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MUSIC MAN DarkRay 5 Starry Night
5-string bass with toasted maple neck, neodymium humbucker and darkglass preamp
Five-string E-Bass from the Music Man DarkRay Collection, made in the USA
Gray-blue "Starry Night" high-gloss finish with sparkle effect, matte black hardware
Bolt-On construction with 34" long scale length (864 mm)
Selected hardwood body with 5-bolt sculpted joint
Five-bolt bolt-on neck made of Roasted Maple with oil-wax finish
Ebony fingerboard with Dot inlays
22 stainless steel frets in "High Profile, Wide" format
Saddle with compensated string rests
C-neck profile
One Music Man neodymium humbucker in bridge position
Active Darkglass electronics with 2-band Equalizer as well as Alpha Distortion and Omega Fuzz
3-way switch to select distortion mode (Off, Alpha, Omega)
Controls for Volume, Bass, Treble as well as Distortion Gain and Blend
LED ring around the gain control indicates the operating status of Preamps
Music Man Vintage Top-load bass bridge with steel base plate and tailpieces
Music Man Custom Lightweight bass machine heads
Including Music Man Mono Softshell Case
Five-string StingRay Bass with Darkglass Preamp
The Music Man DarkRay 5 Starry Night is the one hundred percent metal-ready result of a collaboration between the traditional Californian company and the Finnish effects specialists from Darkglass. Based on the well-known StingRay Special 5-string design, the chic bass guitar combines the usual agile playing characteristics with a powerful neodymium pickup and a flexible Darkglass preamp that not only comes up with a 2-band Equalizer but also shakes the earth with two Distortion voicings of the Alpha ∙ Omega pedal. Of course, Music Man completes the DarkRay 5 Bass with professional Hardware in the form of a solid top-load bridge and precise Custom Lightweight Tuner.
The Music Man DarkRay 5 Starry Night convinces not only with excellent playing characteristics, but also delivers thanks to the preamp developed together with Darkglass high-carat distortion sounds without additionally required pedals.
A neckplate with Music Man and Darkglass logos joins the comfortable roasted-maple neck and body of the DarkRay Bass.
Familiar StingRay design
The Music Man DarkRay 5 Starry Night is based on the established design of the StingRay Special Bass and accordingly convinces with a crisp sound of all strings and a first-class handling. Due to the generous contours at the front and back, the hardwood body lies with optimal balance on the body, while the smoothly designed sculpted joint promises easy accessibility to the high registers. The bolt-on neck made of roasted maple creates the best conditions for implementing classic and modern playing techniques with its silky oil-wax finish and grippy C-profile.
A neodymium pickup and the top-class Darkglass preamp with Alpha and Omega voicings promise multi-faceted bass sounds.
Powerful Neodymium Pickup
As pickup for the DarkRay 5-String BassMusic Man chooses the neodymium humbucker known from the StingRay Special. Thanks to the powerful magnet material, the Bass pickup convinces with a powerful, yet precisely defined sound, which skillfully translates every nuance in bass playing and also tightly reproduces the B-string.
Flexible Darkglass Preamp
The eponymous highlight of the Music Man DarkRay 5 Bass is undoubtedly the extremely flexible Darkglass preamp, with the help of which almost any sound for rock and metal can be realized. In addition to the always active 2-band equalizer for precise adjustment of the tone in bass and treble, the electronics offers two voicings inspired by the Alpha ∙ Omega pedal. While Alpha stands for a rich bass distortion, Omega delivers a toxic fuzz in the best sense for striking Bass lines. To customize the Distortion sounds, the DarkRay offers both a gain control and a blend pot for the Mix between clean and distorted signals. In addition, a multicoloured LED ring provides information about the selected voicing.
Music Man Custom Lightweight Bass Tuners keep DarkRay securely in proper tuning.
Indestructible Music Man Hardware
Last but not least, indestructible hardware equipment completes the DarkRay 5 Starry Night from Music Man. On the body, the classic vintage top-load bridge with five-string riders guarantees optimal intonation and string action adjustment, even with deep drop tunings. Behind the saddle, whose compensated string rests promise a perfect sound behaviour of the empty played strings, Custom Lightweight tuners also ensure high tuning stability.