NAMM 2025: Sterling By Music Man – the department of Ernie Ball Music Man which provides extra reasonably priced devices – has launched a spread of latest guitars and basses at NAMM 2025.

Comprising six new fashions in complete – there’s three new electrical guitars and three new basses on supply.

StingRay Plus

Taking the basic StingRay blueprint to “new heights”, the StingRay Plus boasts a roasted maple neck, P-90 pickups with a built-in quantity increase, a colour-matched headstock, modern block inlays, and a selection of both a Black or Seafoam Inexperienced end. The StingRay Plus comes with a price ticket of $599.99.

Axis

Out there in Yucatan Blue or Lava Burst, the Axis “blends type and efficiency”, with a roasted maple neck and fretboard, quilted maple prime, matching headstock, double-locking tremolo system for “rock-solid tuning stability”, twin humbuckers, a single quantity knob and three-way toggle swap. Priced at $649.99.

Sub Collection Cutlass

In 2025, Sterling’s Sub Collection Cutlass acquired a vintage-inspired refresh, with upgraded Alnico pickups and a spread of retro finishes, together with Olympic White, Sherwood Inexperienced and Daphne Blue. It’s powered by an HSS configuration, with single quantity and tone controls and a five-way pickup selector swap. Priced at $349.99.

Bongo

Ernie Ball’s basic Bongo bass mannequin is now out there as an reasonably priced Sterling By Music Man model, that includes a roasted maple neck and modern contoured physique with deep cutaways – for “distinctive consolation and upper-register entry”. It additionally sports activities twin humbuckers, a pickup mix management and a two-band EQ. Out there in each four- and five-string configurations – priced at $699.99 and $779.99, respectively – the Sterling By Music Man Bongo is available in both Firemist Purple Satin or Stealth Black.

Sterling SB14

“The passive powerhouse is again,” so says Sterling By Music Man. Providing a “balanced and dependable sound throughout genres”, the Sterling SB14 options an Alnico V parallel humbucker for “classic heat and dynamic responsiveness”. Out there in a limited-edition Blue Pearl end and priced at $649.99.

DarkRay 5

The priciest providing of the lot at $1,479.99, the five-string DarkRay – designed in collaboration with Darkglass – provides a customized Darkglass two-band lively preamp with three modes – Clear (preamp solely), Alpha (distortion) and Omega (Fuzz) – which might be switched between utilizing the bass’s colour-coded LED ring and three-way selector.

For extra data on these new fashions, head to Sterling By Music Man.