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The StingRay's active preamp was sealed in epoxy to avoid reverse engineering of the technology which came to be synonymous with the StingRay bass. 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.
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.
Before picking up a Warwick, Zender played a Music Man Stingray bass guitar. Of his early bands, the most famous was the prank rock group Fabulous, a 1991 outfit chiefly made up of NME writers and photographers.
Walker and White went to Fender to help finance their company and it evolved into "Music Man", a name Fender preferred over their name. [1] After considerable financing, in 1975, Fender became its president. [9] The StingRay bass was an innovative early instrument. Though the body design borrowed heavily from the Precision Bass, the StingRay is ...
His style incorporated more funk plucks in combination with his thumping, which along with the Music Man StingRay sound gives a very funky, unique sound. [3] He was the bassist on Earl Klugh's 1976 jazz/pop album Living inside Your Love and 1977 jazz/pop album Finger Paintings, as well as Quincy Jones' 1975 Mellow Madness.
In his first appearance in 1977, he used a Gibson Ripper only for the "Let There Be Rock" music video. Williams' trademark instrument is the StingRay and other basses by Music Man, strung with Ernie Ball (.045, .065, .085, .105) flatwounds in the studio and D'Addario roundwound XLs in the same gauge in concert.
Adam Sandler, now 58, joined the cast in 1991 and created many memorable characters, including Opera Man, Canteen Boy, and Cajun Man. He also introduced the immediate holiday hit "The Hanukkah Song."
Additionally, he has been seen with a few other bass guitars over the years, most notably Music Man Stingrays. Bass guitars. B.C. Rich Havoc 4 and 5 string signature bass guitars (formerly made by Traben) Music Man Stingray 5 string bass guitar; Spector Euro LX5 4 and 5 string bass guitars (currently, B.C. Rich and Music Man models very seldom ...