Fretless Fans Rejoice!
Ernie Ball Music Man just dropped a killer new tribute to one of the most iconic fretless tones in history—the Pino Palladino StingRay Bass Collection. This release features two Artist Series models (fretted and fretless) plus a seriously limited Icon Series replica of Pino’s legendary 1979 fretless StingRay.
Artist Series: These are built to capture the soul of Pino’s tone and feel, with a poplar body in ’79 Burst, a dark-tinted maple neck, rosewood board, and a custom asymmetrical carve. Under the hood: vintage-style Alnico pickup, hand-wired 2-band preamp (voiced with a 500k treble pot), and Pino’s signature flatwounds (on the fretted version). The fretless model gets custom Slinky nickels.
You also get a MONO case, brass saddles with a string-through bridge, mutes, bullet truss rod, and that slick Artist Series neck plate.
Icon Series: Limited to just 15 worldwide, this is a museum-grade recreation of Pino’s original ’79 fretless. Every detail is dead-on: NOS hardware, custom-wound pickup with Alnico V magnets, aged CTS preamp, nitro finish, and even Pino’s Wales Rugby sticker. Comes with a G&G case and a signed headstock.
Pino said it best: “That bass changed my career.” These new releases celebrate that legacy—right down to the paint chips.
Available now at select EBMM dealers and the Vault. Icon Series will go fast!
