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06-10-2004, 08:51 AM
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which happens to be owned by Sam Ash, and the kid sales person follows me up to the bass department. "Do you have any Bongo basses?", I ask. His response, in a salesmanlike drone, "No. We don't stock them. I hear a lot of bad things about those basses." 
He obviously had no idea who he was talking to. I (who is generally incredibly polite and kind) looked him directly in the eye and said, "Don't waste another ounce of your breath. I am completely and totally obsessed with that bass, I've played them, and I am getting one."
He then said, "Did you ever check out a Sterling, they're really nice basses you know".
My adrenaline flowed. I felt like this guy wanted to first talk badly about, and then try to sell me - my own family. I really felt as if he were trying to tell me about my own mother and father. Do I get the bass geek award yet????
Of course I had to ask him what it was he heard that was bad about the bongo. He said that people say the body is awkward and uncomfortable. I'm sure he heard this from all the people he knows who have them.
I know this dumb-ass stuff has been posted a million times, but when are these salespeople going to learn to listen to a customer before openeing thier dumb mouths. How bout asking me what kind of bass I play? Why I'm interested in a bongo? What I know and don't know about them? Ask a few freaking questions before making assumptions and saying things that make ultra sensitive, egotistical, bass people like myself very upset and angry. |
06-10-2004, 08:56 AM
| | banned | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NYC, LI too | | | That's why I go to Target!
Hey Joe, do they still have that $1400 Alembic w/ the broken neck?
In addition, you should know what to expect from Manny's.
If any... Rudy's or Joey G's is the place to be!
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8/8/04 in Ozone Park..... NYC GTG.... I'll buy ya a Bongo if ya go! |
06-10-2004, 08:57 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | If I said the body looks like a toilet seat... would that help...?  
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06-10-2004, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by BustinJustin 8/8/04 in Ozone Park..... NYC GTG.... I'll buy ya a Bongo if ya go! | uhh....
I'm there. |
06-10-2004, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield If I said the body looks like a toilet seat... would that help...? | That just gets funnier and funnier every time, Bruce...  |
06-10-2004, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve uhh....
I'm there. |
well then your month or so early.
stay right there! |
06-10-2004, 10:49 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Mesa/Boogie - Shop Manager/Tech, SF Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | Just wait until the DB guys come in and put in their two cents. I'm sure KRIS FITZINMYPOCKET and ED FUQUESUPEVERBODY'SNAME will have strong opinions regarding the Bongo. |
06-10-2004, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange Just wait until the DB guys come in and put in their two cents. I'm sure KRIS FITZINMYPOCKET and ED FUQUESUPEVERBODY'SNAME will have strong opinions regarding the Bongo. | I don't think they could care less, to be honest.... 
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06-10-2004, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by BustinJustin That's why I go to Target!
Hey Joe, do they still have that $1400 Alembic w/ the broken neck?
In addition, you should know what to expect from Manny's.
If any... Rudy's or Joey G's is the place to be!
Just a note
8/8/04 in Ozone Park..... NYC GTG.... I'll buy ya a Bongo if ya go! |
Is the alembic 6 string still their?
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06-10-2004, 12:41 PM
|  | Now With More Metal! Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Harte fjord, CT | | I don't know why everyone hates on the Bongo. Most of the hate comes from people who haven't even played one.
I totally love my Sapphire black booty Bongo bass. It will be mine forever. |
06-10-2004, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield I don't think they could care less, to be honest.... | The would have, but somebody moved this out of the DB forum into the BG forum before they got in on it. Oh, well. |
06-10-2004, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WillPlay4Food I don't know why everyone hates on the Bongo. Most of the hate comes from people who haven't even played one.
I totally love my Sapphire black booty Bongo bass. It will be mine forever. |
I love your Bongo also  And yes I played it 
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06-10-2004, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Funkster I love your Bongo also And yes I played it | Once you got past the looks you realized that WillPlay's bongo sounds huge! Really sweet tone.
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06-10-2004, 03:18 PM
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06-10-2004, 03:44 PM
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Next time, you bring the bongo, and I'll bring the Charmin...
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06-11-2004, 04:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | Joe, does this mean you've robbed a bank or had an unexpected lottery win?
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06-11-2004, 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Petebass Joe, does this mean you've robbed a bank or had an unexpected lottery win? | no. just trying to tease myself. thankfully, only guitar center carries them around here, and there aren't any too close to me.
didn't see any alembics, BUT, saw a couple of basses that were 2 to 5000 dollars. foderas and yamahas. picked a couple up, put em right back down. then picked up stingrays and sterlings. MM basses are my basses. nothing can beat them IMO. feel, sound, price. i've a feeling i've found my bass manufacturer for life. |
06-11-2004, 04:40 AM
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He obviously had no idea who he was talking to.
| LOL!
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06-11-2004, 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve ...... MM basses are my basses. nothing can beat them IMO. feel, sound, price. i've a feeling i've found my bass manufacturer for life. | Ditto. And it's so feels so darn good knowing the search has ended.
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06-11-2004, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by SMASH I played one today. Blue one. It didn't look so bad except for that horrid pickguard (I'm convinced that's the major problem visually with these). Didn't plug it in, but I managed to pick it up and start to noodle a bit on it.
As I did so, a Kubiki fell from a perch onto me. Good thing those only weigh a couple pounds.
I took this as a very bad sign and put both basses back. Few things look uglier to my eyes than a Kubiki - this one was pink to boot  - and if God sends one crashing down on me for merely holding a Bongo, it's enough for me to know it isn't meant for me.
At least I (almost) tried. | Yeah, omens like that are bad. I was supposed to get my first haircut in six months yesterday, but the shop burned to the ground on Saturday. So, no haircut for me. 
Maybe the Kubiki got jealous--it knows that you currently hold the Bongo in low regard, and it knew if you played it, you'd be firmly in the Bongo camp. The Kubiki wants you all for itself, SMASH. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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