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Music Man Pino Palladino Fretless StingRay Bass Guitar in ’79 Burst

Retailing in the region of £3,449.00

Music have impressed us with this New Music Man Pino Palladino Fretless StingRay Bass Guitar in ’79 Burst in Bass, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Bass, additional Bass Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below. The Pino Palladino Signature StingRay Bass captures the iconic tone and feel of one of the most influential bass players of all time. Inspired by Pino’s original 1979 fretless StingRay, this signature model is available in both fretted and fretless versions, each…

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Music have impressed us with this New Music Man Pino Palladino Fretless StingRay Bass Guitar in ’79 Burst in Bass, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Bass, additional Bass Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.

The Pino Palladino Signature StingRay Bass captures the iconic tone and feel of one of the most influential bass players of all time. Inspired by Pino’s original 1979 fretless StingRay, this signature model is available in both fretted and fretless versions, each designed to deliver his unmistakable tone and playability. It features a poplar body finished in ’79 Burst, a dark-tinted maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, and a unique asymmetrical neck carve that mirrors the shape of Pino’s original bass. The custom pickup, built to a late 70s recipe with shorter pole pieces, pairs perfectly with the preamp, voiced to replicate the warmth and character of Pino’s aged circuit. Brass saddles, a GraphTech NuBone nut, and artist series neck plates. Each bass comes in a Mono Case for durability and protection. The fretted model is strung with Pino Signature Smoothie Flats for a rich, thumpy tone, while the fretless version features custom gauge Ernie Ball Slinky Nickel Wound strings for smooth, expressive slides.

Specifications

Body

  • Body: Poplar
  • Body Colour: ’79 Burst
  • Body Finish: Polyester

Neck

  • Material: Maple
  • Colour: Dark Orange Tint
  • Joint: 3-Bolt, Pino Palladino Signature Neck Plate
  • Profile: Unique Assymetric Neck Carve (V bass side to C on treble side)
  • Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.820″
  • Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.970″
  • Truss Rod: Traditional Bullet Nut at Headstock, Walnut Skunk Stripe on back of neck
  • Finish: Polyester
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Radius: 7.5″
  • Inlays: White Dot
  • Side Markers: Black Dots Under Rosewood Fingerboard
  • Finish: Polyester
  • Frets: Unlined Fretless
  • Scale Length: 34″
  • Nut Material: NuBone
  • Nut Width: 1.686″

Hardware

  • Hardware Colour: Chrome
  • Bridge/Tailpiece: Pre-EB Geometry Music Man® Chrome Plated, Steel Bridge Plate with Brass Saddles and Stainless Steel Spring Mutes
  • Pickguard Material: 3 ply Black/White/Black
  • Tuning Machines: Schaller Bass

Electronics

  • Electronics Type: Active Preamp, Passive Pickup
  • Preamp: 9 Volt, 2 EQ preamp with CTS Pots (500K treble pot rather than 1 meg, just like Pino’s) voiced to replicate the tone of Pino’s aged preamp
  • Bridge Pickup: Late 70s StingRay Recipe (Shorter Pole Pieces, flush with cover)
  • Controls: “Volume knob, Treble knob, Bass knob (Set Screws of Control Knobs Face Toward Player at following rotations: Volume Knob – 100%, Treble Knob – 50%, Bass Knob – 50%)”

Miscellaneous

  • Factory Strings: 36w-55w-65w-90w Custom Gauge Ernie Ball Slinky Nickel Wound
  • Case: Mono

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Additional information

Weight 26 kg

About the manufacturer

Music Man

Music Man is an American instrument manufacturer founded in 1974 by Forrest White and Tom Walker, with Leo Fender as a key designer. The company is renowned for its high-quality electric guitars and basses, combining innovative engineering with precision craftsmanship. Music Man instruments are known for their distinctive tone, ergonomic design, and premium components, including the iconic StingRay bass and the versatile Silhouette and Luke guitar models. Built in California, their instruments deliver professional performance and reliability, making them a top choice for discerning musicians across the UK who value playability, tone, and style.

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Bass Guitars

Bass guitars form the backbone of a band’s sound, sitting between rhythm and harmony to give music depth, weight, and movement. Available in electric and acoustic forms, they focus on delivering strong, controlled low frequencies while remaining clear and responsive to playing dynamics. Factors like scale length, string type, and pickup design all influence tone and feel, allowing bass guitars to suit a wide range of styles and techniques. Whether laying down solid grooves or exploring more melodic lines, a good bass guitar anchors the music and brings everything together.

Fretless Bass Guitars

Fretless bass guitars offer a smooth, expressive playing experience by removing frets, allowing notes to glide seamlessly into one another. This design gives greater control over pitch, vibrato, and dynamics, producing a warm, vocal-like tone that’s popular in jazz, fusion, ambient, and experimental music. Without frets to define each note, accuracy and touch become more important, encouraging a more expressive and intentional playing style. Fretless bass guitars reward careful technique with a unique, fluid sound that stands out in a mix.

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Fretless

Fretless instruments have a smooth fingerboard without metal frets, allowing notes to be played by finger placement alone. This design enables continuous pitch variation, subtle slides, and expressive vibrato that are not possible on fretted instruments.

They are most commonly found on bass guitars but also exist in guitars and other stringed instruments. Fretless instruments are valued for their warm, vocal-like tone and expressive feel, making them popular in jazz, fusion, ambient, and experimental styles where nuance and articulation are important.


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