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EBMM DarkRay: 5-String now available, plus new finishes

Turns out my Darkray was missing a ground wire from the bridge to the output jack. There's a ground wire going from the bridge to a post screwed into the cavity, and there should be a wire going from there to the output jack. Music Man customer service was great, they offered to pay for shipping back to their factory to fix the bass, but that's the other side of the country from me. They sent me the specs and I sent a pic of the cavity and they figured out the problem. I took it to my local tech and he fixed it in about 2 minutes. Now it's silent just like my other Stingrays.

This bass is awesome, the craftmanship is top notch as always. The 2 band eq gives a unique clean tone from my other Stingrays, can't wait to get this out on a gig.
 
Turns out my Darkray was missing a ground wire from the bridge to the output jack. There's a ground wire going from the bridge to a post screwed into the cavity, and there should be a wire going from there to the output jack. Music Man customer service was great, they offered to pay for shipping back to their factory to fix the bass, but that's the other side of the country from me. They sent me the specs and I sent a pic of the cavity and they figured out the problem. I took it to my local tech and he fixed it in about 2 minutes. Now it's silent just like my other Stingrays.

This bass is awesome, the craftmanship is top notch as always. The 2 band eq gives a unique clean tone from my other Stingrays, can't wait to get this out on a gig.

Right on! Gigged mine Friday. It sounded ripping thru my Trace and Bergantino Rig.
 

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