What Is The Game Changer?

The Ernie Ball Music Man Reflex Guitar and Reflex Bass both feature a unique, patent-pending pickup switching system known as The Game Changer (though they did not always; for a time, we offered them without this system). The name of this system is no exaggeration; it enables players to unlock complete tonal control of their instrument, accessing over 250,000 pickup combinations without having to manually rewire anything (about 9,000 between four coils, and 250,000 for five coils).

In the spirit of ensuring these tonal options are not diluted in any way, the audio signal from both of these instruments remains analog, and is never digitized or modeled in any way. This provides for a completely transparent analog signal path, which will make even the most exacting audio purist smile.

In addition to the options that owners of these instruments have at their disposal, they also have access a website dedicated to users of The Game Changer. Owners can create, save and share their tonal configurations with the rest of the world.

Here’s a breakdown of both instruments that feature The Game Changer system:

The Reflex Guitar

The Reflex guitar has a basswood body with a maple top and mahogany Tone Block. It is finished in black with cream binding, in the following configuration options, all available with matching headstock and either a maple or rosewood fretboard:

• HH with strings-thru-the-body bridge
• HH with strings-thru-the-body bridge and Piezo
• HH with Music Man vintage tremolo bridge
• HH with Music Man vintage tremolo bridge and Piezo
• HSH with strings-thru-the-body bridge
• HSH with strings-thru-the-body bridge and Piezo
• HSH with Music Man vintage tremolo bridge
• HSH with Music Man vintage tremolo bridge and Piezo

The Reflex Bass

The Reflex bass has an ash body with a maple top and mahogany Tone Block. It is available in black with matching headstock and cream binding, with dual humbuckers and either a maple or rosewood fretboard.

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