Sterling by Music Man DarkRay EB Black Electric Bass with De

Sterling by Music Man DarkRay EB Black Electric Bass with Deluxe Gig Bag
Product no: 9000-0118-3317

Product information

General

An innovative take on the classic StingRay, the Sterling by Music Man DarkRay has been designed in collaboration with the much acclaimed Darkglass Electronics team. As such, the DarkRay comes pre-loaded with a neatly integrated Darkglass-designed preamp. This is not just any old preamp. This preamp offers up three different modes: Clean (preamp only), Alpha (distortion) and Omega (fuzz). And, once your preferred mode has been selected, the output can be shaped and customised via a set of two-band EQ controls, gain and blend controls. Basically, with the DarkRay in your hands, you can get rid of your fuzz and distortion pedals once and for all.

The Sterling by Music Man DarkRay: The Dark Horse

The 'Dark' theme doesn't just lie in the sound of that hidden preamp, but in the aesthetics of this singular bass guitar. The nyatoh body has been dipped entirely in black; the hardware, from the bridge to the tuners have been dipped in black; even the control pots have all been dipped in black. A nice detail is the multicoloured LED ring surrounding the mode pot, which indicates the selected mode, and all of it has been topped off by a dark ebony fretboard. Since this is a Sterling by Music Man model, supreme playability is also assured by the traditional feel of a 9.5 inch fretboard radius and set of twenty-one medium frets. Deluxe Gig Bag included.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product: Not specified
Includes cover: Yes
Includes case: No
Number of strings: 4
Model: Ray-model bass guitar
Left-handed: No
Bass guitar scale length: Long scale (34 inches)
Body type: Solid
Colour: Black
Pickup configuration: H (humbucker in bridge position)
Pickup type: Humbucker (passive)
Pickup brand: Sterling Designed
Active tone control: Yes
Number of frets: 21
Nut width: 43.0 mm (1.69")
Neck profile: Not specified
Fretboard radius: 9.5 inch (241 mm)
Body material: Nyatoh
Neck material: Roasted maple
Fretboard wood: Ebony
Neck connection: Bolt on
String-thru-body: No
Country of origin: Indonesia

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight: 7,6 kg
Dimensions: 134,0 x 40,0 x 14,5 cm

Product specifications

Sterling by Music Man electric bass guitar
- model: DarkRay
- colour: black
body
- material: nyatoh
- finish: high gloss
neck
- joint: bolt-on, with 6 bolts)
- material: roasted maple
- finish: satin gloss
- scale length: 34" (864.4mm)
- fretboard: ebony
- fretboard radius: 9.5" (241mm)
- number of frets: 21
- fret type: medium
- nut width: 43mm (1.69")
- position markers: dots
hardware
- bridge: Sterling by Music Man Designed
- machine heads: open gear
- hardware finish: black
- pickguard: black
- strings: Ernie Ball 2834 Super Slinky
electronics
- bridge pickup: alnico humbucker
- Custom Darkglass 2-band active preamp with 3 modes:
  - Clean (preamp only)
  - Alpha (distortion)
  - Omega (fuzz)
- controls: volume, gain, blend, treble, bass, 3-way switch
included: deluxe gig bag