Sold - please lock - Musicman Bongo Stealth 4H £900

[Alfie Noakes]

I’m sticking with my Jazz bass, so this has to go. It’s a 2009 Musicman Bongo Stealth 4H with rosewood fingerboard, in vgc, with original case. The case is in reasonable condition. I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. Weight is 4.2 kilos. No trades, will ship at your risk/cost, but prefer collection from near J2, M42 i.e. Bromsgrove / Worcester area. Cone and try it out if you want.

Edited March 7, 2019 by Alfie Noakes

[sunfish]

Lovely bass. Whats the weight, please?

[Alfie Noakes]

Oops - 4.2 kilos. Advert updated accordingly.

[smokyflipps]

Lush, is that pickup more central than on the Stingray's?

[WinterMute]

No, about the same from the bridge, but the 2 octave neck makes it look a bit different.

[Alfie Noakes]

Thanks, WinterMute.

[petecarlton]

Just feckin' beautiful! If only... (sigh)... 

[sprocketflup]

What are the necks like on these basses? Nut width?

[Alfie Noakes]

Sorry, just spotted the neck question.

Officially, it’s 34” long, radius of 11”, 44.5mm wide at the nut. Yup, a mix of imperial and metric - sorry.

IMHO, it feels like a modern P bass neck i.e. slimmer than the old Ps, but not quite a Jazz. Again, my opinion. 

Hope this helps.

[smokyflipps]

Do you get the option of a rosewood or ebony neck on the stealth?

[Alfie Noakes]

It was second hand when I bought it, so there were no options (other than buy it or don’t buy it). I believe it’s an ebony fingerboard as per the fretted Stealth spec in this link:

https://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/bongo-4

Does this help?

[fretmeister]

12 hours ago, Alfie Noakes said:

Sorry, just spotted the neck question.

Officially, it’s 34” long, radius of 11”, 44.5mm wide at the nut. Yup, a mix of imperial and metric - sorry.

IMHO, it feels like a modern P bass neck i.e. slimmer than the old Ps, but not quite a Jazz. Again, my opinion. 

Hope this helps.

Nut is 41.3mm.

 

The 44.5mm is for the 5 string

[Alfie Noakes]

Thanks - it was cribbed from the Bass Direct ad that I used to buy it!!

 

[Alfie Noakes]

I’ll be close to Oxford on Sunday afternoon if there’s anyone down that way that wants to try it out. PM me, and I’ll bring it with me.