Ernie Ball Music Man Unveils 2024 DarkRay Collection
Music Man has revamped the DarkRay for 2024 with two new finishes for both the four- and five-string models. The bass, crafted in partnership with Darkglass Electronics, will come in Dark Rainbow and Gold Bar colorways.
They will retain the rest of the model’s features, including a custom 2-band preamp crafted by Darkglass with three modes: Clean, Alpha (Distortion), and Omega (fuzz). It has onboard gain and blend controls for dialing in your grit while retaining your low end. The modes are selected with a three-way lever switch and identified by an LED ring to visually show which mode you’re on.
Other features include a select hardwood body, a roasted maple neck, an ebony fingerboard (roasted maple for Gold Bar finish), 22 stainless steel frets, and a neodymium humbucker.
The Ernie Ball Music Man DarkRay is available now for $2,899.
Ernie Ball Music Man DarkRay Bass Specs:
| Scale Length: | 34″ |
| Construction: | Bolt-on |
| Body: | Select Hardwood |
| Neck: | Roasted Maple |
| Neck Radius: | 11″ (27.9 cm) |
| Fingerboard: | Ebony (Roasted Maple on Gold Bar) |
| Frets: | 22 - High profile, wide, stainless steel |
| Fret Markers: | Dot |
| Pickup: | Single Humbucking with Neodymium magnets |
| Electronic Shielding: | Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined pickguard |
| Controls: | vol, gain, blend, treble, bass |
| Switching: | 3-way lever distortion selector; Preamp Only, Preamp+Alpha Distortion, Preamp+Omega Distortion |
| Tuning Machines: | Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design |
| Bridge: | Vintage Music Man top loaded Black plated, steel bridge plate with vintage Black plated steel saddles |
| Pickguard: | Black |
| Body Finish: | High Gloss Polyester |
| Colors: | Dark Rainbow, Gold Bar, Starry Night |
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