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DarkRay - Man, I went there...
- Thread starter Ant B 2021
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Did you listen to it with headphones or actual speakers? I thought it sounded sweeeeet, can’t imagine MM sending out something that’s not rock solid.
same! I already own an SR5HH special but this got me excited too. Too bad I’m not into 4 strings but still props to MM for keeping things relevant and modern, these DarkRays are gonna be lot of fun. I’ll probably own one down the road haha
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Congrats on the new bass order!
Same sort of thing happened to me during the lockdowns-- spent very little time with it. Then as things began to reopen, my wife got me a new P-bass with flats. I started playing around with different types of flatwound strings, and that's what reignited my enthusiasm. Even put a set of Chromes on my black/maple SR Special 4HH...
The DarkRay would be right up my ally, as I have very little patience for pedalboards. Having the onboard overdrive in an already wonderful sounding bass seems like a great idea.
Really looking forward to your thoughts after it arrives.
Thanks Man - glad to hear you got the mojo back
Glad to hear you're playing again, yet I can't help but to think of this everytime I see that bass.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
That is sharp 
thought about this. In fairness, what else can they do? Every time they try to go outside the box on their instruments, produce anything that was conceived after 1963, they literally get punished. Nobody will touch it. Remember the Dimension bass? Me neither, and I damn sure never considered buying one. So I guess it’s pens or nothing.
MM did the Game changer a few years ago.
And Ibanez did an SR bass with an onboard Kaoss pad, also a few years ago.
And Ibanez did an SR bass with an onboard Kaoss pad, also a few years ago.
This is my first post in a long, long time. The darkray came up on my FB feed and first time Ive been surprised with a bass offering in a long time. I'm am totally impressed with where Ernie Ball is heading with the stringray. They put a quiet a bit of engineering effort in to the special, that was the first major change they have done with the stingray for a long time. This is out of left field and I totally dig the collaboration with Dark glass. One thing I totally love about musicman is even after all these years, the quality is still as good as it ever was. Re the sound, the 'stock' sound still totally sounds like musicman, and from what I hear the colored sounds sound great! Not for everyone I get, but to the op, I'm totally jealous!!!
Yep. Granite stone is a no brainer here for me. That matching headstock? You just can’t pass that up!
Huge Stingray fan and I don't wanna be "that guy," but I am struggling to find a single way in which the signal processing is superior to pedals/blenders/routing utilities. To each his or her own, but I see this as introducing a new problem in an attempt to solve a problem that never existed to begin with. Pretty bass tho.
Might indeed. Might not. Either way not my motivation. Looking forward to it though!
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I wonder why nobody had the idea before, putting a great FX on board of a preamp.
This might be the Game changer in the bass building industry.
I took 5 seconds to catch me. Even if it sounds cheap (no way that this will gonna happen) I want it for the blinking knoby. Hopefully my wife has mercy and allows me to get one of theses nasty things (no way that this will gonna happen, because I have already too many).
This might be the Game changer in the bass building industry.
I took 5 seconds to catch me. Even if it sounds cheap (no way that this will gonna happen) I want it for the blinking knoby. Hopefully my wife has mercy and allows me to get one of theses nasty things (no way that this will gonna happen, because I have already too many).
