Music Man Unveils All-New Short Scale StingRay Bass Finishes

The Short Scale StingRay bass delivers a rich, punchy, and deep tone, perfect for players seeing a full-bodied, thumpy sound in a more compact design

Music Man Unveils All-New Short Scale StingRay Bass Finishes

The Short Scale StingRay bass delivers a rich, punchy, and deep tone, perfect for players seeing a full-bodied, thumpy sound in a more compact design

Ernie Ball Music Man is introducing 6 new finishes for the Short Scale StingRay bass. The new colors include Goldbar, Vintage Blue Pearl, Black Cherry Burst, Black Sparkle, Kiwi Green, and Blood Orange.

The Ernie Ball Music Man Short Scale StingRay bass delivers a rich, punchy, and deep tone, perfect for players seeing a full-bodied, thumpy sound in a more compact design.

With a 30-inch scale length, this bass offers a more comfortable playing experience due to the shorter spacing between the frets. The Short Scale StingRay retains the classic features that make the standard StingRay iconic— such as the powerful single humbucking pickup and signature smooth playability.  

Goldbar
Kiwi Green
Blood Orange
Black Sparkle
Vintage Blue Pearl
Black Cherry Burst

The Ernie Ball Music Man passive humbucking pickup, equipped with higher output neodymium magnets, has been specially designed for the short scale bass, providing its signature warm tone. The electronics package includes a 3-way rotary switch featuring parallel, true single-coil, and series modes. Like its big brother, the Stingray Special, the short scale bass comes standard with a modern classic bridge, 22 stainless steel frets, and new lightweight Music Man tuning machines with a finer gear ratio.

Short Scale StingRay Bass
ModelShort Scale StingRay Bass
Size12-3/8″ wide, 1-5/8″ thick, 40-7/8″ long (31.4 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 103.8 cm long)
Body WoodAsh
Body FinishHigh gloss polyester
BridgeVintage Music Man® top loaded chrome plated, steel bridge plate with vintage nickel plated steel saddles
Scale Length30″ (76.2 cm)
Frets22 – High profile, wide stainless steel
Neck Width1-1/2″ (38.1 mm) at the nut, 2-3/8″ (60.3 cm) at the last fret
Neck WoodSelect Maple
Fret Markers5/16″ Dot Inlay
Neck FinishGunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
Tuning MachinesCustom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design
Truss RodAdjustable – no component or string removal
Neck Attachment5 bolt, sculpted neck joint
Electronic ShieldingChrome plated aluminum control cover
ControlsPassive 500kohm push/push volume POT for gain boost, 100kohm tone POT – 0.1uf tone cap
Switching3-way rotary pickup selector 
PickupsSingle Music Man humbucking pickup- neodymium magnets
Left HandedNo
Strings45w-65w-85w-105w (Short Scale Regular Slinky Bass #2852)

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