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The awesomely designed MusicMan StingRay 5 is a 5-string bass guitar that will get you deep and dirty. The StingRay5 has an active 3-band preamp, MusicMan humbucker pickup with hum-canceling phantom coil, and unique 3-way switching (both coils in series mode, single coil, or both coils in parallel mode). Select hardwood body, maple neck, and Schaller BM tuners. MusicMan includes a hardshell case with the StingRay5 Bass.

Music Man StingRay 5 5-String Bass Guitar Features:

  • Active 3-band preamp
  • MusicMan humbucking with hum-canceling phantom coil and unique 3-way switching
  • Select hardwood body
  • Maple neck
  • Schaller BM tapered-post tuners
  • Volume, treble, mid, bass controls

Music Man StingRay 5 5-String Bass Guitar Includes:

  • hardshell MusicMan case

Put its hot-rodded electronics to work on your sound. Order today!

Music Man StingRay 5 5-String Bass Guitar

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Average of 73 User Ratings

Overall

Overall: 9.35

Quality

Quality: 9.56

Features

Features: 9.29

Value

Value: 8.94

Customer Reviews

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 8

Brilliant piece od art
Posted by dio-bass from Puerto Rico on Oct 30, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician (part time)
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Latin Rock, Reggae
I got a translucent gold with maple fingerboard, the MM looks awesome and sound as you could expect from a expensive piece of art. I have a Fender Jazz 24 V and they sound very different. the playability of the MM is way better than the Jazz. The beauty of the MM StingRay 5 makes you stare at it without blinking your eyes.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 9

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 8

The
Posted by lordoflow from Motor City on May 30, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: All
I've been playing bass 4 15 years. All styles metal, rock, jazz, and R&B. The SR5 is the best rock bass there is end of story. Cuts thru the mix with out being harsh. Tone controls and switching can go from county thump to Flea slap to Korn mid empty to Tool growl. I've never had a problem yet in the 5 years I've owned this bass. The 9 volt gets changed one every 6 months of playing 20 hours or so each week. The neck is the easest to adjust that ever seen. I've owned warwicks, Fenders and Ibzs that were all nice basses. They all stay in their cases now.

Overall

Overall: 7

Quality

Quality: 9

Features

Features: 7

Value

Value: 4

Good sound, bad value
Posted by Pocket Grooves from Greensboro, NC on May 19, 2009
Experience w/product: I have used it
Reviewer's Background: Studio Session Bassist, Occasional Live Gigs
Reviewer's Play Style: Anything and everything
Yes, the iconic Music Man is a quintessential bass for rock and funk tones. Yes, it sounds good. Yes, it is far too expensive for what you are actually getting.

I was shopping for a Music Man 4-string, playing the MM and other comparable basses. I ended up purchasing the Ibanez ATK700 on clearance. I get all of the MM tone WITHOUT the MM price tag. The ATK700 has been discontinued, but the ATK300 is the exact same bass with a painted finish instead of a dyed finish. Before you purchase a MM, you owe it to yourself to play other basses that will produce the tone you're after. You may be pleasantly surprised like I was.

I'm wasn't after the prestige of owning the infamous Ernie Ball Music Man, but as a session player, I needed the tone. If you are after the tone, and not the prestige of being seen with this bass, then go play the Ibanez ATK300. Close your eyes and listen to the tone. You'll end up buying the Ibanez and saving a lot of money!

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

a must
Posted by Anonymous Musician on Mar 25, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Alternative
if you really play bass and want to record a good track you must have this bass ...you can think maibe "it's so simple, there are no wood alternatives" .. It's a musicman stingray 5 and you don't need more ...

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 10

Best Value on the Market
Posted by SC Bassman from South Carolina on Oct 24, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Various
This is by far the best 5 string on the market for the money. Yes you can buy something slightly nicer for $6K out there (and I have in the past). I now own three of these and they will remain my main basses for the forseeable future.

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Music Man StingRay 5 5-String Bass Guitar

Overall: 9.35Read 73 Reviews

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Music Man StingRay 5 5-String Bass Guitar

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MSRP: $2,250.00 - $2,550.00

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