Musicman DarkRay 5 Bass – Plasma Purple

The Ernie Ball Music Man DarkRay expands its bold palette with three striking new finishes: Plasma Purple, Silverburst, and Stealth Black. Each new DarkRay features a sleek matching headstock and an ebony fretboard that accentuates its aggressive styling and powerful performance. Built with the same cutting-edge specs players have come to expect-including the versatile onboard Darkglass Electronics preamp, roasted maple neck, and lightweight contoured body-these basses deliver crushing tone, effortless playability, and unmistakable stage presence. With its fresh new looks and uncompromising design, the DarkRay continues to set the standard for modern bass innovation.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

• Custom Darkglass® clean 2-band active preamp
• Two distortion circuits (Alpha and Omega); vol, gain, blend, treble, bass
• LED indicator when distortion engaged
• 3-way lever; preamp only, preamp+Alpha distortion, preamp + Omega distortion
• Roasted maple neck
• Lightweight contoured body
• Matte Black hardware

DARKRAY PREAMP – The 2-band preamp includes volume, treble, and bass controls with a separate blend and gain knob to achieve the desired tone and output.

ROASTED NECK – The DarkRay features a roasted maple neck, ebony fingerboard with stainless steel frets, and matte black hardware.

5-BOLT NECK – The neck is secured by a 5-bolt attachment with perfect alignment and no shifting. a special Darkglass logo is applied to the neck plate to signify the DarkRay edition bass.

STINGRAY MEETS DARKGLASS – CUSTOM DARKGLASS® CLEAN 2-BAND ACTIVE PREAMP – The DarkRay is equipped with a new modern 2 Band preamp that Darkglass specifically designed. The preamp is extremely clean and quiet with adjustable volume, gain, bass, treble, and blend controls to achieve the desired tone.

ALPHA AND OMEGA – The Darkglass preamp offers two highly regarded drive circuits, Alpha(tight distortion) and Omega(fuzz). Both distortion circuits are fully mixable via an onboard gain knob and blend control manipulated to the user’s preference with no low-end loss. Via the 3-way lever switch, a bright color-coded LED ring is illuminated, signifying which mode the bass is in.

DARKRAY = STINGRAY – The DarkRay bass is every bit a Stingray Special with neodymium humbucking pickup, roasted maple neck, comfort contoured body, 22 stainless steel frets, all black hardware, and the familiar 3+1 headstock configuration.