What Year is this Bongo?

[Ronniejackjones]

Anyone have any idea what year this Bongo might be? Seller will not remove pickups and take a picture of the serial.


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[DrKev]

Sorry, that is NOT a Music Man guitar, it's a fake, and bad one too. The body shape and neck/heel joint are horribly wrong, the there should be a neck plate with the serial number on it, and the text on the back of the headstock is also badly wrong.

If this is an online sale, please report the seller as selling a fake instrument.

Have a look at this one for comparison...

Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo 5 HH Piezo Fretless | Reverb

Rare Lined Fretless Model Bongo 5 with HH and optional Piezo pickups.Made in 2008 Used with Some scratches dings and dents Previously owned by a doctor and lawyer here in my hometownweight is just under 10lbs includes original caseStrung with La Bella white tape wound strings.

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[gluvhand]

They even spelled "Division" wrong.

 

[kevins]

The giveaway on fake musicmans is the bridge, the fakes always have a bridge very similar to the SBMM classic bridges. They’ll be way tall with no music man stamp on it

 

[Michael Murphy]

The giveaway on fake musicmans is the bridge, the fakes always have a bridge very similar to the SBMM classic bridges. They’ll be way tall with no music man stamp on it

The pickguard shape is usually very wrong, too, with most of them having that flat bottom (near the bridge).
The overall body shape just "looks" wrong, too, in ways i can't immediately describe, but i can almost always spot it.

 

[kevins]

The pickguard shape is usually very wrong, too, with most of them having that flat bottom (near the bridge).
The overall body shape just "looks" wrong, too, in ways i can't immediately describe, but i can almost always spot it.

Yeah the headstock is always slightly off too, they’re easy to spot, Aliexpress and dhgate tributes to fenders and Gibson are much more convincing. LOL so distracted by that bridge I didn’t realize HOW off the pickguard was