MUSIC MAN Sterling 5-String Electric Bass

The dual humbucker Music Man Sterling is a 5-String Bass similar in shape to the Music Man StingRay, but shorter and narrower. The Sterling also features hot-rodded electronics: active 3-band preamp, 2 Music Man humbucker pickups with hum canceling phantom coil, and unique 3-way switching (both coils in series mode, single coil, and both coils in parallel mode). Schaller BM tapered-post tuners. Volume, treble, mid, bass controls. Music Man includes a hardshell case with the 5-string Sterling Electric Bass.

Music Man Sterling 5 Bass Guitar Features:

* Body Wood: Ash
* Body Finish: High gloss polyester
* Bridge: Standard - Music Man chrome-plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles; Optional - Piezo bridge with nickel-plated brass saddles
* Pickguard: Black
* Frets: 22 - High profile, wide
* Neck Wood: Select maple neck
* Fingerboard: maple
* Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
* Tuning Machines: Schaller BM, with tapered string posts
* Truss Rod: Adjustable - no component or string removal
* Neck Attachment: 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
* Electronic Shielding: Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined control cover
* Controls: Dual Pickup, 3-band active preamp; vol, treble, mid, bass
* Switching: Dual Pickup - 5-way lever pickup selector
* Pickups: Dual Humbucking with ceramic pole pieces
* Strings: 45w-65w-80w-100w (Super Slinky Bass #2834)

Music Man Sterling 5 Bass Guitar Includes:

* hardshell case

Size:
12-1/2" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 45-1/4" long (31.8 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 114.9 cm long)

Weight:
9 lbs, 11oz (4.39 kg) - varies slightly

Body Wood:
Ash

Body Finish:
High gloss polyester

Bridge:
Standard - Music Man® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles

Pickguard:
Standard - Black or White; Optional - Shell, White Pearloid, Vintage White Pearloid, or Black Pearloid.

Scale Length:
34" (86.4 cm)

Neck Radius:
11" (27.9 cm)

Headstock Size:
Only 7-7/8" (20.0 cm) long

Frets:
22 - High profile, wide

Neck Width:
1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at nut 2-3/4"" (69.9 mm) at last fret

Neck Wood:
Select maple neck

Fingerboard:
Fretted - maple or rosewood; Fretless - Pau Ferro with or without inlaid fretlines

Neck Finish:
Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend

Neck Colors:
Standard - Natural; Optional - Matching painted headstock

Tuning Machines:
Schaller BM, with tapered string posts

Truss Rod:
Adjustable - no component or string removal

Neck Attachment:
5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets

Electronic Shielding:
Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined control cover

Controls:
Single Pickup, 3-band active preamp; vol, treble, mid, bass; Dual Pickup, 3-band active preamp; vol, treble, mid, bass

Switching:
Single Pickup - 3-way lever pickup selector; Dual Pickup - 5-way lever pickup selector

Pickups:
Standard - Music Man® humbucking with ceramic magnets and hum canceling phantom coil; Optional - Dual Humbucking with ceramic magnets; Optional - Humbucking/Single coil with ceramic magnets

Left Handed:
No

Strings:
45w-65w-80w-100w-130w (Regular Slinky Bass #2836)