Ernie Ball Music Man Announces Ball Family Reserve Short Scale StingRay 4 Bombshell Bass

Ernie Ball Music Man Ball Family Reserve Short Scale StingRay 4 Bombshell Bass

Ernie Ball Music Man’s seasonal Ball Family Reserve instruments have been unveiled for spring 2022 including a limited-edition bass. The BFR Short Scale StingRay 4 Bombshell is limited to 105 pieces worldwide.

Highlights include a lightweight ash body in a high gloss black finish, a figured maple neck with tortoise shell binding and block inlays, and a matching headstock. EBMM fits it with a neodymium humbucker accompanied by a three-way switch for parallel, true single-coil, and series modes.

The EBMM BFR Short Scale StingRay 4 Bombshell is available for order for $2,899.

Ernie Ball Music Man Ball Family Reserve Short Scale StingRay 4 Bombshell Bass Specs:

Scale:30″
Construction:Five-way Bolt-on
Body:Ash
Neck:Figured Maple
Neck Shape:“C”
Fingerboard:Figured Maple
Fingerboard Radius:11″
Inlay:Tortoise Shell
Frets:22
Pickup:Music Man Neodymium Humbucker
Controls:Master Volume (push/pull gain boost), 3-way Rotary Pickup Selector
Bridge:Vintage Music Man Steel Bridge plated with Nickel-plated Steel Saddles
Tuners:Custom Music Man
Color:Bombshell

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  1. EL

    I wish they would have kept their bridge mute system especially since this is a short scale bass.

  2. Allen Hodges

    Available for order…. where from? please