BASS PARTS RESOURCE BASS BRIDGES: OTHER BASS BRIDGES: OMEGA BADASS STYLE NICKEL 4-STRING BASS BRIDGE: BB-3350-001. Omega bass guitar bridge. High density die-cast Zinc with nickel finish. Chrome finish 4-string Music ManĀ® style bass bridge. Top load or string-through body. String spacing is 2-1/4'(57mm). GOLD 4-STRING MUSIC MAN STYLE. I bought my first Bongo on faith after Sterling Ball had recommended it to me. I wasn't sure if I would like it or not but he told me to try it. It is now my favorite Music Man bass and I now own 4. Absolutely love these basses and if I were to ever buy a 5 or 6 string, it was most certainly be a Bongo.
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categoryBongo | |
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John Myung of Dream Theater playing a Music Man Bongo 5 HS. | |
Manufacturer | Music Man |
Period | 2003-present |
Construction | |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Scale | 34' |
Woods | |
Body | Basswood |
Neck | Select maple neck |
Fretboard | Fretted: Rosewood Fretless: Pau Ferro with or without inlaid fretlines Stealth (optional): Ebony |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Standard: Music Man chrome-plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles Optional: Piezo bridge with nickel-plated brass saddles |
Pickup(s) | Standard: Single Humbucking with Neodymium magnets Optional: Dual Humbucking with Neodymium magnets Optional: Humbucking/Single coil with Neodymium magnets |
Colors available | |
Black, Stealth Black, Tangerine Pearl & Sky Blue |
The Bongo is a model of bass guitar manufactured by Music Man, a division of Ernie Ball. It was first introduced at the NAMM Show on March 21, 2003. Ernie Ball president Sterling Ball designed the instrument in conjunction with the Music Man Research and Development department and BMW's Designworks team. It is equipped with an 18-volt 4-band preamp (except on the single-pickup model, which has a 3-band preamp; single-pickup models with piezo bridges have a 4-band preamp) designed by Dudley Gimpel with help from Cliff Hugo and other Music Man artists. It also sports a sleek, carved basswood body with high-gloss polyester finish and a satin-finish painted 34' scale maple neck with rosewood fingerboard (pau ferro on lined or unlined fretless, ebony on both fretted and fretless 'stealth' basses) featuring 24 high-profile wide frets and crescent moon-shaped position inlays. These basses are generally known for their dual humbucking pickup configuration, as they are the first twin humbucker-equipped models released by Music Man since the introduction of their Sabre and Cutlass bass guitars in the late 1970s.
The Bongo is available with four, five, and since 2008, six strings, fretted and fretless lined or unlined, with neodymium H (single humbucker), HS (bridge humbucker/neck single-coil) and HH (dual humbuckers) pickup configurations. A bridge with piezoelectric pickups is available on all models except left-handed and six-string versions. On all multiple-pickup models there is a blend control rather than the selection switch found on other Music Man basses (piezo models have an additional blend control for the piezo bridge).
The pickup placement on the H model is in the 'sweet spot' that is characteristic of Music Man basses. The placement on the multiple-pickup models, however, differs from all of the company's other basses. Both the bridge and neck pickups are set closer to the bridge, probably in part because of space constraints due to the Bongo's 24-fret neck.
The combination of a relatively lightweight, resonant basswood body, neodymium pickups and 18-volt preamp give the Bongo a distinctive tonal character that is markedly different from other Music Man basses, which have none of these features.
Notable users include Dave LaRue, Cliff Hugo, Tony Levin, John Myung, Colin Edwin, Jari Kainulainen, Philip Bynoe, Greg Christian, Phil Chen, John Pierce, Will Turpin, Jason James, Marcin Novak,[1]Gail Ann Dorsey, Squarepusher and David Mroz.
Gallery[edit]
- Music Man Bongo 5 with dual humbucker pickups
- Headstock of a Bongo 5. Like all Music Man bass guitars, it has a compensated nut.
- Rear view of Bongo 5's headstock
- Neck plate
External links[edit]
- Ernie Ball official homepage
- Bongo page
- Bongo 5 page
- Bongo 6 page
References[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Music_Man_Bongo&oldid=894460699'