Editing Michael Manring (section)

==Equipment==
Manring plays a custom bass by [[Zon Guitars]], called the Hyperbass, a very flexible instrument, which was developed by Joseph Zon and Manring.<ref>[http://www.zonguitars.com/zonguitars/Hyperbass.html ''Hyperbass'', website of ''Zon Guitars''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110051622/http://www.zonguitars.com/zonguitars/hyperbass.html |date=November 10, 2004 }} Accessed on November 24, 2007.</ref> Special tuning pegs and a special bridge allow instantaneous tuning change of single strings as well as of all strings simultaneously by the action of several tiny levers, a system like that of the [[TransTrem]] guitar. The development of this special model was caused by Manring's use of open tunings. When Manring began changing tunings during pieces by turning the pegs while playing,<ref name="AP-Interview"/> he soon realized the limitations of this approach. First he tried to overcome these limitations by changing a normal Music Man Sting Ray Bass, but then began to develop the Hyperbass with Zon. The Hyperbass has Bartolini [[Pickup (music technology)|pickups]] for every string and four Fishman [[transducer]]s for the body signals of the instruments.

Apart from the Hyperbass, Manring uses a whole fleet of instruments. A listing at his website gives the following models:<ref>[http://www.manthing.com/tunings.htm Michael Manring's tunings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119170221/http://www.manthing.com/tunings.htm |date=January 19, 2008 }}. Accessed on November 22, 2007.</ref>

* Zon Legacy Elite Special fretless, aka "Bub"
* Homemade Jazz Bass–style fretless
* Zon Michael Manring Hyperbass
* Zon Custom Fretless, aka "Junior" or "Son of Bub"
* Larrivee 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar
* MusicMan Stingray fretless
* Paroutaud Music Laboratories 5-string fretless ''Infinite Sustain'' prototype
* PRS fretless
* Riverhead Unicorn fretless
* Riverhead Unicorn fretted bass
* Zon prototype headless fretted bass, aka "Vinny"
* Zon Legacy Elite 6-string fretless
* Zon prototype Legacy 10-string bass (5 x 2).

Manring uses [[Markbass]] amplifiers and EBow/PlusBow.