markbass99
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Could Someone Like Me Be the Key to Bongo Success?
After seeing this thread yesterday, I feel compelled to make my first post on this forum, even though I'm usually just a "read only" type person. I recently bought timmyfivestrings Stealth Bongo 5HH and I'm enjoying it immensely. First some background on me. I'm a life long Rickenbacker player who's tried other basses but was not impressed enough with the others to accumulate quantities of them for whatever reason. When the Bongo first came out I thought it was funny looking but didn't dismiss it outright due to looks, rick's are kind of funny looking to some players also even though I have always liked the uniquely curved bodies. A number of things have happened since the Bongo first appeared that changed the way I looked at it.
1. I used to come to this forum back in 06 to see what everybody was saying about the new Markbass amps. Occassionally I would see Jack's posts on his Bongo experiences and some of that would stick in the back of mind for some reason.
2. I like progressive rock and bands like Rush, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, etc. When I saw that John Myung was going to play a Bongo 6 that loosened me up a little bit and I started to warm up to the way the Bongo looked. I also saw BP's video on the Bongo about that time and was impressed with how the bass was created.
3. The event that put me over the edge was seeing Colin Edwin (Porc Tree) playing a Stealth Bongo on the Arriving Somewhere DVD. I was using the video to try out my new Epik Conquest subwoofer that I just added to my home theater and was totally blown away by the way that bass looked and sounded. He had that Steath strung BEAD and that B string was kicking some serious ass through my sub. Even if you don't listen to this kind of music you need to get this DVD to see what a Bongo can do, the drummer is really good too.
Like I said, I'm really enjoying the Bongo and really like the ergonomics and versatility it has as far as playability and tone are concerned. Somebody like me is not supposed to like this bass (I'm old and set in my ways) but I find myself thinking about getting another one. And my 26 y.o. daughter saw it last night and she said it was pretty (she's not a bass player)
After seeing this thread yesterday, I feel compelled to make my first post on this forum, even though I'm usually just a "read only" type person. I recently bought timmyfivestrings Stealth Bongo 5HH and I'm enjoying it immensely. First some background on me. I'm a life long Rickenbacker player who's tried other basses but was not impressed enough with the others to accumulate quantities of them for whatever reason. When the Bongo first came out I thought it was funny looking but didn't dismiss it outright due to looks, rick's are kind of funny looking to some players also even though I have always liked the uniquely curved bodies. A number of things have happened since the Bongo first appeared that changed the way I looked at it.
1. I used to come to this forum back in 06 to see what everybody was saying about the new Markbass amps. Occassionally I would see Jack's posts on his Bongo experiences and some of that would stick in the back of mind for some reason.
2. I like progressive rock and bands like Rush, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, etc. When I saw that John Myung was going to play a Bongo 6 that loosened me up a little bit and I started to warm up to the way the Bongo looked. I also saw BP's video on the Bongo about that time and was impressed with how the bass was created.
3. The event that put me over the edge was seeing Colin Edwin (Porc Tree) playing a Stealth Bongo on the Arriving Somewhere DVD. I was using the video to try out my new Epik Conquest subwoofer that I just added to my home theater and was totally blown away by the way that bass looked and sounded. He had that Steath strung BEAD and that B string was kicking some serious ass through my sub. Even if you don't listen to this kind of music you need to get this DVD to see what a Bongo can do, the drummer is really good too.
Like I said, I'm really enjoying the Bongo and really like the ergonomics and versatility it has as far as playability and tone are concerned. Somebody like me is not supposed to like this bass (I'm old and set in my ways) but I find myself thinking about getting another one. And my 26 y.o. daughter saw it last night and she said it was pretty (she's not a bass player)
