{"id":218,"date":"2023-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=218"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","slug":"bass-of-the-week-john-jowitts-bogart-bass-sport-iv","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-john-jowitts-bogart-bass-sport-iv","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: John Jowitt\u2019s Bogart Bass Sport IV"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bassist and pillar of the prog rock community John Jowitt<\/strong> wrote in to share his new Bogart bass, and we\u2019re sure glad he did. This Sport IV model marks his seventh Bogart bass since meeting luthier Stefan Hess back in 1996. The bassist will use it with his band Rain and gigs with Tim Bowness and Drifting Sun. <\/p>\n

\u201cBogart basses are unusual, featuring carbon necks and foam and glass fiber\/epoxy bodies \u2013 the body now includes aluminum, but they\u2019ve always sounded great, both live and recorded, getting lots of compliments,\u201d Jowitt shares. \u201cThis one is different, as I asked Stefan to add a Darkglass Tone Capsule pre-amp; as Stefan says, \u2018it makes it more Precision bass-like in terms of its sound,\u2019 but as ever, it really cuts through and responds to one\u2019s technique. And it looks even better in the flesh!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hess adds that the body is based on the Karl Clews Signature \u201cSilver Surfer\u201d bass. \u201cI added the aluminum to get more punch and clarity in the low mid and mid area. So this works perfectly together with the Tone Capsule preamp,\u201d he explains. <\/p>\n

Other features include a hand-laminated carbon neck filled with Resofoam, a rosewood fretboard, a Bartolini MMC humbucker, and ETS hardware. <\/p>\n

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