Blue Dawn for 2007 LEs

[high mileage]

Blue Dawn, huh? Cool! That's my all time favorite discontinued EBMM finish. I came across a used one recently (SR4 maybe, but it's gone now) and gave it some serious thought even though it's not what I would have bought given the choice of any EBMM bass.

I knew 2007 would be a tough year on the wallet...

Anybody know what the headstock will look like for the Bongo? Prolly not matching I'd guess, but...?

 

[hankSRay]

adouglas, I think dargie's bongo IS blue dawn and it IS a sparkle. BD is just kind of a more subtle sparkle, like black or white sparkle. Theres a link in the craigslist sticky for a BD sterling that you cant really even see the sparkles too, but trust me, they are there.

 

[lenny]

adouglas, I think dargie's bongo IS blue dawn and it IS a sparkle. BD is just kind of a more subtle sparkle, like black or white sparkle. Theres a link in the craigslist sticky for a BD sterling that you cant really even see the sparkles too, but trust me, they are there.

+1
it takes a certain angle to capture BD at its finest!!!! but its there!

 

[adouglas]

I'll have to take your word for it. I see no sparkles, or at least nothing remotely like the pics farther up the thread.

I mean, these are sparkle city:

 

[Dr Stankface]

If at all possible, a HS Sterling 5 for me.

 

[Big Poppa]

Adouglass dargins bongo is blue dawn...you are a stuborn fellow! I think that with the resolution differences that is why you dont see sparkles I actualle see them in your photos

 

[muggsy]

Adouglass dargins bongo is blue dawn...you are a stuborn fellow! I think that with the resolution differences that is why you dont see sparkles I actualle see them in your photos

And there's the answer. Thanks BP. I am really stoked about this. Will the Blue Dawn LE Bongo be available without a pickguard? I think that finish looks so great it'd be a shame to cover any of it up.

 

[NorM]

But Dargin's avatar Bongo has no sparkles.

So either Dargin's avatar Bongo isn't Blue Dawn, or Blue Dawn is not a sparkle finish.

BP already set the record straight but I was going to say that only some of the Blue Dawn's were sparkley and that is what made them rare.

This is a huge running joke on the guitar side.

 

[muggsy]

And there's the answer. Thanks BP. I am really stoked about this. Will the Blue Dawn LE Bongo be available without a pickguard? I think that finish looks so great it'd be a shame to cover any of it up.

I just saw the other thread on pickguard choices for the 2007 LE. Never mind.

 

[lumberjack]

I'll have to take your word for it. I see no sparkles, or at least nothing remotely like the pics farther up the thread.

I think Blue Dawn without the sparkle would look stunning as well. When it's a little more difficult to see the sparkle.....like in this photo. The blues absolutely POP out at you.

 

[adouglas]

Adouglass dargins bongo is blue dawn...you are a stuborn fellow! I think that with the resolution differences that is why you dont see sparkles I actualle see them in your photos

Got it...cool...thanks.

 

[bovinehost]

The photo of Dargin's bass was not taken with straight-on flash photography.

The other photo was.

I believe that's the big difference, having had a few of the more subtle sparkle finishes myself.

 

[bassmonkeee]

The photo of Dargin's bass was not taken with straight-on flash photography.

The other photo was.

I believe that's the big difference, having had a few of the more subtle sparkle finishes myself.

Speaking of photos--Is there any chance of some quality Bovinehost style pics of Dave LaRue's Mahongo before it gets boxed up and shipped off?

 

[LowDownDave]

Whoo-hoo, BLUE DAWN!!! I LOVE blue dawn, and seeing as I just returned from my "getting engaged" long-weekend away, 2007 will be the year of the wedding present bass! The "fiancee" (ha-ha, that sounds funny) knows there are a few special things planned bass-wise for 2007, so the timing couldn't be better. Cheers BP, you rock!

 

[Rano Bass]

Speaking of photos--Is there any chance of some quality Bovinehost style pics of Dave LaRue's Mahongo before it gets boxed up and shipped off?

Yes plesae, i want to take a good look at that bass

 

[bassmonkeee]

Whoo-hoo, BLUE DAWN!!! I LOVE blue dawn, and seeing as I just returned from my "getting engaged" long-weekend away, 2007 will be the year of the wedding present bass! The "fiancee" (ha-ha, that sounds funny) knows there are a few special things planned bass-wise for 2007, so the timing couldn't be better. Cheers BP, you rock!

Congrats! I speak from recent experience--it takes a couple of months to get used to saying "fiancee."

 

[muggsy]

Congrats! I speak from recent experience--it takes a couple of months to get used to saying "fiancee."

Hah. Wait till you see how long it takes to get used to saying "wife." I've been married two years, and I'm getting there....

 

[bassmonkey]

Hah. Wait till you see how long it takes to get used to saying "wife." I've been married two years, and I'm getting there....

It doesn't take too long to get used to saying ex-wife though.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Hah. Wait till you see how long it takes to get used to saying "wife." I've been married two years, and I'm getting there....

Yeah, how's "Dad" coming along?

 

[bassmonkeee]

It doesn't take too long to get used to saying ex-wife though.

LOL!