Bongo 6 Update!

[Alz®]

granted, but that is hardly white.

 

[dlloyd]

granted, but that is hardly white.

The lightness on the built prototype, I would imagine, is entirely down to lighting. I may be wrong.

 

[Alz®]

I have a dining table in the same finish as the proto. I would hazard a guess that it is a white wax finish and not a raw and unfinished at all.

 

[Big Poppa]

Alz Im glad you are not a betting man as you would have lost your house. Raw basswood.

 

[adouglas]

Raw basswood.

Mmmm....bet it smells like a mixture of sushi and sawdust...

 

[Alz®]

Alz Im glad you are not a betting man as you would have lost your house. Raw basswood.

Hey BP, just as well I'm not a betting man then! That raw basswood is great.....I'll take one!

No pickguard option please.....this Bongo doesn't need it.

 

[boyet]

Hey BP, just as well I'm not a betting man then! That raw basswood is great.....I'll take one!

No pickguard option please.....this Bongo doesn't need it.

I'll get one as well!

 

[Randilicus]

I dig the Bongo 6, and will buy one, however, I think a StingRay 6 in Sunburst would be sooooooo sweet!

 

[enjoneer]

Bongo6 Prototype #2

Ok, here it is- Bongo6 #2. This HS version has hand wound pickups that were made by cutting some Bongo5 covers in 3/5ths and fusing them back together. This newbie also has a wider bridge plate than the original protos.

We are currently playing with some different body and neck woods to improve the balance of the instrument. If all goes well, we should have some with paint and pickguards in the next couple of weeks.

 

[bassmonkey]

Are they working models? I mean, with preamps in them?

 

[midopa]

Preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty... I like that bridge. It looks kinda mojo'd. ... Relic'd, if you will.

 

[Biker4Him]

Sweet... Yep.. love the HS look!!

 

[tadawson]

Are they working models? I mean, with preamps in them?

Why not? It would use the same preamp as the 4 and 5 . . . they don't change with string count . . . and since this one has a working pickup, methinks shes a player . . . . why else hand build a pickup?

- Tim

 

[bovinehost]

Jon, is that one basswood, too?

 

[enjoneer]

Yes, this one is basswood like the last one- and it most definitely works.

 

[bovinehost]

That's the nicest looking raw basswood I've ever seen.

BP and I were talking about the Bongo 6 a couple of weeks ago and I said I liked them, very cool, but I can barely play a fiver so I'll never have one.

He said, "Oh sure, you will, just wait."

I CAN'T PLAY A SIXER! Remind me of this when these are available, Jon. I need someone to help me.

 

[midopa]

Help? Bwahahahaha

 

[Bill]

Lookin' mighty fine!!!

 

[petruccirocks02]

Ok, here it is- Bongo6 #2. This HS version has hand wound pickups that were made by cutting some Bongo5 covers in 3/5ths and fusing them back together. This newbie also has a wider bridge plate than the original protos.

We are currently playing with some different body and neck woods to improve the balance of the instrument. If all goes well, we should have some with paint and pickguards in the next couple of weeks.

I'm definitely gonna have to get me one of those. I'd love to see one of those candy apple red. Yummy. Lookin good guys, keep up the excellent work.

-Phil

 

[mike not fat]

I used to say that I cant' play a 5 string due to mu lack of muscles and the fact that my Bongo 4 does not feel light on my shoulders. So my bank account didn't had any shivers when I was admiring thos incredible 6 strings.
But since 3 weeks I'm playing a Bongo 5, which, even with piezzos, feels lighter than my 4 strings ! And I begin to feel slightly worried about finding other reasons not to buy a Bongo 6, than the weight...

MNF