Bongo GAS.

[Tommygunn]

I'm gassing for a Musicman bongo. I've only played one once, but I don't remember much. I searched a bit and they look good. I don't like the colors they come in now really but I could deal with it. What do they go for used? And of course, post pics and stories of why you love your Bongo.

Thanks

 

[bommer]

i have major GAS for a Stealth Bongo HH.

 

[Time Consumer]

Lol, I was just saying how I love the bongo tone in another thread, you wanna hear some nice bongo listen to nonpoint.

 

[A-Step-Towards]

Swap your sterling for one.

 

[Tommygunn]

I've honestly thought of doing that but I don't think I can. I have too many bumps and bruises I've put into it and it was a gift. I'll regret getting rid of it.

 

[EagleMoon]

You've only played one once, and you don't remember much? Doesn't sound like you were overwhelmed.

 

[5string5fingers]

I'm gassing for a Musicman bongo. I've only played one once, but I don't remember much. I searched a bit and they look good. I don't like the colors they come in now really but I could deal with it. What do they go for used? And of course, post pics and stories of why you love your Bongo.

Thanks

at least for now,then you'll have a thread after you get one complaining about the color and how it looks like it belongs in your bathroom.

Eaglemoon is right. If the bass didnt leave a huge impression on you,then don't bother,those are expensive basses,even used,no reason to waste money on it,ESPECIALLY if there are things you don't like about it.

 

[EagleMoon]

Hey 5string, what's the color called that's on the P in your avatar? That's awesome!

 

[5string5fingers]

Hey 5string, what's the color called that's on the P in your avatar? That's awesome!

Thanks! It's a bass I've been working on,I have a thread goin about it. The color is called Lime Ice.

 

[EagleMoon]

Thanks! It's a bass I've been working on,I have a thread goin about it. The color is called Lime Ice.

Got a link to the thread?

 

[5string5fingers]

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=657483

/hijack

 

[TolerancEJ]

I've never tried one and I'm GASing for a MusicMan Bongo HH 6 in Sapphire Black with the Moonstone pickguard. It is among the top 3 of my wishlist.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

post pics and stories of why you love your Bongo.

Thanks

This is just an example of why I love my EBMM Bongo so much. It's such a tone monster! (YMMV of course, but I feel it that way )

 

[TheKingOfPain]

I tried a few days ago a Bongo 6er fretless (unlined) HH with piezo bridge. Just a word: versatility.

 

[Seidell]

::cough:: I'm selling 2 bongos....not cause I don't love em'. They are some of the best basses I've ever played....just need money lol the economy fails

ice blue
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=673831

stealth
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=677197

 

[LDonnie]

I had a 5HH once. Didn't do much for me after some while of owning it. I always tried to dial in some sort of StingRay tone, though I already had a StingRay . Away it went.

 

[Frohman]

My GAS has led to me ordering one, Candy red HH, black pickguard, and selling my P-bass when it arrives. It's done and arrives in Norway in December, but I can wait. It will cost me approximatley 22000 norwegian kroner, roughly $3500.

 

[blendermassacre]

mmmm bongo. I've been gasing for one for over a year. Every time I see one, I play it.

 

[John127]

When I bought my Bongo (5 HH) I was shopping for a Stingray but once I picked up the Bongo, I couldn't put it down. It's tough to get the sound of a Stingray but it can do so much more - a very versatile active EQ. And the feel!

The big thing for me is the way it plays. I've never played a more comfortable 5 string.

 

[Tommygunn]

My problem is that the stores that have a lot of the uncommon models that I've played, aren't MusicMan dealers. And the stores that are MusicMan dealers (GC), don't carry Bongos. The only one I've ever seen in real life was in a GC on a fluke.

I'm thinking that it didn't stick with me cause I didn't know the controls and that it prolly had really dead strings. At GCs (I guess its only the ones around here), they have a problem with changing strings on musicmans. So almost every musicman has strings so dead that they've turned black, smell really bad, and of course sound and play really bad. I think its because they're so expensive they get played. I think I can count on one hand of how many musicmans at GC I've played with good strings.