Help me pick a bongo bass

[leftybassist]

I am a lefty bass player and I have recently become enamored with the look and sound of the MM Bongo. I think I am going to order one from the factory pretty soon but I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out what color I want to get... The choices I like are: Graphite Pearl, Stealth, Sapphire Black, and Carbon Blue. I'm leaning toward the Sappire Black or Carbon Blue but all of the pictures I have seen vary greatly. They must be hard to photograph. I was wondering if anyone could post some more pictures of those colors. I can't tell if you can see the blue tint in the Sapphire Black or if the Carbon Blue is a very bright blue. Also I think I want a 4 string HH. (Thats what the guy from Porcupine Tree plays) Don't know if anyone can help, but thanks.

P.S. could somebody explain the piezo thing to me.

[Scottgun]

Small world. I'm thinking of getting one and am leaning toward the darker colors as well. Here is a bunch of pics from basscentral: http://www.basscentral.com/musicman/bongo.shtml

I kinda like the egyptian smoke as well.

What about the piezo? They are quartz-driven (I believe) pickups that reside in the bridge that are used to give a more acoustic sound. Probably something good to have on a fretless, but probably optional on the fretted. I don't think it costs that much more to have them, so I would be inclined to get them.

[leftybassist]

Thats a great link man thanks... they even have a few leftys there... hmmm... maybe I won't order from the factory.