The Music Man StingRay 5 Special HH RW Burnt Amber impresses with its optimised body design and reworked electronics, offering particularly comfortable handling and versatile sounds that always reflect the typical StingRay character. This five-string bass offers a select hardwood body with optimised lines and a fivefold bolt-on neck made of roasted maple carrying a rosewood fretboard with 22 stainless steel frets. Furthermore two powerful Music Man Standard neodymium humbuckers and the 18 Volt active 3-band EQ provide a detailed and versatile sound that perfectly integrates the low B string. Last but not least, the Music Man StingRay 5 Special HH RW Burnt Amber features Music Man Custom Lightweight bass tuners and a Music Man Vintage top-loading bridge .
The StingRay 5 Special HH by Music Man features a traditional choice of wood, ensuring a defined and harmonious output from all five strings. The
body is made of light, carefully selected hardwood
, whereas the
bolt-on neck is made of sturdy roasted maple
and carries a
rosewood fretboard
. The revised
body contours
, which allow the bass to fit comfortably against the body, and the
sculpted neck joint
, which in combination with the comfortable
"C" neck profile
makes all
22 stainless steel frets
easily accessible, ensure a high degree of playability.
Equipped with
two Music Man Standard neodymium humbucker pickups
, the StingRay 5 Special HH RW Burnt Amber proves to be a true all-rounder, allowing you to create the right groove for almost any style of music. Thanks to the
powerful magnetic material
, the pickups deliver a high output, finely resolved sound that even reproduces the low B-string with crisp attack and superb tone definition. The
5-way blade switch
allows the pickups, or their individual coils, to be connected in various combinations to produce a wide range of distinctive tones. The
3-band EQ
operated with
18 Volt
convinces with its musical tuning of all frequency bands and an enormous headroom.
Last but not least, the StingRay 5 Special HH RW Burnt Amber offers high-quality hardware that has been optimally tuned to this five-string. The solid steel
Music Man Vintage Top-Load bridge
is mounted on the body and supports the sound with its mass.
Five weight-optimised Music Man Custom Lightweight tuners
in the classic "4+1" layout ensure precise tuning at the headstock.
I am happy with the bass guitar as it is exactly the one required having purchased several in the past. It was on the expensive side by between 10% and 20% vis-a-vis other retailers and no discount was offered. But I still decided to go ahead with the purchase. Service was ok.