The Bongo’s looks

[CryingBass]

What is a Church? Is that a Bongo in the corner?

 

[DaveParker39]

The Bongo is the Bongo. It doesn't impart any sort of genre bias to me, anyway.

 

[DrBnz]

Well you brought it up, so you already know about the elephant in the room. You're just trying to find a few other people who like elephants. No, I don't care for them myself. But I don't see them as particularly satanic or anything. Its not like your showing up at the church with a Gene Simmons Axe (and bring the boots).

 

[dave64o]

Wanna really freak him out? Come borrow my Kubicki, Electra Outlaw, or one of my Big Al's...

ONE of your Big Al’s?!?!

I bought one about six months months and love it more each I play it. They’re fantastic instruments!

 

[GroovinOnFunk]

Also, wrap your mind around this factoid:
The Bongo was co-designed by BMW...

Just because it's BMW doesn't make it pretty...

 

[shai-ga]

Some basses are 10/10 with a specific finish and color layout, and 2/10 with others.

(Just make sure to leave the bass lying down not standing up in case a female bassist would want to use it after you)

 

[vvvmmm]

For me, the Bongo some say looks terlet-seat-like does not inspire my, eh, GAS.

That said, If I had one, I'd callit, "Stumpy".

 

[StayLow]

To me the Bongo looks like the OP… maybe something of interest for me in there, but my eyes recoil so I leave it at that.

 

[Chickenwheels]

I think the bongo looks fine. I don’t think nobody would really give you a weird look if one was played in a church setting. My guitarist claims my stingray sounds better. He says it’s close but ultimately the ray is superior and I don’t necessarily agree. Folks on here have speculated that he is prejudiced because of how the bongo looks. My bongo is the crescendo white one. I see nothing screaming heavy metal about it in a church setting. To me a BC Rich Warlock might scream metal and be a bit much for church but not a bongo. Maybe possibly the headstock on the bongo could give slightly metal vibes but most owners would say it’s an incredibly versatile bass. I’ve never been asked not to play it. I’ve even been told by the guitarist that it sounds better than any fender bass he has ever heard. Once he even admitted it sounded better than the stingray when I used an ampeg SVT vr. Other times he will go back to saying the stingray sounds better. What’s the issue? Am I an embarrassment to him because of how he thinks the bongo looks?

There’s a lot to unpack here. But mainly you’re super worried about what other people think. That’s always a bummer.

 

[Chickenwheels]

My only gripe is it was styled by BMW. Meanwhile…Our top 10 of the greatest Italian Coachbuilders

 

[Katoosie]

I think my post never landed here.

The looks of a bongo are not a problem, esp with a good colour combo.

My biggest gripe is basswood. Absolutely infuriating at that price. If it had some harder wood for the body, I would already own one.

 

[logdrum]

Technically it's not a toilet seat. it is a toilet seat cover. If it was you need a HHH or HHHH pickup route for it to be useful. It is really egg shape, I do not know how people think it's a toilet seat.

 

[Bertr]

> Am I an embarrassment to him because of how he thinks the bongo looks?
Ask him. So many questions never got an answer because they have never been asked.

 

[BazzaBass]

To all:Watch yourselves!!
I got a warning a while back for saying the same thing!!

Ah yes the warnings. They tell us a lot about the people sending them.

 

[BazzaBass]

I think the bongo looks fine. I don’t think nobody would really give you a weird look if one was played in a church setting. My guitarist claims my stingray sounds better. He says it’s close but ultimately the ray is superior and I don’t necessarily agree. Folks on here have speculated that he is prejudiced because of how the bongo looks. My bongo is the crescendo white one. I see nothing screaming heavy metal about it in a church setting. To me a BC Rich Warlock might scream metal and be a bit much for church but not a bongo. Maybe possibly the headstock on the bongo could give slightly metal vibes but most owners would say it’s an incredibly versatile bass. I’ve never been asked not to play it. I’ve even been told by the guitarist that it sounds better than any fender bass he has ever heard. Once he even admitted it sounded better than the stingray when I used an ampeg SVT vr. Other times he will go back to saying the stingray sounds better. What’s the issue? Am I an embarrassment to him because of how he thinks the bongo looks?

With apologies to Larry Norman. “Why should the devil have all the good basses?”

 

[BazzaBass]

I had a Bongo HH in stealth black with black hardware. I strung it with black tapewounds and when I wore black the body pretty much vanished. I loved the sound and I liked the look but I had to let it go when I switched to playing shortscales exclusively.

Pictures???

 

[BassAndCigars]

Dude you are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overthinking this.
Play what you like. Have not a care in the world what another soul thinks about it.
Problem, if there ever was one (there wasn't), solved. Seriously?

 

[Nek07]

You just have to find the right church:

 

[DJ Bebop]

To all:Watch yourselves!!
I got a warning a while back for saying the same thing!!

Warning?
I got a month band for saying that

And it was directed at no one and it was in jest.

 

[bnt]

My observation is that the Bongo looks better in its natural habitat: strapped on to a bassist and being played hard, like Dave LaRue and John Myung do. It's not so attractive in pictures or on a stand.