Music Man (company)

Music Man is a 1972 ( initially under the name Tri -Sonic ) based firm that manufactured electric guitars, bass and guitar amps. Here, Leo Fender introduced the instruments and Tom Walker, the amplifier ago. It was founded by Leo Fender (who is also founder of the Fender company is ). In the next few years, it became the famous Music Man Stingray Bass, the active sound offered as crucial and remains one of the most popular all bass at all. In addition, there is the Sterling, a slightly modified Stingray, oriented to the Fender Jazz Bass ( in moderation), the Bongo ( designed by a BMW - designer) and Silhouette ( mixture of guitar and bass).

1980 rose by Leo Fender dispute with the management officially because of health problems from Music Man. 1984 bought by the manufacturer Ernie Ball strings the company.

Under the name SUB Music Man produced until September 2006, a cheap instrument series from our own U.S. manufacturing. Copies of some instruments from the product family were made until 2008 in the Far East under licensing by the name of OLP ( Officially Licensed Product). Since 2010, the parent company of Ernie Ball marketed instruments from Asian production itself under the name "Sterling by Music Man."

Music Man basses and guitars are or were played among others by the following artists: Dogan Yalcin ( Cock au Vin ), Paul Landers ( Rammstein ), Pino Palladino, Michael " Flea" Balzary ( Red Hot Chili Peppers ), Dave LaRue, Steve Morse ( Deep Purple, among others ), John Deacon (Queen), John Petrucci, John Myung (both Dream Theater ), Robert Trujillo ( Metallica ), Eddie Van Halen ( Van Halen ), Steve Lukather ( Toto ), Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down ), Mark Hoppus ( blink- 182), Dougie Poynter ( McFly ), Jonathan Gallant ( Billy talent), Phoenix ( Linkin Park), Cliff Williams (AC / DC), Sheryl Crow ( until about 2001) and Joe Bonamassa

Models

Guitars

  • Sabre Sabre I and II (no longer manufactured )
  • StingRay I / StingRay II
  • Silhouette / Silhouette Special / Silhouette Bass Guitar
  • SUB1 ( no longer manufactured )
  • Axis / Axis Sport ( no longer manufactured ) / Axis Super Sport
  • Luke (Steve Lukather Signature Model )
  • JP6 / JP7 / JPX ( John Petrucci Signature model)
  • Steve Morse Signature
  • Steve Morse Signature Y2D
  • Albert Lee
  • Reflex / 25th Anniversary

Bass

  • StingRay
  • Sabre
  • Cutlass / Cutlass II
  • StingRay 5
  • Sterling
  • Bongo
  • Big Al
  • Reflex
  • SUB ( no longer manufactured )
  • SUB Sterling ( no longer manufactured )

Guitar & Bass Amplifiers

  • " Sixty -Five", 65W, 1974 to 1979 - first with 12AX7 tube later replaced as a phase inverter, due to technical problems caused by solid state version
  • " One -Thirty ", 130W, 1974-1979 - first with 12AX7 tube later replaced as a phase inverter, due to technical problems caused by solid state version
  • " Sixty -Five" RD / RP (Reverb / Distortion & Reverb / Phaser ), 65W with effects, 1978-1979
  • "One- Hundred " RD / RP (Reverb / Distortion & Reverb / Phaser ), 100W with effects, from 1978 to 1979, only as a combo
  • "RD -50" & " RP -50" (Reverb / Distortion & Reverb / Phaser ), 50W with effects, from 1982 to 1984, only as a combo
  • "RD -65 " & " RP -65 " (Reverb / Distortion & Reverb / Phaser ), 65W with effects, from 1980 to 1984, only as a combo
  • "RD -100" & " RP -100" (Reverb / Distortion & Reverb / Phaser ), 100W with effects, 1980-1984
  • " Seventy-Five " (Reverb / Distortion & Reverb / Phaser ), 75W with effects, 1980-1984
  • "One- Fifty", 150W with effects, 1980-1984

Pure bass amp:

Speakers:

Known users of the above-mentioned Amplifiers. Among others, Chet ATKIS, Eric Clapton, Joe Strummer, Albert Lee, Robbie Robertson, Johnny Winter, Alabama, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, James Burton, Merle Travis & Waddy Wachtel

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