I have a 2022 Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay here with its original hard shell case. This one features a glorious roasted maple neck and fretboard. I will post the known specs at the bottom of the listing.

Conditionally, this guitar looks very nice.

The body top shows a sheen of guitar pick strumming on the plastic pickguard. The body top itself looks exceptionally clean. I did not find any dings or any buildup of any soft swirling. Any traces of superficial swirling will be absolutely minimal.

The body sides/edges look excellent across the perimeter. There are no indentations or bumps or chips, and there are no neck pocket cracks. There will be just faint scattered traces of superficial swirling.

The body back shows one small surface scratch on the upper right corner of the body, about an inch long. That is fairly shallow, similar to a heavy pick strumming mark. There is a light scattering of surface swirling here and there, but no heavy accumulation on the body wood. I did not find any buckle rash or worming, nor any chips or dings. Like the pickguard, there is a fair amount of a sheen of swirling on the plastic backplate. The wood around it looks clean, though.

The neck looks excellent throughout. The neck shaft contour and the headstock are clean. I did not find any bumps or dings or impressions. The stainless steel frets are tall and full, showing no pitting. I've also fine tuned the setup, as I do with most guitars that come to me, and this one plays exceptionally well. I put a new set of 10-46 strings on it. The action is right at the modern standard of 2 mm at the 12th fret on the wound strings, with a graduation downward on the three treble unwound strings, where they measure about 1.75 mm at the 12th fret, which gives you that fast, easy to play, slinky, tapered modern feel. The electronics, which are all passive on this model, are working perfectly. The hard shell case has some average external signs of use but is working perfectly and looks great.

This one rates a 9.2/10 and grades as excellent. I found just one small scratch as the only notable mark on the guitar, and then some playwear on the plastic pickguard and backplate, but not spilling over to the guitar wood itself, which looks very clean. It is structurally and sonically sound and plays and sounds great.

The Stingray a great choice as an " all arounder". It can play any style of music and it has it all tonally, it is big, warm, but also has great clarity and note separation. The Stingray is a good value guitar for it's price as well considering it's a premium USA made guitar.

Note that this listing may come down at anytime as I am a multi-platform seller and do sell locally as well in an effort to keep sales fluid. State sales tax will be charged on Reverb sales when applicable, so factor that in to your purchase.

I will immaculately pack it as well. I use quality shipping boxes, ample tape on all sides. And sufficient bubble wrap filler and bracing inside the box. And always Marked/denoted as fragile. I generally detune guitars 1/2 half step prior to shipment as well if needed.

Thank you for reading and considering!

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Brand: Ernie Ball Music Man

Model: StingRay RS

Serial Number: H03205

Date Manufactured: August 25, 2022

Build Code: 825-AM-R1-01-CS-CR

Body Wood: Okoume

Body Finish: High-Gloss Polyester

Pickguard: Black

Neck Wood: Roasted Figured Maple

Fingerboard Wood: Roasted Figured Maple

Neck Finish: Hand-rubbed oil and wax

Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)

Fingerboard Radius: 10" (25.4 cm)

Nut Width: 1-5/8" (41.3 mm)

Frets: 22 High-profile, medium-width Stainless Steel

Fret Markers: 1/4" Black face dots

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: Music Man Modern tremolo with vintage bent steel saddles

Tuning Machines: Schaller M6-IND locking

Pickups: HH – 2 Custom-wound Music Man humbuckers with chrome covers

Controls: 500kΩ Volume and Tone (.022µF tone capacitor)

Switching: 3-way toggle selector switch

Shielding: Chrome-plated aluminum control cover

Truss Rod: Adjustable wheel (no string or component removal required)