Silver Bongo 5HS action: DT "Constant Motion" Video

[roburado]

Check out JM with his Silver Bongo 5 and JP with his F-1 on the "Constant Motion" video: http://dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#cmvideo

 

[midopa]

Great vid! Some blurry pics:

 

[petruccirocks02]

Thats a great color on the Bongo. I really hope they start offering that on em. I'd buy one in a second to go along with my other 2 Bongo's. By the way that video is pretty cool, but I don't like how they edited the guitar solo. But either way its still pretty badass.

-Phil

 

[EBMM7181]

What color is that Bongo? Egyptian Smoke or Graphite Pearl......

 

[roburado]

Neither. It's a matte silver.

 

[RitchieDarling]

Interesting pics! I had seen the matte silver in another pic. A studio pic, I think.

John is great!

I really wish I liked Dream Theater.

But it was just not meant to be.



Ritchie

 

[mynan]

I don't like how they edited the guitar solo. But either way its still pretty badass.

-Phil

+1

They took out that cool part JM played with the Sterling...

 

[fogman]

Neither. It's a matte silver.

Do we have confirmation on that?

 

[roburado]

I think we did in another thread.

 

[EBMM7181]

Derek told me his Bongo was an Egyptian Smoke

 

[roburado]

He has one of those too. JM's ES Bongo is 5HH.

 

[roburado]

Here is the silver one: 5HS.

It was posted in this thread: http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/24544-john-myung-playing-ernie-ball-music-man-4.html#post369831

There was some discussion about what color it was. Some thought it was white. Some thought it was ES. Here's what Derek and BP had to say.

I'm guessing the color is a Non Gloss....Flat Silver!

Wow derek! Great guess...how did you know?

 

[fogman]

Awesome! Thanks for the info.
It's now filed properly!

 

[phatduckk]

thats a great looking finish. i like it a lot w/ that black PG

 

[roburado]

That silver is awesome. I would love a Bongo in that color. If I can't get Gunsmoke anymore, I'd love that color in a JP7 too.

 

[Psychicpet]

killer!

I'm not entirely convinced that it's a "matte" finish though, looks like the silver equivalent of Medallion Gold, metallic but not overly 'sparkley'


...the track is cool, but the vocal does remind me of "Persistence of Time" era Anthrax

 

[roburado]

I guess I should have said "flat" silver.

 

[Derek]

One of John's fav color's is Silver. I think we will be seeing that again.

The silver is from the "Inca Silver" we used back on the 100th Namm anniversary Stingray bass.(Gavin insert photo here).

Although they were topcoated, John's is a dull rub matte finish.

 

[enjoneer]

Let me clear this up once and for all- The silver on John's Bongo5 is a very fine flake silver that we've actually never offered in production. It is very similar to the Gunsmoke finish we once offered, but it is much smoother looking. Also, it does not have the variation in color and subtle gold tones that Egyptian Smoke has. It would be most comparable to a bead blasted aluminum.

The neck on the guitar has a matte clear coat in it, the same as all regular production Bongos. However, the body has a buffed high-gloss polyester finish on it, like all regular Bongos as well. The matte appearance of the body comes from the very fine metallic used to make the base color.

I will say that this particular color requires a near perfect sanding job underneath, or the finished product will be less than perfect. That being said, it is still up in the air if we will offer this as a production finish or if it will be an exclusive for John. Although you may like it, you may not want to pay for it.

Hope that helps clear up the mystery.

 

[Derek]

Thanks Jon!

There has been a lot of inquiries and glad we now have the scoop.

DB