Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay 5 HS 2010s Trans
Reverb Estimated Used Price Range
- $1,000 — $1,500
The original Music Man company was founded in 1974 by a partnership between the founders of Tri-Sonix and Leo Fender. In 1984, the company was purchased by Ernie Ball and has been known since as Ernie Ball Music Man.
Introduced in 1987, the StingRay 5 bass was the first original model conceived and produced by Music Man after the company's acquisition by Ernie Ball. This five-string model bears the same features as the four-string such as the onboard three-band EQ and compensated nut with a more contoured body to account for the additional weight and size.
This is the bridge humbucker/neck single coil pickup model with a transparent gloss finish.
Note: Instrument pictured is a dual-humbucker HH model.
Years of production: 1987-present
Wood composition: ash body, select maple neck, maple/rosewood fretboard
Pickups: one standard Music Man humbuckers with Alnico pole pieces and hum-canceling phantom coil, one single coil pickup with Alnico pole pieces
Other design elements: five-position pickup selector, active onboard three-band EQ, 22 high-profile wide frets, 34" scale, Schaller GM tuning machines, standard Music Man chrome-plated bridge, 11" neck radius w/ gunstock oil/hand-rubbed special wax finish
Available colors: Trans Gold, Trans Red, Trans Blue, Trans Teal
Notable artists: Tony Levin, John Myung, Franz Lyons
