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03-16-2013, 08:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Well the Bongo Sounds Great.. I have one and LOVE it.. I have never heard of the Kit and it looks kind of odd(fake?) to me.. If your Really interested in this Kit, I would Email the link to MM support and ask them about it...
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03-16-2013, 08:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: East Petersburg PA | | | Probably from the same Chinese counterfeit factory that sells online. If you want a Bongo save your money for a real one. I imagine this is a p.o.s. |
03-16-2013, 08:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New Jersey | | | Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I want it.
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03-16-2013, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Kuroth  Well the Bongo Sounds Great.. I have one and LOVE it.. I have never heard of the Kit and it looks kind of odd(fake?) to me.. If your Really interested in this Kit, I would Email the link to MM support and ask them about it... | All due respect, I don't think mm will have any answers for him as they have nothing to do with this kit.
Who knows, as a project it might be fun. As a bass, I suspect you could spend $199 better elsewhere.
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03-16-2013, 09:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Somewhere in the maritimes. | | | There's plenty of kits like this on the internet... they're not meant to replace the real thing, they're just for fun, and plenty of people on here have had fun with them in the past.
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03-16-2013, 09:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuroth If your Really interested in this Kit, I would Email the link to MM support and ask them about it... | Even better,
Go on the EBMM forum and ask them for some advice about it.
I'm sure they will be very helpful..... 
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03-16-2013, 10:29 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Beach, CA | | I think real Bongo's are active. there's no preamp or battery box in the pic's.
Still could be fun though 
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03-16-2013, 10:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Queens NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuroth I have never heard of the Kit and it looks kind of odd(fake?) to me.. |
It's a bass kit that obviously is supposed to look like a bongo but i woudnt call it fake. It's not as if they're advertising an unassembled and unfinished Musicman Bongo for 200 bucks. |
03-16-2013, 10:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West of Stumptown, USA | | It says nowhere (I only looked for 1 second) that it is a Bongo. It IS, more or less, a copy of an OLP copy of a Bongo. And way overpriced. You can buy better DIY bass kits for less.
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03-16-2013, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Immigrant And stop with the apostrophe abuse! | But then how shall I pluralize thing's? |
03-16-2013, 10:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago North | | | Yeah get in touch with MM, Im sure theyll really encourage you to get this kit
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03-16-2013, 10:57 AM
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03-16-2013, 10:59 AM
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03-16-2013, 02:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New Jersey | | | Ebay DIY bongo bass kit? $199?
Pssst, found the kit here. Anyone have any videos or anything? Stingray on there too.. http://byoguitar.com/Guitars/5-Strin...O-5STRING.aspx
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03-16-2013, 06:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: West of Dallas | | | Man, I would love to get that Les Paul kit and put it together! But, to stay on topic, putting together an instrument can be rewarding and educational. Let's face it, a Precision or Jazz bass is not that complicated and being able to save a few dollars and have the final say in all of the finish details is a pretty cool deal. Same thing for the Bongoish (or is it Bongoesque, or Bogoescent?) kit. If you look on the gallery on the web-site, you can clearly see that one can end up with a truly heirloom quality instrument that could rival anything hanging on a hook at a big box music store.
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03-16-2013, 06:49 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Manchester, NH | | BYOGuitar.com looks pretty cool, and they're local for me too! Man, I wish they had a DIY Rickenfaker!!  |
03-16-2013, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by twocargar BYOGuitar.com looks pretty cool, and they're local for me too! Man, I wish they had a DIY Rickenfaker!! | I would jump on it if someone tried it before!
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03-18-2013, 12:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | some should get one for a review 
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03-18-2013, 12:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hooterville, Arkansas BR549 | | Oh dear Lord...this is most gas inspiring...a Sonic Blue Bongo 5 with a white pearloid pickguard and matching HS...Im getting a bit moist here
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