Ernie Ball Music Man Expands the Albert Lee Line With HSS and 75-Piece BFR Models
A new HSS production model broadens the angular signature guitar’s range, while the Malibu Burst BFR pairs an okoume body and figured maple top with Axis-spec DiMarzio humbuckers.
Oct 9, 2026
Credit: Ernie Ball Music Man / Premier Guitar (via source)
Ernie Ball Music Man has expanded its Albert Lee signature family in two directions. The new Albert Lee HSS combines the model’s distinctive body shape with a humbucker-and-two-single-coil layout and arrives in Honey Burst, Firemist Silver and Cosmos finishes at $3,299.
The parallel Ball Family Reserve Albert Lee HH in Malibu Burst is limited to 75 instruments worldwide. It uses a figured maple top over an okoume body, a roasted figured maple neck and fretboard, white pearl Atlante block inlays and a pair of custom-wound DiMarzio humbuckers also used in the Axis. A five-way selector, vintage Music Man tremolo, locking Schaller tuners and a signed tremolo plate complete the specification.
The BFR model is priced at $3,799 and includes a numbered certificate of authenticity. Together, the releases give Albert Lee’s long-running signature shape both a broadly flexible HSS option and a tightly limited collector-grade counterpart.
Credit: Ernie Ball
Why it matters
The launch adds the first HSS configuration to one of Music Man’s longest-running signature designs while using a 75-piece BFR run to push the same platform into limited-edition territory.
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