John Myung Bongo 4

The John Myung Artist Series Bongo is crafted to John's exacting specifications to be sleek, ultra-modern, and perfectly designed. In a collaboration spanning more than a decade, John and the Ernie Ball Music Man engineering team have refined and enhanced the bass's comfort, playability, and performance to meet the needs of the most demanding players. This includes key features such as a simplified control layout with efficiently pre-specified EQ and a new kill switch to enhance functionality and creative control. A compact and balanced basswood body is paired with a roasted maple neck and a rosewood-and-roasted-maple fretboard in an elegant golden-ratio aesthetic.

Custom Neck

Roasted maple neck with Divided Wood Fretboard

Kill Switch Volume Knob

Volume knob acts as an on/off switch

Stealth Pickup Covers

Neodymium humbucking pickups with black sealed covers

Inspired Design

"While the 6-string is my comfort zone, I missed the physical freedom and generous string spacing of the Music Man 4-string bass. Each song needs to be played on what it was written for to capture its original soul. Returning to a 4-string during our 40th Anniversary Tour for the Images & Words tracks completely restored the musical conviction of those songs live." — John Myung

Golden Ratio Fretboard

Roasted Maple Neck combines a hybrid rosewood and roasted maple fingerboard for a distinct tonality and an elegant aesthetic.

5-Way Rotary Blend Control

Blends both bridge and neck pickups for a variety of tonal options

Original String Spacing

The Bongo 4 features a return to the normal string spacing of the original design. For John Myung, the 4- and 6-string bongos are not interchangeable and equally preserve the musical conviction of the original recordings, translating the music as intended for live performance.

Finest Materials

Meticulously chosen tonewoods are sourced solely from top-tier sustainable suppliers globally. The bodies and necks are crafted from basswood, rosewood, and maple, which are carefully selected and matched for their superior tonal characteristics

Customized Neck Plate

5-bolt attachment with custom John Myung artist series neck plate

Features

• Model : Myung Bongo 4 HH
• Color : JM Green
• Neck : Rosewood/Roasted Maple Divided Wood Fretboard
• Pickguard : Black
• Hardware : Chrome
• Size : 12-3/4" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 46" long (32.4 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 116.9 cm long)
• Body Wood : Basswood
• Body Finish : High Gloss Polyester
• Bridge : Music Man chrome plated, steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles
• Scale Length : 34" (86.4 cm)
• Neck Radius : 11" (27.9 cm)
• Frets : 24 - High Profile, Wide
• Neck Width : 1-5/8" (41.3 mm) at nut 2-9/16" (65.1 mm) at last fret
• Neck Wood : Roasted Maple Neck
• Fingerboard : Rosewood/Roasted Maple Golden Ratio
• Fret Markers : White Half moon inlay
• Neck Finish : Hand-Rubbed Oil and Wax Finish
• Neck Colors : Natural
• Tuning Machines : Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic design
• Truss Rod : Adjustable - no component or string removal
• Neck Attachment : 5-Bolt, Sculpted Neck Joint
• Electronic Shielding : Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum control cover
• Controls : Volume on/off switch; 5 way rotary knob for pickup blend
• Switching : On/off volume switch knob and 5-way pickup blend knob
• Pickups : Dual Humbucking with Neodymium magnets
• Left Handed : No
• Strings : 45w-65w-80w-100w