Model:
Music Man 25th Anniversary 5 String Bass
Description:
A quarter century of passion and excellence culminate as Ernie Ball celebrates 25 years with Music Man!
New for 2009, the Music Man 25th Anniversary bass features a lightweight body, dramatic styling, and state-of-the-art electronics not found on any other instrument. The epitome of form and function, this new anniversary bass offers a wide array of distinctive sounds. Utilizing a cutting edge push button system, you can combine active, passive, series and parallel modes creating endless tonal combinations like never before. Our Music Man design team has engineered optimal contours, weight and balance, making this instrument very comfortable to play. The 25th anniversary bass exhibits a classic bolt-on design, with an ash body, mahogany tone block, bound premium maple top, which together provide maximum resonance and massive low end. Available with single humbucking (H), dual humbucking (HH) and humbucking-single coil-single coil (HSS) options.
New for 2009, the Music Man 25th Anniversary bass features a lightweight body, dramatic styling, and state-of-the-art electronics not found on any other instrument. The epitome of form and function, this new anniversary bass offers a wide array of distinctive sounds. Utilizing a cutting edge push button system, you can combine active, passive, series and parallel modes creating endless tonal combinations like never before. Our Music Man design team has engineered optimal contours, weight and balance, making this instrument very comfortable to play. The 25th anniversary bass exhibits a classic bolt-on design, with an ash body, mahogany tone block, bound premium maple top, which together provide maximum resonance and massive low end. Available with single humbucking (H), dual humbucking (HH) and humbucking-single coil-single coil (HSS) options.
Size:
12-7/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 43-7/8" long (32.7 cm wide, 4.5 cm thick, 111.4 cm long)
Weight:
9 lbs, 1 oz (4.10 kg) - varies slightly
Body Wood:
Ash with bookmatched maple top and mahogany Tone Block
Body Finish:
High gloss polyester
Body Bindings:
Binding - Cream
Bridge:
Standard - Music Man® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles
Scale Length:
34" (86.4 cm)
Neck Radius:
11" (27.9 cm)
Headstock Size:
Only 8" (20.3 cm) long
Frets:
22 - High profile, wide
Neck Width:
1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at nut 2-13/16" (71.4 mm) at last fret
Neck Wood:
Select maple neck
Fingerboard:
Fretted - maple or rosewood; Fretless - Pau Ferro with or without inlaid fretlines
Fret Markers:
Mother of Pearl dots
Neck Finish:
Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
Neck Colors:
Matching painted headstock
Tuning Machines:
Custom Music Man, with tapered string posts
Truss Rod:
Adjustable - no component or string removal
Neck Attachment:
5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
Electronic Shielding:
Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum control cover
Controls:
Passive preamp: 500kohm volume and 250kohm tone - .047µF tone capacitor; Active preamp: 4-band EQ – 25kohm volume, treble, high-mid, low-mid, bass
Switching:
Single Pickup – 2-way push button active/passive selector, 2-way push button series/parallel selector; Dual Pickup – 2 x 2-way push button pickup selector, 2-way push button active/passive selector, 2-way push button series/parallel selector; Triple Pickup - 3 x 2-way push button pickup selector, 2-way push button active/passive selector
Pickups:
Standard - Single Humbucking with ceramic magnets; Optional - Dual Humbucking with ceramic magnets; Optional - Humbucking/Single coil/Single coil with ceramic magnets (Humbucker) and Neodymium magnets (Single coils)
Left Handed:
No
Strings:
46w-65w-80w-100w-130w (Regular Slinky Bass #2836)
-There are no color options
-There are no pickguard options
