Music Man StingRay Tim Commerford Signature Basses

The common features of the versions with the classic 34-inch scale length and the more compact 30-inch versions are ash bodies; necks made of select "baked maple" attached to the body with five screws' fingerboards made of rosewood, maple, or ebony (depending on the specific model and its color) with a radius of 11 inches; 22 jumbo stainless steel frets; and a nut compensated by 38.1 or 42.9 mm respectively.

Also identical is the company's proprietary headstock with a steel base, string anchoring through the body, nickel-plated saddles and adjustable damping pads. Tuning is provided by lightweight Music Man tuning machines with large three-blade tuning keys plus height-calibrated shafts, and there's a round AD string tree. The typically oval three-ply pickguard houses a vertically adjustable finger rest in addition to a humbucker with neodymium magnets.

In the case of passive versions, the pickup is controlled by a volume potentiometer (500 kOhm), a tone pot (100 kOhm / 0.1uf), and a rotary switch selecting between series and parallel coils or single coil mode. The volume control also features a push-pull switch to turn on the gain boost. Instruments with active electronics, powered by a pair of 9V batteries, offer a volume control complemented by three-band EQ.

Signature Music Man StingRay Tim Commerford basses are produced in a limited edition of 50 of each model, the body is covered in a durable polyester lacquer, while the necks carry a satin finish achieved by oiling and subsequent waxing. The official European price has been set consistently around the €2,650 mark, including the hard case.

MM StingRay Tim Commerford Passive Short Scale: Vintage Sunburst, rosewood fingerboard
MM StingRay Tim Commerford Active Short Scale: Natural Gloss, maple fingerboard
MM StingRay Tim Commerford Passive Full Scale: Natural Gloss, ebony fingerboard
MM StingRay Tim Commerford Active Full Scale: Black, maple fingerboard