Fender Jaguar vs. Musicman Bongo

[Sathington W.]

Looks like I'm going with Bongo.
If my local GC has a similar blow out, I'm totally there!
Unfortunately, I haven't seen a Bongo at that store in about 9 months.

 

[sasebastian]

Good call. I have a custom Bongo 5-string fretless, and it is great. BUT... I have been playing Jaguars and it looks like I am going for a custom Jaguar to accompany the Bongo. Both instruments have great playability and tone flexibility. Also, the Bongo has the quietest pickups of all my basses. All the other basses buzz like crazy in my area. Good luck!

 

[bargeanimal]

Is the Bongo neck as big as a Stingray? With my scrawny hands I find a Stingray neck far too big to tackle. A hell of a stretch! In that case I'd probably have no choice but to go for the Jaguar. Still I'd appreciate if anyone could tell me about the Bongo neck size because I've been thinking about buying a Jaguar but having read all the posts here in favour of the Bongo, I might just do that myself if the Bongo neck is smaller than the Stingray.

 

[vene-nemesis]

Good call. I have a custom Bongo 5-string fretless, and it is great. BUT... I have been playing Jaguars and it looks like I am going for a custom Jaguar to accompany the Bongo. Both instruments have great playability and tone flexibility. Also, the Bongo has the quietest pickups of all my basses. All the other basses buzz like crazy in my area. Good luck!

How can you have a custom bongo?

 

[sasebastian]

How can you have a custom bongo?

I had my local GC guy make a call Ernie Ball to see if it was possible. Since it was, I had them make me a 5-string fretless Bongo, with rosewood fretboard, 2 HH pickups (with the Piezo bridge), in "Wine Red" matched from an Ibanez.

Since mine is fretless, I don't know how it relates to a Stingray.

 

[vene-nemesis]

I had my local GC guy make a call Ernie Ball to see if it was possible. Since it was, I had them make me a 5-string fretless Bongo, with rosewood fretboard, 2 HH pickups (with the Piezo bridge), in "Wine Red" matched from an Ibanez.

Since mine is fretless, I don't know how it relates to a Stingray.

I thought EBMM did not make any custom bass unles it was for one of their endorsers.

 

[bovinehost]

I thought EBMM did not make any custom bass unles it was for one of their endorsers.

That's mostly correct. A 5-string fretless Bongo HHp in red is available for order to any dealer. On the other hand, they do build them to order, so....I guess every EBMM is a custom order?

 

[vene-nemesis]

That's mostly correct. A 5-string fretless Bongo HHp in red is available for order to any dealer. On the other hand, they do build them to order, so....I guess every EBMM is a custom order?

Production line options are now considered custom options?