Mahogany Bongo

[boyet]

Will this be available for mortals like us?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1KawhRTyWI&feature=related]YouTube - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmMahogany MusicMan Bongo 4!!![/ame]

 

[MrMusashi]

not unless you are dave larues alter ego, posting under an anonymous nick

there is another one in existence.. check this: http://www.ernieball.com/forums/mus...layer-live-so-who-bought-what.html#post657280

MrM

 

[Manfloozy]

And the one from the CLB auction...

 

[ZiggyDude]

Some body shake me awake! And I was still on the ride from the ElcBlu BingoName.

Hey - that is great. This is the stuff that takes a brand to the next level.

Realaithy Time. OK - It Looks Great - But How Do We Hear It?????

Still - if we all want one - then why not make them and sell it?

Life is just not fair. Not like I need another Bongo anyway. They don't make trucks in mahogany for my good luck.

 

[ZiggyDude]

I think that it is Ebony finger board to.

Now I am in really serious GAS pain............................

 

[bovinehost]

Just some porn of dave's bongo

 

[rizzo9247]

Sweet Jesus

 

[sitonmybass]

Big Al's are now made of African Mahogany.

I'm just sayin'...

 

[danny-79]

Wow wow an wow !! thats some sweet looking wood !! me like

 

[Mabongohogany]

WOW! Awesome!

...If they ONLY made that in an HH version.....

Hey wait....

 

[ZiggyDude]

If they only made it al all! You can only get the basswood - at least us lowly mortals...

Nope - no Big Al. Too teennie.

 

[Manfloozy]

If they only made it al all! You can only get the basswood - at least us lowly mortals...

Nope - no Big Al. Too teennie.

Mr. Mabongohagony has the distinct pleasure of owning 1 of the 3 mentioned, a one off HH from Bass Player Live. Yeah we all hate him just a little bit... j/k

 

[Mabongohogany]

Mr. Mabongohagony has the distinct pleasure of owning 1 of the 3 mentioned, a one off HH from Bass Player Live. Yeah we all hate him just a little bit... j/k

I can understand the Hate....

 

[ErlendDL]

I'm crossing my fingers that we'll see something like this for the 2013 10th anniversary Bongo...

 

[MrMusashi]

that looks like a 30th sr4 anniversary bass only with bongo clothes on..

id love one of those!

MrM

 

[ZiggyDude]

I'm crossing my fingers that we'll see something like this for the 2013 10th anniversary Bongo...

Why wait so long? If people are lining up to buy it - then give the public what it wants!

But - nobody has really said how the tone differs. Does anyone know from first hand experience (not theory)?

 

[Mabongohogany]

I spent some time with Bongos when they were first introduced. I put one on my "must buy" list, and when the Mahogany HH was offered at BPL, grabbed it up.

The heart of the Bongo's tone is the electronics- preamp, pups, and 4-band eq. We know what this produces.

Mahogany as a tonewood is deep, dense,and resonant- Rich and PHAT.
It's hard to define sound in words.
Best I can offer is to take the voicing of a Bongo, with an added, strong punch and depth provided by the Mahogany body and BE maple neck.
The notes are clear, even, and I get some killer overtones in the mix.
The HH configuration puts it all over the top too.
It's not too shabby. (understatement of the year!)

I have other great basses with their own character, but the Mahogany Bongo is a one-off in more ways than one.

Hat's off to EBMM for building it.

 

[Aussie Mark]

nobody has really said how the tone differs. Does anyone know from first hand experience (not theory)?

Every one of the few hundred 30th Anniversary 'hog bodied Stingray owners who have also owned a regular "selected hardwood" bodied Stingray has first hand experience. The mahogany gives a warmer tone and, to venture into scientific terminology, is more growly.

 

[bovinehost]

In general terms, I think the mids get a clarifying bump with mahogany.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

In general terms, I think the mids get a clarifying bump with mahogany.

100% agree with that, the Big Al 5 has a very prominent mid punch.