Ernie Ball Music Man Darkray 4 2025 - Stealth

The Ernie Ball Music Man DarkRay expands its bold palette with three striking new finishes: Plasma Purple, Silverburst, and Stealth Black. Each new DarkRay features a sleek matching headstock and an ebony fretboard that accentuates its aggressive styling and powerful performance. Built with the same cutting-edge specs players have come to expect-including the versatile onboard Darkglass Electronics preamp, roasted maple neck, and lightweight contoured body-these basses deliver crushing tone, effortless playability, and unmistakable stage presence. With its fresh new looks and uncompromising design, the DarkRay continues to set the standard for modern bass innovation.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

• Custom Darkglass® clean 2-band active preamp
• Two distortion circuits (Alpha and Omega); vol, gain, blend, treble, bass
• LED indicator when distortion engaged
• 3-way lever; preamp only, preamp+Alpha distortion, preamp + Omega distortion
• Roasted maple neck
• Lightweight contoured body
• Matte Black hardware

DARKRAY PREAMP – The 2-band preamp includes volume, treble, and bass controls with a separate blend and gain knob to achieve the desired tone and output.

ROASTED NECK – The DarkRay features a roasted maple neck, ebony fingerboard with stainless steel frets, and matte black hardware.

5-BOLT NECK – The neck is secured by a 5-bolt attachment with perfect alignment and no shifting. a special Darkglass logo is applied to the neck plate to signify the DarkRay edition bass.

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.

• 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
• 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 (Roasted Maple on Gold Bar)
• 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)