i'm a bongoloid

**strummer** · 05-13-2009, 02:58 AM

Heh nice, I got the big brother, just add 1 pup 1 string

**Grand Wazoo** · 05-13-2009, 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by strummer

Heh nice, I got the big brother, just add 1 pup 1 string

Very nice, both the 4 and the 5er...I'd love one.

**fidooda** · 05-13-2009, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by strummer

Heh nice, I got the big brother, just add 1 pup 1 string

yeah, i remember when you got it...awesome!

i picked up my sterling for a minute or two last night, and look of the neck (maple/rosewood) felt weird. I'm loving the choco-bongo look.

**fidooda** · 05-13-2009, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by bovinehost

Absolutely. Black, tort, rosewood neck, that's a Big Poppa Bongo if ever there was one.

But I reserve the "BPB" moniker for the 'original'!

Jack

cool! BP's got great taste btw.

**r goldsmith** · 05-14-2009, 03:24 PM

I've been avoiding the idea of a Bongo. Not saying I've been anti-Bongo exactly, but...I don't know.

But that thing has caused me to rethink the whole business. Black and tort always rules, but somehow that rosewood neck just completes the package perfectly.

**fidooda** · 05-14-2009, 06:50 PM

exactly, and when i saw all those pics from BPs bass, that's when i KNEW the colour combo i wanted....i'm loving it

**oddjob** · 05-14-2009, 08:05 PM

Got to love the single H and rosewood - growl from hell

**Mogee** · 05-15-2009, 02:39 PM

I used to have a really nice Sterling 4 Black, tort, birdseye neck. Until I fell for the Bongo that is.

**bovinehost** · 05-15-2009, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by r goldsmith

I've been avoiding the idea of a Bongo. Not saying I've been anti-Bongo exactly, but...I don't know.

But that thing has caused me to rethink the whole business. Black and tort always rules, but somehow that rosewood neck just completes the package perfectly.

Actions speak louder than, um, posting stuff on the internet!

**r goldsmith** · 05-15-2009, 11:32 PM

I hear you Jack. Plotting as we write. Can't see myself getting a rosewood neck version out here in the colonies, but a black fiver with tort, that should be achievable.

**fidooda** · 05-16-2009, 06:13 AM

go for it....bongos are what basses should be.

**fidooda** · 05-19-2009, 10:22 AM

this bongo is opening up to me every single day.

The EQ provides tons of possibilities. I've been playing mostly this weekend on some covers and i scooped the mids & highs and added some bass boost and played with my thumb on the neck, right where the pickguard ends. Sweet goodness. very gentle, round and bassy tone. I'm not missing any tonal possibilities. I'm really impressed of the effectiveness of the EQ. It is an EBMM bass on steroids. It's just more and better than anything i've played before.

the neck feels sooo good. Very fast and super nice to the touch. some BFR lovin' for sure.

i was playing over random songs in my playlist yesterday and decided to cover a Nine Inch Nails song from the Ghost album. You can ear my new bongo in there. Complete with my inferior playing and loud hand movement

. I only added some reverb and compression.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/31098/12%...IN%20cover.mp3

i did this recording just for my own fun. Still nothing wrong in sharing it. Yes the synth sound/noise is intentional and of my own making.