The Ernie Ball Music Man Sabre HT guitar is the newest edition to the ever-growing family of Ernie Ball Music Man instruments. Featuring the familiar shape and feel of the original Sabre, the Sabre HT showcases new custom Music Man pickup technology inspired by over a decade of guitar string research delivering an incredibly dynamic and responsive playing experience. The pickups are able to achieve an ultra-high-output, powerful low-end response while retaining a distinctively clean, clear tone and definition at lower volume levels. The HT (Heat Treated) bridge pickup utilizes patent-pending heat-treated pole pieces with a large ceramic magnet and an overwound coil that gives the pickup higher frequency harmonics and excellent touch sensitivity. The Sabre's custom-wound neck humbucker also features a large ceramic magnet and has been wound specifically to pair with the Sabre's HT bridge pickup. In addition, the electronics package includes a push-push adjustable 20dB boost function and a transparent buffered output for complete tonal consistency wherever your volume control is set. In other respects, the Sabre HT shares many of the original Sabre guitar specifications but also features a contoured Okoume body with a thick book-matched plain or roasted maple top(depending on body color), plain and roasted maple neck options, and 22 stainless steel frets.
Model | Sabre HT |
Size | 12-7/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 38-1/8" long (32.7 cm wide, 4.4 cm thick, 96.8 cm long) |
Body Wood | Okoume with thick figured maple top |
Body Finish | High Gloss Polyester |
Body Bindings | Natural Wood |
Bridge | Music Man® Modern tremolo with crescent cover and vintage bent steel saddles |
Scale Length | 25.5" |
Neck Radius | 10" (25.4 cm) |
Headstock Size | 6-3/8" (16.2 cm) long |
Frets | 22 - High Profile Medium Width |
Neck Width | 1-11/16" (43.0 mm) at nut; 2-1/4" (56.9 mm) at last fret |
Neck Wood | Yucatan Blue & Raspberry - Roasted Figured Maple; Showtime / Snowy Night - Select Maple |
Fingerboard | Yucatan Blue & Raspberry - Roasted Figured Maple; Showtime - Rosewood; Snowy Night - Roasted Flame Maple |
Fret Markers | Dot |
Neck Finish | Yucatan Blue & Raspberry - Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend; Showtime & Snowy Night - High Gloss Polyester |
Neck Colors | Yucatan Blue & Raspberry - Natural; Showtime & Snowy Night - Match body |
Tuning Machines | Schaller M6-IND locking |
Neck Attachment | 5 bolt, scuplpted neck joint |
Electronic Shielding | Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum control cover |
Controls | Volume knob with push/push switch for gain boost, tone knob, 5 way pickup selector switch. |
Switching | 5-way lever pickup selector; Push/push volume pot for boost |
Pickups | Bridge: Music Man® HT Humbucker - Nick: Music Man® Custom Wound Neck Humbucker |
Strings | 10p-13p-17p-26w-36w-46w (RPS 10 Slinkys #2240) |
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