You can't go wrongo with a bongo.

[bobalu]

You can't go wrongo with a bongo. (Pic's inside!)

Just got a new Bongo 4HH Sapphire Black today! (I'm likin' the colour more and more as I look at it).

Bongo's are scarce up here, you rarely see them stocked, ever . I've been waiting a year now (13 months actually) to find one to play/try. I didn't want to order one without playing it first because they're not really "conventional off the rack basses", so to speak. One dealer I went to told me he would not order them for stock (just special order). He said they would be too hard to sell(???). Finally one turns up at my local shop (ordered in January apparently, because I was bugging the bejeezus out of him!). I couldn't put it down. The range of useable sounds, the feel of the neck/fb, the ease of on the fly access to the tone/volume controls with my pinky, and especially the comfortable ergonomics of the body sucked me right in. What a wonderful bass! I think the Bongo is extremely under rated. It really is a true musical instrument in every sense. As a non-musical person, my wife commented that she really liked the "funky shape". I wish it had't taken me so long to get one.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Well done and congratulations on a great choice of colour too

 

[kamakazee]

Nice! I had thought of Sapphire Black, but decided on Blue Pearl instead. I still wonder what it would be like in Candy Red... Guess that means I just need to get one that color!

 

[bobalu]

Nice! I had thought of Sapphire Black, but decided on Blue Pearl instead. I still wonder what it would be like in Candy Red... Guess that means I just need to get one that color!

I would have chosen Blue Pearl as my first choice (I didn't have a choice though). Candy Red would be my next choice. What colour pickguard do you have on your Blue Pearl?

(as a note, the Sapphire Black is more like slate blue colour, not really so black).

 

[five7]

Great color, you will love it.

 

[danny-79]

Congrats on your score !

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Nice bass! Sapphire Black is not that bad, but I agree, Blue Pearl would have been really nice.

 

[Big Poppa]

Another one joins the cult!

 

[bovinehost]

One of my favorite pickguards on my Black Sapphire Bongo.

But bassmonkeee got me a tort guard some years ago, and that looks surprisingly good, too:

And welcome to the Bongoloid Club!

Jack

 

[bobalu]

^^^^^^ I never considered a tort pickguard, I think it looks great! Thanks for posting that.

 

[shakinbacon]

Out of the doorway the bullets rip
to the sound of the beat
(Look out)

Another one joins the cult!

 

[bovinehost]

^^^^^^ I never considered a tort pickguard, I think it looks great! Thanks for posting that.

Thank bassmonkeee. I didn't think it was going to look good, either, but he said "Just try it."

It kind of....does something to the modern look. Makes it more traditional, somehow.

Of course, that other pickguard does nothing at all like THAT.

Bongos are just fun that way.

 

[bobalu]

"It kind of....does something to the modern look. Makes it more traditional, somehow".

Yes, that's actually what I thought as well. It doesn't look out of place at all.

 

[adouglas]

Bongos are just fun that way.

Bongo fun > barrel of monkeys!

 

[Powman]

Nice choice if I say so myself! (See my equipment list!)

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

I think white pearloid would look nice.

 

[TheAntMan]

Nice choice if I say so myself! (See my equipment list!)

Ditto

Congrats and Welcome!

--Ant

 

[tkarter]

You just can't go wrong with a Bongo. I don't even think you can play a wrong note on a bongo actually.

tk

 

[adouglas]

You obviously haven't heard me play.

 

[Deaj]

Congrats and enjoy!!

Your thread title speaks the plain truth - you can't go wrong with a Bongo.