Ernie Ball Music Man Feature in Premier Guitar!

[Derek]

Premier Guitar's feature story on Ernie Ball/Music Man! Take a look at the inner workings and history of this dynamic family owned and operated California music industry Icon! Share your comments below!

Premier Guitar - January 2011

 

[jlepre]

WHOLLY $H1+!! A GOLD SPARKLE RAY????

 

[bovinehost]

Great article, nicely done.

 

[keko]

Veeery, very interesting!

I think I'll come back on this Thread and read this article again and again...

 

[Daniel Piper]

A great article! That gold ray is unbelievable!

 

[mynan]

Great article on a great company of great people that build great instruments! I think it's great!...

 

[Holdsg]

Did you see the grain on that trans.-finish Stingray? mmmm walnutty.

 

[Bart B]

Wow, Very exciting, can't wait 'till NAMM!

 

[adouglas]

There are some necks pictured that suck so much a tornado vortex must be forming over the factory.

Holy shmoley.

 

[syciprider]

The details of how our instruments are made made my head spin. Wow. I never knew that every bass of mine was Master Built

 

[danny-79]

Very well put together

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

That gold Ray looks great!

Good article.

 

[TommyK-Stingray]

Thanks for that Derek!
A really interesting read.

 

[oli@bass]

A couple of interesting facts in that article! Thanks!

 

[Steamthief]

I found the process of bowing and sanding the necks to be very interesting. Gold sparkle Classic - one-off or 2011 addition? Really good read!

 

[cyoungnashville]

WHOLLY $H1+!! A GOLD SPARKLE RAY????

and i believe i just made music man history. the first bass the gang made for me was a classic stingray, painted the same metallic gold flake as my '76 caddy, and this looks quite a bit like... no,.... exactly like the same color. i heard a rumor this might happen. so bp, do we need to make a stamp of my signature, or do i have to hand sign every one of the "who the hell is craig young?" signature models???

 

[Colin]

I'd buy that bass even if it was signed by Charles Manson...

 

[projectapollo]

This bit was interesting:

"One of the secrets of Ernie Ball Music Man's famously comfortable necks is a process that involves warping them on purpose after the fretboard has been glued on. They crank the truss rod to intentionally create a back bow of 7–8 thousandths of an inch. Attached to a swinging hinge over a belt sander, the back bow is then sanded off the fretboard according to the desired radius, and then the truss-rod tension is released. "

 

[Big Poppa]

Craig if you change your name to charles manson we have a deal

 

[jlepre]

Craig if you change your name to charles manson we have a deal

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!