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“I’m not supposed to talk about these”: Rabea Massaad lifts the curtain on his two new Music Man signature guitars – and they’re looking mighty fine indeed
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist has been working with Ernie Ball since April, helping improve its future builds, with the new Sabre-inspired prototypes showing the fruits of their labor

Ernie Ball Music Man just dropped the Retro ‘70s StingRay bass range – and Brazilian thump master Fernando Rosa has demoed them in impeccable style
By Nick Wells published
Ernie Ball's new throwback StingRay combines ‘70s-inspired features with modern playability

“Punk rock should be accessible – I think it’s very cool to be somebody’s potential first bass”: Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz partners with Sterling by Music Man for its first full-scale passive bass
By Nick Wells published
Spotlighting his punk roots, the Pete Wentz Artist Series StingRay is visually inspired by watches and skateboards

Bassists, ditch your pedalboards: the Sterling by Music Man DarkRay features two Darkglass distortion circuits in one bass
By Nick Wells published
The Music Man DarkRay is now available as a more budget-friendly Sterling offering

Ernie Ball has unveiled Synyster Gates signature string sets – but what is that mystery guitar amp?
By Matt Owen published
Two sets have been awarded to the Avenged Sevenfold guitarist, who was filmed sitting next to what could possibly be a new signature guitar amp

“Whenever we’d drop that bass riff, places would become unhinged”: Listen to Tim Commerford’s isolated bassline on Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine
By Nick Wells published
The beginning of RATM best-known song is a sinister D plus octave of D#

NAMM 2023: Ernie Ball announces Slinky Flatwound electric guitar strings and Flatwound Short-Scale bass strings
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The new launches are the world’s “first and only” cobalt flatwound strings

Rabea Massaad signs as Ernie Ball artist, and will help develop future electric guitar models
By Matt Owen published
An as-yet-unannounced model based on the Sabre is already in the pipeline, and will mark the first step in the pair's new professional relationship after Massaad left Chapman last year

NAMM 2023: Sterling by Music Man adds St. Vincent’s Goldie signature model to its lineup, alongside new Mariposa, Cutlass, Valentine and Albert Lee models
By Matt Owen published
The 11-strong drop introduces new finishes, upgrades and an all-new Cutlass boldly dubbed “the perfect all-in-one workhorse for any modern player”
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