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Ernie Ball Music Man Rabea Massaad Artist Series Sabre | Review | Guitar Interactive Magazine


Does anyone, and I mean anyone, do signature guitars like Music Man do signature guitars? Their commitment to giving the artist what they want in a guitar is second to none, but even the more outlandish designs (like the supercar-inspired Majesty, hyper-futurist Kaizen and the more-pickups-than-thou switching madness of the Morse) are still beautiful, practical and immensely playable. They just seem to get it right every time, and the Rabea Massaad Artist Series Sabre is no exception. Nick Jennison reviews the all new Music Man Rabea Massaad Artist Series ‘BEA’ Sabre

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15 thoughts on “Ernie Ball Music Man Rabea Massaad Artist Series Sabre | Review | Guitar Interactive Magazine

  • Music Man has become totally insane ???? Making a Signature guitar from a totally meaningless and mediocre guitar player ????

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  • Can this guitar handle some heavier stuff ( no lower than drop C) , like some gnarly riffs? Cuz I see Bea only playing lead stuff with this guitar

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  • I just bought this guitar waiting on its delivery!!! 37 years playing and my first MM! Beyond excited! I did just watch a video with him and he said it’s not a signature model, those are a unique shape which he is working on with MM. This is a modified Sabre which makes it’s an Artis series. Either way my SG may be collected dust for the foreseeable future! Great playing and demo.

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  • Beautiful guitar and stunning playing, Nick.

    I’ve been a big fan of Rabea since the Dorje days so seeing him partner with my favourite guitar company is really quite something. I’ll be that guy patiently awaiting the Sterling version though – £4K is too much for me I’m afraid.

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  • I am here to show support and enjoy Nick's playing. That said, I have to point out that the Ball family starved George Fullerton and Leo Fender out of Music Man such that said duo went on to create G&L Guitars: the 4+2 headstock, two-point vibrato bridge, and the Sabre model predate the Ball family. More recently, EBMM's "Game Changer" was taken without consent from PMT's Guitar Max system.

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  • Does the neck feel like it's that much bigger than the standard Sabre? If you like the neck on the standard and ordered this one, would you still be happy with it, or is it that much of a difference that you could not like it?

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  • YOU'RE PLAYING IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, AS ALWAYS! I've never met a music man I didn't like!!!!!!!!!! They are ALL ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR! THEY'RE THE FERRARIS AND LAMBORGHINIS OF GUITARS!!!!!!!!!! I still don't know why, however, that 24 frets is not the standard!!!!!!!!!!

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