tbonesullivan Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Some years back, Music Man used to have a "Premier Dealer Network", and they would do special runs in one off colors, often with some fancy stuff like flamed maple necks, SS frets etc. These packages could be added to pretty much any guitar they sold. Well, they stopped doing that, and focused more on their "Ball Family Reserve" runs, which are more specific instruments, and a bit more blinged out. However, the Premier Dealer Network never really went away, and more well known dealers still do exclusive runs. DuBaldo Music in CT had a "Diablo Blue" run, which was very nice, but not quite for me. However, Sweetwater worked with Music Man and came out with two exclusive runs, Eclipse Sparkle, which is pretty much a charcoal sparkle with a blackburst edge, and Pacific Blueburst, which is this majestic color: This was a "Guitar Gallery" guitar, so my Rep emailed me the pictures. All I can say is that even these pictures really don't do it justice, especially the insanely flamed maple neck. It really plays awesome, and has a great vintage sound. MM has really been upping their game with their in house designed guitar pickups, and seem to be relying much less on Dimarzio in some cases. Their Stingray RS, Cutlass RS, Mariposa, and even now their Luke III guitars all use in house pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Every Music Man feels great. I wish I had bought as many of them as I have Hamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Awesome! Congrats on the new axe in a killer color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew816 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Cool axe, I dig the color; enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjq69 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Stunning....."roasted Maple" neck. I DIG IT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, kjq69 said: Stunning....."roasted Maple" neck. I DIG IT!!!! Music Man is going to roasted maple in a big way. The flame on it is incredible. The sparkle is also incredible, AND it has a matching headstock, which definitely made it cost more, but dang it is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Great looking guitar! I like that the sparkle is more subtle. Very cool finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjamiam Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue! Congrats and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polara Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Those are super guitars. I've only bought two new guitars ever, and one was an EBMM St. Vincent. They have great designs and quality control there. Happy NGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 hours ago, polara said: Those are super guitars. I've only bought two new guitars ever, and one was an EBMM St. Vincent. They have great designs and quality control there. Happy NGD! Oh nice! Did you go for the Three Mini or Dual Humbucker version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugby1970 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 9 hours ago, tbonesullivan said: Some years back, Music Man used to have a "Premier Dealer Network", and they would do special runs in one off colors, often with some fancy stuff like flamed maple necks, SS frets etc. These packages could be added to pretty much any guitar they sold. Well, they stopped doing that, and focused more on their "Ball Family Reserve" runs, which are more specific instruments, and a bit more blinged out. However, the Premier Dealer Network never really went away, and more well known dealers still do exclusive runs. DuBaldo Music in CT had a "Diablo Blue" run, which was very nice, but not quite for me. However, Sweetwater worked with Music Man and came out with two exclusive runs, Eclipse Sparkle, which is pretty much a charcoal sparkle with a blackburst edge, and Pacific Blueburst, which is this majestic color: This was a "Guitar Gallery" guitar, so my Rep emailed me the pictures. All I can say is that even these pictures really don't do it justice, especially the insanely flamed maple neck. It really plays awesome, and has a great vintage sound. MM has really been upping their game with their in house designed guitar pickups, and seem to be relying much less on Dimarzio in some cases. Their Stingray RS, Cutlass RS, Mariposa, and even now their Luke III guitars all use in house pickups. Blue is back!!! BLUE, 17, HUT, HUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polara Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, tbonesullivan said: Oh nice! Did you go for the Three Mini or Dual Humbucker version? The three minis. I tried the HH one and it was fine but the switching of the triple-mini, and the sound was like nothing else I've ever played. Incredibly versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaVO Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Bad ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 2/10/2021 at 10:09 PM, BubbaVO said: Bad ass! It really is. I think of the entire run that Sweetwater did, the Stingray looks the best. Definitely the black pickguard helps, for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0054 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 DuBaldo is in my home town, pretty cool! Bought a cool little Traynor off him on Reverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugby1970 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 2/10/2021 at 8:12 PM, rugby1970 said: Blue is back!!! BLUE, 17, HUT, HUT OMAHA! OMAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeboy Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Their necks are cool. Fast as shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 That‘s a really cool guitar! Congrats all over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79Sunburst Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I have a friend that is a fanatic over Stingray basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 hours ago, 79Sunburst said: I have a friend that is a fanatic over Stingray basses. Yeah, I've got two Stingray 5s. Great basses. They just revamped them to be lighter and more "modern", while at the same time releasing some "classic" series ones that are much more like the late 1970s ones. Of course right now due to Covid the selection available is much reduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 2/10/2021 at 8:12 PM, rugby1970 said: Blue is back!!! BLUE, 17, HUT, HUT This is probably the only color I may like MORE than the rarely seen "blue dawn" sparkle Blueburst EBMM brings out once every 10 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugartune Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Love those. Very nice. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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