{"id":535,"date":"2012-03-27T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T16:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=535"},"modified":"2013-10-21T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T17:58:06","slug":"signature-stambaugh-strings-from-curt-mangan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/hardware\/signature-stambaugh-strings-from-curt-mangan.html","title":{"rendered":"Signature Stambaugh strings from Curt Mangan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/CMSMD.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-639\" title=\"Curt Mangan Stambaugh Musical Designs Strings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/CMSMD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/CMSMD.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/CMSMD-347x150.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stambaughdesigns.com\/\">Stambaugh Musical Designs<\/a> is known for the entirely handcrafted quality guitars they produce from their New Hampshire workshop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtmangan.com\/\">Curt Mangan<\/a> takes equal care and has a similar hands on approach in their production of strings at their Cortez, Colorado factory.<\/p>\n<p>Could the two be a more perfect match for collaboration?<\/p>\n<p>The artisan companies worked together and the result is a signature line of Curt Mangan strings perfectly suited for Stambaugh basses.<\/p>\n<p>Indicative of both companies&#8217; custom\u00a0approach, the <strong><a title=\"Curt Mangan Strings from Best Bass Gear\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/curt-mangan-strings.htm\">Stambaugh Musical Designs Signature Series from Curt Mangan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0features every variation of strings you could need. So whether you&#8217;re slinging on a standard 4-string bass, a 6-string with a high F, or a 10-string sporting a low F#, they&#8217;ve got a set for you.<\/p>\n<p>For over 15 years Chris Stambaugh, owner and operator of SMD, has been crafting custom guitars and basses. At SMD they pride themselves on their direct communication and interaction with customers, allowing them to create custom instruments precisely to the customers desires.<\/p>\n<p>Curt Mangan worked at Ernie Ball for 18 years before venturing off on his own to create Curt Mangan Strings in 2004. For almost a decade they&#8217;ve been <a title=\"Curt Mangan Factory Tour\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=92qt-e3fr_Y\">using quality materials and expert craftsmanship to create the best strings possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sets from the Stambaugh Musical Designs Signature Series from Curt Mangan are <a title=\"Curt Mangan Strings from Best Bass Gear\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/curt-mangan-strings.htm\">available for order today from Best Bass Gear<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stambaugh Musical Designs teams with Curt Mangan to create a series of strings perfect for SMD&#8217;s custom made basses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}