Tech Tips
The History of the Bongo Bass: A Collaboration with BMW’s Designworks
In early 2000, German automobile company BMW acquired a small British coupe still widely known today as the MINI. A year after the acquisition, the auto giant r...
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Instruments
StingRay Special Spotlight: Neck and Body
Each week we take a closer look at one of each of the things that makes the StingRay Special so, well...Special. Last week I looked at the new hardware and this...
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Instruments
StingRay Special Spotlight: New Proprietary Hardware
Each week I’ve been touching on one of the new aspects of the StingRay Special that helps set it apart from the other members of the StingRay family. Today I wa...
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Instruments
StingRay Special Spotlight: Neodymium Pickups
Each week we take a closer look into the new features of the StingRay Special bass and what makes it distinct. Last week I discussed the assimilation of the new...
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Instruments
StingRay Special Spotlight: 18V Preamp
Newly unveiled for 2018 is the StingRay Special, a new line of Music Man StingRay basses that will challenge the conceptions of the StingRay’s place in music, a...
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Artists
The Bongo Bass Buyer's Guide
What began as a flight of fancy between Sterling Ball and BMW Designworks has grown over the last 15 years and has remained the king of outside-the-box design f...
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Artists
Maddi’s Corner - Tips from John Petrucci’s Master Tech
Hello everyone and welcome to Maddi’s corner! I have been asked by my great friends at Ernie Ball/ Music Man to write a blog about what I do for living and some...
