Now, this is what I call a real custom shop!

[songwriter21]

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Custom Design Experience | Ernie Ball Music Man
Now, this is what I call a real custom shop!

Seriously, they even offer an option for different colored people pieces.

It's neat, but not a real custom shop. You want options? Marusyczyk's configurator is very impressive, and has waaaaay more flexibility. I've killed LOTS of time creating on there.

Want full/real custom? ESP Japan or Schecter USA will build anything, not just a pre-fab models.

 

[groooooove]

EBMM is very good at giving us what we really want.

they're probably for my money the biggest company still providing worthwhile quality for the money. in user experience and instrument quality.

 

[mikewalker]

No SHORT SCALE OPTION???? Maybe next year....

 

[Snert]

Now, this is what I call a real custom shop!

Nope. Really generic and limited.

 

[Rumblefisher]

2 band eq
HS
Bongo bass
Pickguard delete

Just a few options I'd like to see

there are a ton of good ones though!!

 

[jd56hawk]

Nope. Really generic and limited.

Compared to Fender's custom shop , it's much better.

 

[murmur70]

Why is the neck grain going the wrong direction on these renders?

 

[Snert]

Compared to Fender's custom shop , it's much better.

A very low bar.

 

[80jazz]

2 band eq
HS
Bongo bass
Pickguard delete

Just a few options I'd like to see

there are a ton of good ones though!!

I would also like a bongo body shape option.

 

[cnltb]

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Custom Design Experience | Ernie Ball Music Man
Now, this is what I call a real custom shop!

Seriously, they even offer an option for different colored people pieces.

Is there a passive option?

 

[J Wilson]

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Custom Design Experience | Ernie Ball Music Man
Now, this is what I call a real custom shop!

Seriously, they even offer an option for different colored people pieces.

OMG, I can't un-see it . . . yikes.

WHO thought any custom colors (besides this . . . . ) with a toast brown neck sticking out of it looks good? Are they sniffing lacquer in the booth? That's dreadful.

 

[Chickenwheels]

I'll take a '78 reissue, 4kg, in Inca Silver!
As a fan of the early '90s SR5, I had a little fun with this. Uh-oh…
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[Chickenwheels]

 

[logdrum]

Not really a custom shop. More like a limited paint palette custom shop. For me who does not care about colors, it's the only way to get a fretless EBMM. SR I put in the order for the cheapest option possible and it is still expensive but honestly not that much compared to an American Ultra Jazz . Well ~400 more

 

[factory presets]

Of course, I'd have to sell a few basses but I'm thinking that shouldn't be a problem.

Be easier than selling that one for sure.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Not really a custom shop. More like a limited paint palette custom shop. For me who does not care about colors, it's the only way to get a fretless EBMM. SR I put in the order for the cheapest option possible and it is still expensive but honestly not that much compared to an American Ultra Jazz . Well ~400 more

yeah their prices have gotten out of control. In the 90s I bought a brand new SingRay for $749

 

[Nebadon2000]

yeah their prices have gotten out of control. In the 90s I bought a brand new SingRay for $749

In the 70's I bought a Brand New Fender Precision for $250; What's your point

 

[Smooth_bass88]

In the 70's I bought a Brand New Fender Precision for $250; What's your point

$750 in the 90s is equivalent to about $1670 in 2024 dollars. brand new StingRays are north of $2500. That Stings!!

 

[ardgedee]

yeah their prices have gotten out of control. In the 90s I bought a brand new SingRay for $749

I analyzed Fender's MSRP for basses from the early 60s through the 2010s. When adjusted for inflation prices dropped at a pretty steady rate, bottoming out in the mid- or late-2010s before rising slightly. They're still below prices from 20 years ago or more.

I suspect doing something similar for MusicMan would yield similar results. It wouldn't be easy because scans of old price sheets for MM and EBMM are not floating around online the way Fender's are.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

I analyzed Fender's MSRP for basses from the early 60s through the 2010s. When adjusted for inflation prices dropped at a pretty steady rate, bottoming out in the mid- or late-2010s before rising slightly. They're still below prices from 20 years ago or more.

I suspect doing something similar for MusicMan would yield similar results. It wouldn't be easy because scans of old price sheets for MM and EBMM are not floating around online the way Fender's are.

You'd have to go by memory. Like, for example, I bought a brand new StingRay 5 from basscentral.com in the early 2000s for a little over a grand.