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50th Anniversary StingRay

A limited-edition StingRay marking 50 years of the model, with the single humbucker and three-band active preamp the design is known for.

Watch

Guitar Center's NAMM 2026 clip covers the 50th Anniversary StingRay, and Ernie Ball's own video introduces the model.

Why it matters

Ernie Ball Music Man showed the 50th Anniversary StingRay at NAMM 2026 to mark five decades of the model. The recipe is unchanged: one humbucking pickup into a three-band active preamp, here on a poplar body with a maple neck and an ebony fingerboard. The Molten Gold finish is specific to this limited edition. It is listed at $3,399 as of September 2026.

Note

Ernie Ball Music Man's limited-edition 50th anniversary StingRay celebrates five decades of the model, shown at NAMM 2026. It keeps the classic single-humbucker, active-EQ recipe in a Molten Gold finish.

Specifications

• poplar body
• maple neck
• ebony fingerboard
• 1 humbucking pickup
• 3-band active preamp
• limited-edition Molten Gold finish

Before you buy

• $3,399 as of September 2026
• limited edition in a single finish, so stock will not be replenished
• the active preamp runs on a battery, which is a running cost to plan for

Sources

• sweetwater.com