Ernie Ball Music Man DarkRay Bass Guitar (with Gig Bag)

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zZounds Gear Experts Say...

Dial in Darkglass-powered tones with this modern classic bass! Ernie Ball Music Man's DarkRay bass offers Darkglass electronics and effects onboard.

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
Roasted maple neck	Bright tone, full sustain and strength
Ebony fretboard	Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood
Darkglass active tone circuit	Custom-voiced for versatile, pure tone
Bolt-on neck	Articulate, punchy, and easily modified

Overview

Designed in collaboration with world-renowned bass accessory manufacturer Darkglass Electronics, Ernie Ball Music Man's DarkRay bass 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 3+1 headstock configuration.

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Specs

- Model: DarkRay Bass
- Size: 13-1/2" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 44-7/8" long (34.3 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 114.0 cm long)
- Body Wood: Select Hardwood
- Body Finish: High gloss polyester - Obsidian Black; Satin polyester - Granite Stone
- Bridge: Vintage Music Man top loaded Black plated, steel bridge plate with vintage Black plated steel saddles
- Pickguard: Black
- Scale Length: 34" (86.4 cm)
- Neck Radius: 11" (27.9 cm)
- Headstock Size: Only 8-3/4" (22.2 cm) long
- Frets: 22 - High profile, wide
- Neck Width: 1-11/16" (42.86 mm) at nut 2-1/2" (63.5 mm) at last fret
- Neck Wood: Roasted maple neck
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fret Markers: Dot Inlay
- Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Neck Colors: Roasted - Obsidian Black; Color Matches Body - Granite Stone
- Tuning Machines: Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design
- Neck Attachment: 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint
- Electronic Shielding: Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and black plated aluminum control cover
- Controls: Custom Darkglass 2-band active preamp with two distinct distortion circuits (Alpha and Omega); 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 (Super Slinky Bass #2834)