The Nationwide Affiliation of Music Retailers Convention (NAMM) formally wrapped up on Sunday, January 19th in Anaheim, California. With over 100,000 attendees, NAMM 2020 was a groundbreaking gathering of essentially the most outstanding instrument and music accent corporations on the planet, and Ernie Ball Music Man was out in full power for all of the motion. With numerous artist performances and interviews, to associate with a significant slate of latest product bulletins, NAMM 2020 was undoubtedly one for the books. Try the most effective moments from the weekend and the entire Ernie Ball Music Man merchandise that might be coming to market this 12 months.
Introducing the Sabre Guitar
A homage to the unique Music Man Sabre guitar of the late ’70s, our engineers and design workforce put a contemporary spin on the basic instrument for 2020. The Sabre guitar options an okoume physique, a carved maple high, and customized Ernie Ball Music Man humbucking pickups, delivering vigorous, dynamic sound with a placing readability and maintain. Aesthetically, the Sabre is equally compelling. Its bookmatched premium high is adorned with pure binding, which elegantly highlights the uncooked great thing about the figured maple wooden grain. Provided within the Cobra, Boujee Burst, Honey Suckle, and Blue Moonstone end choices.
Obtainable April
New Colours for John Petrucci’s Assortment
Considered one of our hottest fashions is being welcomed with 4 brand-new, placing finishes. Obtainable in Pink Sand, Pink Phoenix, Smoked Pearl, and Ember Glow, the 2020 Majesty includes a light-weight okoume physique, signature DiMarzio Rainmaker and Dreamcatcher pickups, and an onboard piezo bridge system that offers the guitar a targeted and extremely versatile palette of tones.
The JP15 may also characteristic three new finishes mixed with a figured roasted maple neck, DiMarzio Illuminator pickups, piezo bridge system, and onboard 20dB achieve enhance. Study extra in regards to the 2020 JP Assortment right here.
2020 Luke III Guitar
The all-new revamped Luke III guitar has the choice for a premium figured maple high together with its up to date lightweight okoume physique and customized Ernie Ball Music Man customized electronics. This newest evolution of Steve Lukather’s signature guitar completely fuses consolation, magnificence, and tonal versatility. The HH mannequin is outfitted with newly designed Ernie Ball Music Man high-output humbucking pickups. The HSS mannequin, outfitted with the identical new bridge humbucker, additionally sports activities Ernie Ball Music Man’s famend Cutlass single coils, offering gamers with quite a lot of tonal choices. Each pickup configurations are furnished with a 5-way change and a 20 dB enhance push/push quantity knob. Different options embody a roasted maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and a floating Ernie Ball Music Man classic tremolo system. Provided within the Cherry Burst and Luscious Inexperienced end choices.
StingRay Particular and StingRay5 Particular Bass
First launched in 1976, the StingRay has been revered as some of the iconic bass guitars in historical past. The StingRay bass was the primary manufacturing 4-string bass to have onboard energetic equalization and stays the flagship of the Ernie Ball Music Man line at present. For 2020, we’re introducing six brand-new, placing finishes. Firemist Silver, Ghostwood, Ghost Pepper, and Burnt Amber might be out there on the StingRay Particular, whereas Tectonic Blue and Maroon Mist, in addition to Firemist Silver and Burnt Amber might be out there on the StingRay5 Particular bass. Study extra about the entire new colours right here.
Quick-Scale StingRay Particular Bass
Launched in late 2019 and met with excessive reward, the Quick-Scale StingRay bass is again by in style demand. For 2020, this bass’ physique is created from ash and the neck is constructed from roasted exhausting rock maple with both maple or rosewood fingerboard (relying on the end choice). A 30″ scale permits for simpler playability because of the shorter spacing between the frets. The Ernie Ball Music Man humbucking pickup is supplied with greater output neodymium magnets and has been specifically designed for the Quick Scale StingRay bass, offering its signature heat tone. Obtainable within the new Starry Evening and Classic Sunburst end.
New Colours for the Fashionable Classics Assortment
The Ernie Ball Music Man Fashionable Classics Assortment is welcoming three new colours: Ghostwood, Charging Inexperienced, and Maroon Mist. All the new colours might be out there on each the StingRay RS and Cutlass RS guitar. To be taught extra about these basic fashions, click on right here.
Valentine Guitar
The Valentine signature guitar includes a slab ash physique, two Ernie Ball Music Man designed pickups (1-humbucker/1-single coil) with a 3-way customized wired lever change, coil faucet, 25.5-inch scale, an oil and wax rubbed roasted figured maple neck with a 10-inch radius maple fingerboard, 22 stainless-steel frets, outsized 4-over-2 headstock and compensated nut, designed for superior tuning stability. New for 2020, the Valentine will characteristic Three new finishes together with Shell Pink, TV Yellow, and Basic Pure.
Dustin Kensrue Artist Sequence New Colours
The Dustin Kensrue Artist Sequence StingRay guitar includes a light-weight okoume physique and a darkly tinted satin maple neck. The HS mixture of a humbucking bridge and a single-coil neck pickup provides new sonic variations to the StingRay’s palette of tones. Electronics embody a singular management format with a stacked tone and quantity pot and a 3-way pickup selector change that elicits quite a lot of humbucking and single-coil choices. Providing an added push-button change that toggles the sign between a mono output with quantity and tone controls engaged, or a stereo output, the place every pickup is distributed on to both the tip or ring. Obtainable within the new TV Blond and Darkish Satin finishes.
Thanks for an additional unimaginable 12 months at NAMM! To remain linked with all of our product launches this 12 months, observe our social channels on Fb, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.