After checking the Music Man BFR guitars out at NAMM 2020 last year we had to order the coolest ones for our clients. As they say "They're a cut above the rest." Now after a crazy year in the guitar industry these guitars are hitting the streets.
The Ball family is the last of a dying breed, a family business making premium guitars and basses on the California central coast since 1984. Sterling Ball, alongside his sons Brian and Scott, combine the laser precision of robotics and old-world hand craftsmanship to develop innovative instrument designs that push the boundaries of performance and playability.
Limited to only 60 pieces worldwide, this Ernie Ball Music Man Sabre BFR features an exclusive dark translucent blue Okoume body, with a beautiful Coral Blueburst flame maple top. Fabricated with a slender, contoured body and a slightly wider neck (1 11/16” at the nut), the Sabre guitar provides unmatched comfort and playability. Equipped with a rare full rosewood neck, Schaller locking tuners, and Music Man’s super smooth modern tremolo system, this Sabre guitar is truly a finely crafted work of art that will bring hours of playing enjoyment.
Other specifications of the Ernie Ball Music Man Sabre include:
- Size: 12-7/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 38-1/8" long (32.7 cm wide, 4.4 cm thick, 96.8 cm long)
- Scale Length: 25-1/2" (64.8 cm)
- Neck Attachment: 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint
- Strings: 10p-13p-17p-26w-36w-46w (RPS 10 Slinkys #2240)
- Body Wood: African mahogany
- Body Color: Dark Trans Blue
- Top Wood: Flame Maple Billet
- Top Color: Coral Blue Burst
- Body Binding: Natural Wood
- Body Finish: High gloss polyester
- Neck Wood: Rosewood
- Neck Color: Natural
- Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Finish: Oil/wax
- Front Headstock Logo: Silver silkscreen
- Rear Headstock Logo: Silver Silkscreen, Bear no Serial
- Headstock Finish: Natural
- Frets: 22 - High profile, medium width
- Fret Size Height x Width: .047 x .095
- Fret Material: Stainless Steel
- Fret Markers: 1/4" White Dot inlay
- Nut Width: 1-11/16" (43.0 mm)
- Neck Width at Last Fret: 2-1/4" (56.9 mm)
- Neck Radius: 10" (25.4 cm)
- Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.770 inches
- Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.905 inches
- Tuning Machine Type: Schaller M6-IND locking
- Tuning Machine Buttons: Chrome
- Bridge Finish: Chrome
- Bridge Type: Music Man Modern tremolo with crescent cover and vintage bent steel saddles
- Pickup Color: Chrome
- Pickup Cover Material: Metal
- Knob Color: Chrome
- Knob Style: Barrel
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Controls: 500kohm volume and tone - .022uF tone capacitor
- Switching: 5-way lever pickup selector
- Pickups: HH - 2 Music Man custom wound humbucking with chrome covers, Bridge-Alnico 5 magnets, Neck-Ceramic 6 magnet
- Quantity Limited to 60
