Opportunity! One-time special offer, was a demo item for a short time, with some minimal cosmetic / handling wear, technically perfect, with full warranty. Only some lightest surface playwear can be detected on this instrument, all barely visible. The hardcase may show some wear but of course is fully functional.
- A professional top quality instrument with an excellent tone and perfect ergonomic handling, a classic, very popular Music Man USA signature model, here as a 7-string instrument, 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.
- Ball Family Reserve - a strictly limited run of instruments, built using carefully selected finest tone woods and previously reserved for the Ball Family and friends only!
- Finish: Ruby Burst, with chrome hardware.
- Body: Alder - this wood is often preferred because of its excellent resonance characteristics, especially on distorted sounds. With a mahogany tone block and an amazing quilt maple top of stunning beauty.
- Neck: Mahogany - back of the neck matching the body finish. 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. A flat (15“) fretboard radius supports fast playing and easy string bending. With Custom John Petrucci Shield inlays and the "BFR" inlay at the 12th fret.
- Frets: 24, high profile, wide.
- Nut: 47,6 mm, compensated.
- Headstock: Matching the body color, with the original John Petrucci signature.
- Tuners: Schaller M-6 IND locking tuners with pearloid knobs - placed in the compact 5+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 Black Tolex hardcase.