Ernie Ball Music Man BFR Valentine Guitar, Custom Baby Blue, Roasted Flame Maple Neck - G89258

• Ernie Ball Music Man Ball Family Reserve Valentine
  
• Custom Baby Blue Finish
  
• Ash Body
• Roasted Flame Maple Neck - satin finish
• Rosewood Fretboard w/ White Binding and White Pearl Block Inlays
• 22 High Profile Medium Width Stainless Steel Frets
• 10" Fretboard Radius
• 25.5" Scale Length
• 1.62" Nut
• Music Man Custom Wound Single-Coil (bridge) and Humbucker (neck) Pickups
• 3-Way Pickup Selector Switch
• Music Man Active Preamp - push/push volume for gain boost, push/push tone for split pickup configurations
• Music Man Modern Hardtail Bridge w/ Vintage Bent Steel Saddles
• Schaller M6-IND Locking Tuners with Pearl Buttons
• Chrome Hardware and Pickup Covers
• Graphite Acrylic Resin Coated Body Cavity and Aluminum Lined Control Cover
• 3-Ply White Pickguard
• Autographed Control Cavity Cover
• Limited Edition # 50 out of 68 Made
• Molded Plastic Music Man Hardshell Case
• Instrument Weight: 6.9 lbs
• Serial Number: G89258
  

Music Store Live is proud to present this Music Man Ball Family Reserve Valentine! The beautiful baby blue finish and gorgeous flame roasted maple neck really set this off and give it a gorgeous aesthetic to go along with the killer tone and ease of playability. Only 68 of these were built for worldwide distribution.

James Valentine's signature guitar is a simple one, on the surface, but has some really cool features hidden under the hood. For starters, if you quickly look at this guitar you'll think that it's a double-humbucker guitar. But you'd be wrong. That bridge pickup is actually a single-coil guitar. So you've got a humbucker in the neck position and a single-coil pickup in the bridge. The neck humbucker can be split to get a traditional T-style sound with a bit more edge. In full humbucking mode the neck pickup is rich, warm, full of harmonic content, and can deliver some really meaty and creamy lead tones as well as some fuller rhythm sounds.

Music Man managed to add some nice versatility to this guitar without overcomplicating the design. There is an on-board pre-amp and if you push on the volume knob, it'll give you about a 20 dB boost. When playing clean, this can be a nice way to kick your volume up for a solo section or something like that. But when playing with some distortion, you won't notice a volume boost so much as you'll notice a gain boost. The guitar will hit your pedals or your amp a bit harder and it's like you were able to turn up the gain knob on your amp without ever having to turn around! Then on the tone knob there's a push/push button that allows you to split the neck pickup.

Without giving you too many options that you don't need, and bells and whistles that you'll never use, Music Man has found a way to honor a traditional guitar and a traditional sound, while incorporating some cool new technology and modern playability and craftsmanship. And you know since it's a Music Man BFR guitar that this one will be a cut above the rest. Made by some of Music Man's finest luthiers, the BFR guitars are only available in very limited quantities as only 68 of these were made for worldwide distribution. These are all autographed by Mr. Valentine, himself.

Limited to just 68 pieces worldwide, this BFR Valentine features custom Baby Blue finish. White pearl block inlays adorn a rosewood fretboard atop a roasted and premium figured maple neck. This guitar is also outfitted with a matching headstock and white neck binding, both features not offered on standard models. Each Baby Blue Valentine is autographed by James Valentine, includes a numbered certificate of authenticity and hardshell case.

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