Yes Music Man might have plundered its back catalogue for inspiration, but this is a superbly built modern guitar that plays like a
TheMusic Man vibrato unit is a twin-pivot proprietary-design that adds a further £55 to the Reflex's retail price. Swing tension of the push-fit, click-in arm can be altered via a grub screw in the chunky inertia block. The latter is now brass for a bit more mid-range colour, while the vintage Fender-style steel saddles have centre-indented
Atthe start of this year, Music Man announced an Indonesian-made Sterling version of the instrument at a third of the price, on review here. The St Vincent, aside from its shape, goes for a Fender-ish recipe with a 648mm (25.5-inch) scale, a trio of pickups and a five-screw bolt-on maple neck on a rather non-Fender mahogany body.
MusicMan is widely considered to be a good guitar company, producing many high-end models. Known for their quality componentry and outstanding quality control, Music Man have been used by leading artists from many genres, like John Petrucci and Luke Akather.