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Music Man is an American guitar and bass guitar manufacturer. Originally formed in 1971 by Forrest White and Tom Walker, along with Leo Fender as a silent partner, the company started manufacturing electric and bass guitars under the Music Man name in 1974. In 1984 it was acquired by Ernie Ball, and renamed Ernie Ball Music Man.
The Music Man Sabre was an electric guitar manufactured by Music Man from 1978 [2] until 1980. [3] It came in two versions, the I and the II, that were identical other than the necks. The neck on the I had a 12” fretboard radius and standard size frets, while the II had a 7.5” fretboard radius and smaller, vintage style frets.
Since Music Man was purchased by Ernie Ball Inc. in 1984, a number of new features and options have been added to the StingRay range. Dual humbucking pickups were introduced in the early 2000s. Dual humbucking pickups were introduced in the early 2000s.
Van Halen stated that this was his "last attempt" to design a guitar. [2] New features included stainless steel frets, a 12" – 16" compound radius, and custom Bourns potentiometers (low friction 500 kΩ for volume and high friction 250 kΩ for tone). [3] The bridge is a signature model Floyd Rose designed by EVH and is exclusive to the Wolfgang.
Ernie Ball is an American instrument and guitar accessory company based in San Luis Obispo, California. The brand was started by Roland Sherwood Ball in 1962 as a custom line of guitar strings. The company manufactures and sells guitars through Ernie Ball Music Man.
Forrest Fred White (21 May 1920 in West Virginia - 22 November 1994 in Banning, California [1]) was an American musical instruments industry executive, best known for his association with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and as co-founder of the Music Man company.
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Music Man was active in making amplifiers as well, but the HD-130 Reverb, designed to compete with the Twin Reverb, came at a time when the clean sounds of the Twin were going out of fashion. [ 9 ] In 1979, Fender and old friends George Fullerton and Dale Hyatt started a new company called G&L ("George & Leo") [ 11 ] Musical Products.