BONGO for punk?

[Marcus]

If you want a graphite necked bass, go for a Zon, Status, or Modulus.

In any case...

As was said above, you could use a $80 SX bass to play punk just the same as if you use a $1000+ Ernie Ball Music Man. Worry about your technique, rather than what the instrument will provide. If you were looking for some form of recommendation I may suggest getting a used Fender Precision, or even a Mark Hoppus Signature, as most "punk rockers" tend to play Fender instruments with their pickup cranked and their tone maxed out.

 

[thisSNsucks]

I think some of you guys may be getting the wrong idea. I'm not buying a bongo specifically to use in punk. But I want to know that if i get one I could use it for such a thing. It would be fun to play some gigs with my new bass, you know?

 

[bovinehost]

Believe me, Bongos can do anything. The only limitation is in the player.

I tried it out and I thought it gave an amazing variety of tones. Bad tones.

I'm sure that's true, which is why I can't stop selling them and people can't stop buying them, but hey, to each his own.

Jack

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Punk's punk's punk, who cares what bass you use

 

[adouglas]

I tried it out and I thought it gave an amazing variety of tones. Bad tones.

Well, that puts you in a tiny minority. I've seen lots of posts from people who can't get past the looks (I was one, at first, but it grows on you), but yours is the FIRST post I've seen from someone who doesn't like the sound!

To each, etc. Dear Friends, I've played one and Have Seen The Light!

(televangelist)Put yer hand on the television screen and be SAVED! PRAISE the LAWD!(/televangelist)

(choir) O Blinding Light....
O Light that Blinds.....
I cannot see.....
Look out for me.....
(/choir)

(Bonus points if you get the reference...you have to be a geezer like me to understand that last bit)

 

[Futurebass]

Well, that puts you in a tiny minority. I've seen lots of posts from people who can't get past the looks (I was one, at first, but it grows on you), but yours is the FIRST post I've seen from someone who doesn't like the sound!

I didn't think it had a sound, really. It's the kind of bass that's good for someone who plays very lightly and wants the electronics to create most of the sound. When I played it, I thought it was too sensitive and kind of harsh, because I play aggressively. Just not for me, glad you guys like yours. I like my '70's Stingray a lot more although it really only has one sound.

 

[bovinehost]

It's the kind of bass that's good for someone who plays very lightly and wants the electronics to create most of the sound. When I played it, I thought it was too sensitive and kind of harsh, because I play aggressively. Just not for me, glad you guys like yours. I like my '70's Stingray a lot more although it really only has one sound.

I am not known for playing particularly lightly, nor do I imagine that I want the "electronics" to create most of the sound....nor am I exactly sure what that really means.

I'm glad you like your 70s Stingray - seriously. But if I had to choose between the numerous 70s era Stingrays I've owned and one Bongo, any Bongo, any configuration, I'd take the Bongo every time. More than one sound works for me! And "harsh" is about as far from my own personal reality as it gets, but hey, you know what they say about opinions.


Jack

 

[dlloyd]

I didn't think it had a sound, really. It's the kind of bass that's good for someone who plays very lightly and wants the electronics to create most of the sound. When I played it, I thought it was too sensitive and kind of harsh, because I play aggressively.

How were you setting the EQ on the Bongo?

 

[FireAarro]

You may have just had a bad run, Future. I tried out a Bongo in one shop and it sounded pretty much terrible (the strings were really squoinky), but in another it was basically the voice of god. And I play pretty aggressively too.

 

[Futurebass]

You may have just had a bad run, Future. I tried out a Bongo in one shop and it sounded pretty much terrible (the strings were really squoinky), but in another it was basically the voice of god. And I play pretty aggressively too.

Maybe I'll give it another shot. Music stores anyway are a terrible place to try an instrument. Your solo and out of context. They should have a simulated nightclub where a whole band can come in an play and see how the things work in reality.

 

[bovinehost]

They should have a simulated nightclub where a whole band can come in an play and see how the things work in reality.

Wouldn't that be ideal?

 

[adouglas]

They should have a simulated nightclub where a whole band can come in an play and see how the things work in reality.

One of the local dealers in CT used to have something not unlike this. East Coast Music Mall had been housed in a large Quonset Hut/hangar type building. One end was a big elevated stage, behind a curtain. I suppose it was theoretically possible to do what you suggest, but I never saw anyone playing there...not that I went there all that often.

A great idea, though, for any store that has the floor space.

That building is now history, a victim of suburban sprawl...there are condos there now. The store moved to much smaller quarters.

 

[Worshiper]

I tried it out and I thought it gave an amazing variety of tones. Bad tones.

I'd rather have one good tone.

You are entitled to your opinion, even though you are wrong.

 

[Mystic Michael]

Does anyone else think a graphite necked Bongo would be awesome? I think this would go exellently with its futuristic vibe.

I do. And with a phenolic fingerboard too...

MM

 

[Against Will]

No punk would play a Bongo, $1400 is way too much money to spend when a $500 bass will just as well.

My Rig, bass, and strings combined are under $1000, and it works great for me.

It's all in the pick and the fingers.