EXCELLENT. The guitar has obviously been not very much played and taken good care of. It has remained in an excellent visual and technical condition. Apart from some small dents in the clearcoat finish at the body (the biggest one on the side at the output jack, not visible from the front) and some cosmetic wear on the fretboard, there are no optical issues with the instrument. The volume poti scratches slighty, but works perfectly. The neck and the frets have no issues. Furthermore, the instrument has been thoroughly checked and completely set up in our workshop.
- A very versatile instrument with a wide range of tones and fantastic ergonomic handling! This guitar allows for a very low action (even by the Music Man standards) and plays nearly by itself!
- Crafted with highest precision and attention to detail, by Ernie Ball MUSICMAN in San Louis Obispo, California.
- Finish: Cherry Sunburst, with white pickguard and chrome hardware.
- Body: Alder - for best resonance characteristics.
- Neck: Best maple - back of the neck unpainted, hand oiled and waxed for a smooth satin feel. Music Man guitars are particularly so famous among musicians, because of the outstanding quality of their necks, but this is a stunning, one-of-a-kind piece of work even by the Music Man standards. The neck is a pleasure to grab, feels perfect to your hand and plays just fantastic!
- Scale: 25.5" - Standard.
- Fretboard: Select maple. 10" fretboard radius. With dot inlays.
- Frets: 24, high profile, medium width - a perfect fretjob, another famous feature on Music Man USA guitars.
- Headstock: Natural.
- Tuners: Schaller M-6 IND locking tuners - placed in the compact 4+2 design typical for Music Man guitars. Often requested by professional artists, these tuners are a must-have for the demanding musician. The key to their design is eliminating wraps around the string post, which can cause string slippage and tuning problems. Simply loosen the thumbwheel located on the back, feed the string through the post, lock the thumbwheel tight, cut off the remaining string, tune up and you’re finished – better tuning stability and no more restringing nightmares.
- Bridge: Fixed, strings-through-body. Has great sustain and bass response.
- Pickups: HSH - 2x DiMarzio virtual PAF humbuckers & 1x DiMarzio Tone custom wound single coil. This particular pickup combination is very versatile, dynamic, easy to control and absolutely quiet.
- Alternatively, upon request of the purchaser, we can also perform a professional installation of a different pickup combination, e.g. any DiMarzio, EMG or Seymour Duncan etc. (Very fair prices per pickup swap.) Furthermore, we offer installation of active boost and EQ circuits like EMG Afterburner, PA-2, SPC, RPC, VMC, EXG etc. Please ask for details if interested.
- Electronics: 1x volume, 1x tone, 5-way blade switch.
- Absolutely outstanding quality of selected woods, craftsmanship, handling and sound!
- The guitar comes with a hardshell case.