ALMOST LIKE NEW. This guitar is great and basically looks just like a brand new instrument, except for some very minor, hardly even visible surface playwear on the body and the headstock. Technically, the guitar is perfect as well and has no issues at all. Furthermore, the instrument has been professionally set up by our guitar technicians, and carefully checked for proper function and playability by our product experts, to ensure its perfect working order.
- A professional top quality instrument with an excellent tone and perfect ergonomic handling, a classic, very popular Music Man USA signature model, created and constantly updated in close co-operation with John Petrucci (Dream Theater).
- Crafted with highest precision and attention to detail, by Ernie Ball MUSICMAN in San Louis Obispo, California.
- Finish: Sledge - an Ernie Ball Music Man custom, metallic, special effect flake finish. The dramiatic color-transforming paint shifts from silver to blue, green, gold, pink and purple. The Sledge changes color at every single angle that it's viewed! With chrome hardware.
- Body: Basswood - this wood is often preferred because of its excellent resonance characteristics, especially on distorted sounds.
- Neck: Best birdseye 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. The neck is a pleasure to grab, feels perfect to your hand and plays just fantastic!
- Scale: 25.5" - Standard.
- Fretboard: Rosewood, with Custom John Petrucci JP "Shield" inlays.
- Frets: 24, medium.
- Nut: 43 mm - Standard.
- Headstock: Matching the body finish, with John Petrucci signature.
- Tuners: Schaller M-6 IND locking tuners with pearloid knobs - placed in the compact 4+2 design typical for Music Man guitars.
- Bridge: Original Music Man Special Petrucci tremolo, free-floating (combines the advantages of a Floyd Rose with those of a vintage tremolo).
- Pickups: DiMarzio John Petrucci Signature "Crunch Lab" Humbucker (bridge), DiMarzio John Petrucci Signature "LiquiFire" Humbucker (neck) - splittable for ultra-clean single coil sounds in the middle position. This particular pickup combination is very versatile, dynamic, easy to control and absolutely quiet.
- Special feature: This instrument comes with the factory-installed optional piezo bridge - with a built-in piezo preamp and a dedicated 2 band EQ plus a separate balance control knob!
- Electronics: 1x magnetic volume, 1x magnetic tone, 1x piezo volume, 3-way magnetic/both/piezo-switch, 3-way pickup switch, separate and combined outputs for magnetic and piezo! Therefore, can be used with mono or stereo cords, in a total of 4 different connection modes.
- Absolutely outstanding quality of selected woods, craftsmanship, handling and sound!
- The guitar comes with a high-quality original Music Man USA formfit hardshell case.