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Fender Kingman Acoustic-Electric Bass Guitar  

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A great-sounding acoustic bass that plays as easily as your solid-body electric bass does!

From deep within the cavernous and labyrinthine Research and Development Department down at Fender headquarters, they come up with this totally new take on the acoustic bass guitar—designed for the discerning bassist, yet friendly to guitarists, too. From its Jazz Bass guitar headstock, neck shape, strap button, and machine heads, it feels like home to the electric bassist, but it embodies all the deep and rich tones acoustic players look for. With a solid spruce top, traditional bridge, gold pickguard, and lusciously bound fingerboard with eye-catching block position inlays, this bass is destined to make groundbreaking music!

The Onboard Fishman Aero Active Preamp transfers the natural acoustic bass tone of the Kingman and features the Fishman Sonicore pickup; integrated electronic tuner with LED display; and On/Off switch, volume, bass, mid, treble, phase switch, and low battery indicator light. Operates on a standard 9-volt battery.

Features

  • Model Name: Kingman Bass SCE
  • Model Number: 096-8200-(021)
  • Series: California Series
  • Body Style: Single Cutaway Bass Dreadnought Body
  • Finish: Gloss, (Polyurethane)
  • Top: Solid Spruce
  • Bracing: Special Acoustic Bass "X" Bracing Design
  • Back and Sides: Laminated Mahogany
  • Neck: Maple, Jazz Bass C-Shape with Fender Jazz Bass Headstock
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood with Aged Binding
  • Fingerboard Inlays: Block Position
  • No. of Frets: 20
  • Body Binding: Multi-ply
  • Rosette: Checkerboard
  • Pickguard: Vintage Inspired Gold
  • Bridge: Traditional Rosewood with Compensated Saddle
  • Machine Heads: Standard Open Gear Tuners
  • Electronics: Fishman Aero Active On-Board Preamp
  • Scale Length 34" (863.6 mm)
  • Body Depth: 3-3/16" (Front) to 3-7/8" (Rear)
  • Width at Nut: 1.5" (38 mm)
  • Width at Heel: 2-1/8" (54mm)
  • Other: Factory Mounted Forward Strap Button with Internal Block Reinforcement
  • Strings: D'Addario EXP PBB170 .045 - .100

Own a cool acoustic bass that's a blast to play.

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Good Bass

| Review By: Music Mon487 | 6 months, 3 weeks ago

4 people out of 4 found this review helpful

Features:

Great Fishman Electronics and Tuner

Quality:

arrived in great shape and required little work to get this playing great

Value:

Very good bass, fantastic tone for an acoustic and high quality electronics.

Overall:

If the price on this were a little lower, I would have given this a lot higher points.

With that said it is still a very good value, just not exceptional. The bass plays great and has a very tapered neck with great playability. IT has the lows you might hope for in an acoustic and very high quality output through the piezo.

I highly recommend this against the mid range competitors in the this price point. There are cheaper but few are in this category or have the durability when you slap on some strings.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Rock to Jazz, Blues to Metal
Where you live:
TN

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1092410

Outstanding!

| Review By: Jim Marter | 7 months, 1 week ago

3 people out of 3 found this review helpful

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The Fender Kingman Acoustic Bass has great acoustic sound and downright awesome plugged in!  Far better than my Dean EAB which is horrible plugged in.  Had it for two months, play it every day and love it!  The smaller body and jazz neck make it much easier to play also.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
3 years
Style of music you play:
Rock
Where you live:
Michigan, USA

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1091560

great sound

| Review By: Dean Caldwell | 7 months, 3 weeks ago

3 people out of 3 found this review helpful

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I can find not fault in the guitar.

I have been playing bass for over 40 years and I want to tell everyone that is interested in this bass, how much I enjoy it. It has the best sound from any bass I have every played. I compared it to the current basses I have and the Kingman is superior. It is not as loud acoustically as I would like, but I plug it into my     Fender Rumble and it has a tremendous amplified sound.

Several years ago, I got away from my large amps and became more compact.

I can take the Kingman and the Rumble on     any job and the sound is second to none.

The A string had a buzz in it from the factory, but apparently it was sturng incorrectly and that was fixed quickly by taking it to a guitar setup and the intonation is perfect up and down the neck.

Great price on a great instument.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
45 years professional playing experience
Style of music you play:
Rock,Country, Blues
Where you live:
Arkansas

Did you find this review helpful? yes no958016

groundbreaking

| Review By: Big Dog of the original DOGS | 9 months, 4 days ago

3 people out of 3 found this review helpful

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here you go!! you can jump from your electric bass straight into acustic with out any adjustment ,i just love it i was playing an upright bass to get the sound i needed but with electric jazz style neck and the fishman electronics , i can just jump straight to my fender kingman and get the playability and sound i need .a ground breaking bass fender only could come up with .thank you Big Dog in california
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
50+ years
Style of music you play:
rock to bluegrass and everything inbetween
Where you live:
on the merced river just down from yosmite park

Did you find this review helpful? yes no882937

Sound, Quality, and Playability For Your Money

| Review By: Stan-YJtIh | 1 year, 1 week ago

4 people out of 4 found this review helpful

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No surprises here, you pretty much get what you pay for; a step above some ABG's on the market, a step below some others. Overall a very nice instrument, well worth the price, all in a very attractive package, especially with the pickguard removed. I mostly use mine in an acoustic duet, restrung with GHS black tapewounds. In this guise it produces a mellow, woody thump that nicey compliments accompanying acoustic instruments. Usually run direct through a powered mixer/sound system during live performances, but for acoustic jams I take along a little Ampeg BA110 (30 watts) which makes a great sounding compact package well suited for those situations. As with most any ABG, don't expect it to cut through several acoustic guitars unamplified, especially if you play with your fingers. Buget in a good portable amp and you should be happy. I really like mine.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Most
Where you live:
Alabama

Did you find this review helpful? yes no826164

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