Sapphire Black dual humbucker with piezo five string Bongo made 10/26/04
F10864 is the serial number
Bongo 5HHp for short
This is a dual humbucking + piezo five string bass with a four band eq. It is in Saphire Black (black with color changing properties depending on lighting and angle) and will come with pearl white pickguard and an extra black ice pickguard. It is an amazing bass but I'm looking for something more traditional at the moment.
New preamp installed ($145) from the factory and setup (I bought used and there was hum/hiss from the old preamp). Strung with Ernie ball roundwound slinkies.
Disclaimers
1) There are a few nicks which I've tried to show (headstock and by bridge strap button). Sapphire Black is a great color in that a black sharpie hides scratches to the headstock (which go through the paint) very well. The flash highlights them wayyyyy more than you would see. I will add that I haven't added any nicks/cuts to this during my ownership
2) The case came with a 1.5" diameter hole in the black plastic that I covered with a Musicman sticker
3) I don't know how, but I created a cut in the case that I repaired with crazy glue
4) I would like to recoup the $145 as I just had the preamp installed last week
I'm interested to see what is available in terms of trades but here's what I'm really looking for
Five string light weight jazz basses with nice preamps (EMG, Bartolini, Audere, etc). Fretless with lines would be nice. I'm in no rush as this is a fantastic bass, I can wait for the right trade or sale.
As far as outright sale… let's say $1250 shipped to lower 48.
pics:
http://s701.photobucket.com/albums/w...Bongo%20Trade/ 
