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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.
Over the course of his career, he has played Ibanez, Music Man, Carvin, Mayones, Jackson, Daemoness Guitars, Decibel Guitars, and Bernie Rico Jr. Both 7 & 8 string guitars. He is well recognized for his very rhythm-based riffs and leads in his musical compositions. His 7 string guitars are usually tuned down in Drop Ab.
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. A five-string variant of the StingRay has become common, in some spaces even outselling the tradition four-string offering.
In an interview with MusicRadar in 2010, Myung stated that he was working with Music Man on a modified Bongo. The finished product was a bass with a six-string body but with the six strings accommodating a five-string neck, resulting in a tighter string spacing.
"The Guitar Player" by V.A. Tropinin (1823) The Russian guitar or gypsy guitar is a seven-string acoustic guitar tuned to the open G tuning (DGBDGBD), [5] which arrived or was developed early in the 19th century in Russia, possibly as a development of the cittern, the kobza and the torban.
Drop D 7-string tuning – D-D-A-d-g-b-e' This is the standard seven-string tuning with the low B string raised to D and lower E string dropped to D. The Drop C variation of this tuning (C-C-G-C-F-A-D) was used by James Hetfield on an ESP 7-String Guitar when Metallica were recording the song "Some Kind Of Monster" from the album St. Anger.
In 1975, he was granted full control of the company. [7] In 1979, the company relocated to San Luis Obispo to increase production capabilities. [7] In 1984, Ernie Ball acquired the guitar company Music Man. The deal included trademarks, inventory, and a warehouse, but no factory. A factory was built, and instrument production began in 1985. [7]
Charlie Hunter (born May 23, 1967) is an American guitarist, composer, producer and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter plays custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars on which he simultaneously plays bass lines, chords, and melodies.
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