Riffs, Beards, Gear, and StingRays
Known on YouTube through his innovative Riffs, Beards, & Gear channel, Ryan “Fluff” Bruce has long favored Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay guitars. The Limited-edition Signature Fluff StingRay HT represents Fluff’s handpicked spin on the model, boasting a Honduran mahogany body and a Tealy Dan finish available only at Sweetwater. This flexible axe features Ryan’s signature Fishman Fluence humbucker and a Fluence Single Width pickup, providing everything from pristine cleans to brutal blasts of distortion-drenched chug. Next, the roasted flame maple neck’s glassy ebony fingerboard comes equipped with 22 ultra-durable stainless-steel frets in a 10-inch radius, and it’s all bookended by a Modern Classic Hardtail bridge and Schaller locking tuners. From his touring lift to presenting some of YouTube’s best gear demos, Fluff’s played just about every guitar out there — his dedication to Ernie Ball Music Man is truly a testament to the Limited-edition StingRay HT superlative sound and performance.
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Multi-voiced Fishman Fluence H/S pickups
Perhaps more than any other guitarist, gear demo experts require the utmost versatility from their guitars. After all, there’s not much point in showing off a new pedal or amp if your axe is locked into a few limited sounds. For this reason, Fluff designed his Limited-edition Signature Fluff StingRay HT electric guitar with a neck-position Fluence Single Width pickup paired with his signature multi-voice Fishman Fluence humbucker in the bridge. This supremely flexible configuration permits everything from vintage-style cleans to the most modern-sounding metal ferocity, with two distinct voices available on each pickup.
Primed for performance and playability
The StingRay guitar's asymmetrical neck carve is designed around the contour of your hand. It's full and round at the lower strings, which is comfortable for full chording and thins out behind the higher strings for fast and fluid single-note playing. The set of Schaller locking tuners keeps you in tune and the compensated string nut ensures intonation accuracy across the whole length of the fretboard. Ask any guitarist at Sweetwater: Music Man guitars are gig-ready instruments with long-term reliability.
An EBMM classic since the late 1970s
The Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay guitar will be immediately familiar to lovers of the original StingRay guitars of the 1970s. An offset body and 25.5-inch-scale bolt-on neck will be welcome to players who enjoy the snap and attack of this 6-string’s style. Meanwhile, the ultra-reliable Modern Classic Hardtail bridge boosts sustain and enhances the energy transfer between your string and the body. However, the Limited-edition Signature Fluff StingRay HT’s control section takes quite a turn from the traditional with a dead-simple 3-way toggle switch and single push-pull volume knob to swap between Fluence voicings.
Ernie Ball Music Man Limited-edition Signature Fluff StingRay HT Electric Guitar Features:
- Limited-edition Sweetwater-exclusive Ryan “Fluff” Bruce signature model, limited to 25 units
- Lightweight mahogany body offers a warm, midrange-forward response
- Incredibly stable roasted flame maple neck with sculpted neck joint for superior upper-fret access
- Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend finish on the back of the neck supplies a slick, fast feel
- Elegant ebony fingerboard in a 10-inch radius finished off with 22 stainless-steel frets that are all but impervious to play wear
- Melamine 1-5/8-inch nut is compensated for superior intonation
- Multi-voice Signature Fluff Fishman Fluence bridge-position humbucker and Fluence Single Width pickup in an H/S configuration for superior sonic flexibility
- Straight-ahead control scheme of a single push-pull volume knob and a 3-position switch
- Schaller locking tuners make changing strings a breeze
