{"id":530,"date":"2017-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=530"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","slug":"bass-of-the-week-ernie-ball-music-man-bongo-4-hh","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-ernie-ball-music-man-bongo-4-hh","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo 4 HH"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week we\u2019re checking out the Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo 4 HH, a bass they describe as \u201cwell balanced, comfortable, resonant and expressive with effortless playability.\u201d The Bongo was introduced in 2003 with a modern double cutaway body design that complements the flagship StingRay model. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s built with a basswood body in six color options: Black, Tangerine Pearl, Sky Blue, Firemist Purple, Firemist Gold, and Stealth Black. The Bongo\u2019s maple neck is topped with a rosewood fingerboard featuring 24 frets marked with custom half-moon inlays. <\/p>\n

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While the bass can be ordered with a few pickup options, the HH version is fitted with a pair of humbuckers with neodymium magnets and an 18V active preamp with a 4-band EQ. Check out how it sounds with this demo by Vulfpeck\u2019s Joe Dart:<\/p>\n

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This week we\u2019re checking out the Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo 4 HH, a bass they describe as \u201cwell balanced, comfortable, resonant and expressive with effortless playability.\u201d The Bongo was introduced in 2003 with a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1656,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-530","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}