PREAMP
The DarkRay is equipped with a new modern 2 Band preamp that Darkglass specifically designed. The preamp is extremely clean and quiet with adjustable volume, gain, bass, treble, and blend controls to achieve the desired tone.
ALPHA AND OMEGA
The Darkglass preamp offers two highly regarded drive circuits, Alpha(tight distortion) and Omega(fuzz). Both distortion circuits are fully mixable via an onboard gain knob and blend control manipulated to the user’s preference with no low-end loss. Via the 3-way lever switch, a bright color-coded LED ring is illuminated, signifying which mode the bass is in.
DARKRAY = STINGRAY
The DarkRay bass is every bit a Stingray Special with neodymium humbucking pickup, roasted maple neck, comfort contoured body, 22 stainless steel frets, all black hardware, and the familiar 3+1 headstock configuration.
Specfications
- 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 Wood Select Hardwood
- Body Finish High Gloss Polyester
- Bridge Vintage Music Man® top loaded Black plated, steel bridge plate with vintage Black plated steel saddles
- Pickguard Black
- Scale Length 34"
- Neck Radius 11" (27.9 cm)
- Headstock Size Only 8-3/4" (22.2 cm) long
- Frets 22 - High profile, wide, stainless steel
- 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
- Fingerboard Ebony
- Fret Markers Dot
- Neck Finish Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Neck Colors Natural
- Tuning Machines Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design
- Neck Attachment 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
- Electronic Shielding Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined pickguard
- Controls vol, gain, blend, treble, bass
- Switching 3-way lever distortion selector; Preamp Only, Preamp+Alpha Distortion, Preamp+Omega Distortion
- Pickups Single Humbucking with Neodymium magnets
- Strings 45w-65w-80w-100w-130w (Regular Slinky Bass #2836)
Customer Reviews
Trusted Customer17th Jan 2023
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