OT'ish Bongo Love-in-gig-fiesta!

[mammoth]

hey guys and gals!

Had a gig last weekend at a local rock venue (spread the funk!) and had some great moments i think you can only get with a bongo.

As the time arose for me to clamber away from the booze pit and up onto the stage (being 3 sheets to the wind already) I decided it would be a good idea to rip into some funk mingling with the crowd while my guitarist was busy making ready with the rock. As the groove-mist lifted and I regained my senses and looked up to what felt like a wall of "dropped jaws"

Que:
"What the f**k bass are you playing man?!"
"oh my god, you're bass is making me tremble"
"can I touch your Musicman??? PLEEEEASE"

so I calmly introduced her to the fan-boys n girls..

"this is Barbarella, you can lick her but i can't guarrantee she wont slap you"

i then had a gaggle of them touching my bass in the most self indulgent Bongo love in orgy i could imagine.....

boy was it fun, and promptly she sang and sang and sang..

In essense, the relative obscurity of this amazing bass we salute as Bongo allows us to blow peoples brains out when they least expect it..

not to disrespect you Stingray and Sterling players as I dearly love both, but when you see either bass at the side of the stage waiting, you know the bass player is gonna sound awesome. When the "yet to be Bongofied" crowd sees a Bongo, they think "what the deuce is that, i dont know wether I want to vomit or make love to it"

Thanks to BP and your team, you made Bongo, I love Bongo

and we all lived happily ever after

Col

[timmy5strings]

Yep...definitely a Bongoloid

[DTG]

i really have to get my hands on a bongo.........

[bassmonkeee]

You had me at "Bongo love in orgy." Well, long before that, actually.

I have said it before--the Bongos have elicited more positive comments from the audience in the last 3 1/2 years than in all of the basses I owned in the previous 17.

[Big Poppa]

THe Bongo is soooo strong.

[RitchieDarling]

My Dargie Bongo is so cool, all my other basses wanna hang with it.

But it just sits there in the corner.

Leaning against the wall, looking cool.

While the others just try to get close to it.

Like little sycophant basses.

Well, all but the DuBaldo Lava Pearl. It's in a class by itself.

And the Buttercream Sterling. Looking down from Olympus.

I'm not awake just yet.

Ritchie

[Bob Loblaw]

I have yet for someone to ask about my Bongo, or my Stingray for that matter. Although I have gotten compliments on my playing and my sound. But no one has ever actually asked about my weird lookin blue bass. Oh well...someday

[1Echo]

The Bongo always gets high praise from those who touch or listen to one. At least that's my experience.

[timmy5strings]

I'm going to say I agree with you all, and if there is one on "The List" at GC this Monday morning and I get to it first......I'm just saying

[Seer-o]

I had a real bad case of StingRay GAS and managed to deal with it by getting a StingRay. I don't quite see it just yet but I bet the ominous looking storm front in the horizon is a gigantic case of Bongo GAS... all thanks to this here forum.

The Bongo being such a sexy instrument has something to do with it too I guess. It's probably a good thing Music Mans cost an arm and a leg around these parts. Maybe that'll keep my urges in check for the time being.

[Ole Man Blues]

THe Bongo is soooo strong.

It not only is strong sounding but it also has a strong personality. It's presence speaks with authority, and when IT speaks, that's another story all together. It gets attention without even trying.

My Bongo can do it all..........

Who says you need more than one Bass? Unless of course, it's another Bongo...

Ole Man (Bongo) Blues

[adouglas]

[adouglas]

I'm going to say I agree with you all, and if there is one on "The List" at GC this Monday morning and I get to it first......I'm just saying

Check stock....

http://www.ernieball.com/mmonline/dealers/

[timmy5strings]

I know exactly what they got ! I visit weekly and there's only one. It was good to check to make sure they weren't hiding anything on me though

[DTG]

I had a real bad case of StingRay GAS and managed to deal with it by getting a StingRay. I don't quite see it just yet but I bet the ominous looking storm front in the horizon is a gigantic case of Bongo GAS... all thanks to this here forum.

The Bongo being such a sexy instrument has something to do with it too I guess. It's probably a good thing Music Mans cost an arm and a leg around these parts. Maybe that'll keep my urges in check for the time being.

dont go too far sexy is not a word i would use with the bongo

I think i maight have found a guy in Dublin who has one,a friend of a friend of a friend thinks his friends mate has a bongo!! got his number will call him see if i can get a jam on it,maybe then i can put the bongo gas to bed