Hold - Ernie Ball Music Man BFR Bongo 5 HH - Crescendo #18/66

The BFR Bongo 5 Crescendo is a basswood body 5 string bass with dual humbucking pickups in an exclusive all-white sparkle finish. The Roasted flame-maple neck and fingerboard is outfitted with 24 nickel frets and comes standard without fretboard inlays.  This special edition BFR Bongo 5 is beautifully accented with gold-plated hardware, gold pickup pole pieces, black control knobs and comes without a pickguard to provide a cleaner, simplified look. The Bongo comes standard with an 18-volt 4 Band Preamp, matching painted headstock, and is limited to just 66 pieces worldwide.

The Ball family is the last of a dying breed, a family business making premium guitars and basses on the California central coast since 1984. Sterling Ball, alongside his sons Brian and Scott, combine the laser precision of robotics and old-world hand craftsmanship to develop innovative instrument designs that push the boundaries of performance and playability.

Other specifications include:

• Size: 12-3/4" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 47-5/8" long (32.4 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 121.0 cm long)
• Scale Length: 34" (86.4 cm)
• Neck Attachment: 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint
• Strings: 46w-65w-80w-100w-130w (Regular Slinky Bass #2836)
• Body Wood: Basswood
• Body Color: Crescendo
• Body Finish: High gloss polyester
• Neck Wood: Maple
• Neck Color: White Sparkle
• Neck Finish: High gloss polyester
• Fingerboard Wood: Roasted Birdseye Maple
• Neck Buffed: Yes
• Headstock Buffed: Yes
• Headstock Color: Crescendo
• Frets: 24 - High profile, wide
• Fret Material: Nickel Silver
• Nut Width: 1-3/4" (44.5 mm)
• Neck Width at last Fret: 2-13/16" (71.4 mm)
• Neck Radius: 11" (27.9 cm)
• Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.830 inches
• Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.935 inches
• Tuning Machine type: Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design
• Tuning Machine Buttons: Gold
• Bridge type: Standard - Music Man gold plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles; Optional - Piezo bridge with gold plated brass saddles
• Pickup Color: White
• Hardware Finish: Gold
• Controls: Dual Pickup, 4-band active preamp; vol, bridge/neck pickup balance, treble, high-mid, low-mid, bass
• Switching: Pickup blend knob
• Pickups: Dual Humbucking with Neodymium magnets with gold pole pieces
• Quantity Limited to 66
• UPC 749699109761             
• Part Number 162-25-12-00-CS-G1
• Case SKB Hardshell Case
• 8 lbs 15 oz
• F88158

For more information about the Ernie Ball Music Man BFR Bongo 5 HH, please contact us.

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