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MUSIC MAN MAJESTY RED SUNRISE

For 45 years, Music Man has held a most unusual position in the industry. They produce, arguably, the best “all-rounder” bass on the planet (the versatile and still-incredible StingRay) and yet their guitars have struggled for acceptance against more established and significantly less consistent products from Fender and Gibson.

While Fender’s flagship Tele/Strat/P Bass combination has managed to weather various fluctuations in production quality, and Gibson is just now coming out of many years of misdirection in design and manufacturing, Music Man has consistently built guitars of serious quality

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