BONGO 6 Review on the Toob...by Ed is UP

[MK Bass Weed]

Put on headphones and listen to him slap that monkey..yeesh...it's monsterously beautious..

 

[tkarter]

Slaine although we are in the same boat. Yours is the one that has to ride the boat but I am sure we feel the same.

I think ours may both arrive around the same time.

Ed wasn't playing he was showing us the paces.

I got more hair at my old age too.



tk

 

[Evo 911]

I just LOOVE the way the word BONGO is written.......

Ok I need a drink....

 

[sloshep]

Cool review, I like the tones he was getting out of that H/S setup. I am really beginning to think that H/S setup may be ultimate set for me down the line. A six string bass would be overkill for me. But I would say never say never.

 

[mathewsanchez]

I'm a four string guy and even I want one now, i'll have to wait until I can get one second hand though. I love the jazzy bit which kicks in around 5:30.

 

[hankSRay]

I love Ed's reviews, I always check out his vids on youtube and his newsletter for bassemporium. He's one hell of a player too. Those bongo 6's sure look and sound good.

 

[mynan]

What kind of strings were those?...

 

[RobertB]

Yeah, but a dude in a cowboy hat, playing a Bongo?

C'mon, really.

He looks a bit more charged/enthused about the Bongo in that photo than in the review. I'm sure in the reviews, he has to keep an even keel ... objectivity & all that.

Either that, or this photo was after some number of martinis.

 

[Duarte]

Love Eds reviews, especially the G&L tribute one...but that bongo is something else!

 

[Smakbass]

Ed is good people had the chance to go to a 3 day clinic with him.....Nice review the B sounds great.....

 

[ekb16b]

its been a few good weeks since ive said this.. i gots to get me a bongo,
that video didnt help with my GAS one bit

specially loved the bit where he went "this colour is called egyptian smoke, it looks grey to me but also smokey in an egyptian sorta way"

 

[Frankie5Angels]

Nice bass that Bongo 6, but just too many damn strings. It would be great if they came in 4 strings. Oh, wait. They do. OK. Never mind.

 

[Russel]

hehe.. after watching this clip from him i realize how lucky we are. mm 5 stringers just sound sooooo much better on the low b string!

YouTube - Fender American Standard Precision 5

just listen to the bass loose its character once he touches that 130 string

MrM

I know from experience that fender B's suck... the E string tuned to B almost sounds better on my jazz.
Can't wait to be a MM owner.

 

[bovinehost]

Well, we can't wait for you to be one, either, Russell.

I'm from MS myself. Where yat?

Jack

 

[Joey SQUID]

That video did make me go out and buy a Bongo 4!!!!! They are the cats pajamas. SO damn comfortable and light and loads of fun to play!!

 

[tkarter]

The B string sounds the same on the six as it does the five. I call bull on that.

And will state I play the B on my bongo 5 and will play it on my bongo 6

If I could play like Ed does I would also hire someone to come beat up anyone that said that.

tk

 

[Big Poppa]

TK what color did you get? IS there a new grandkid that has dibs on this one? Do you like it?

 

[tkarter]

I ordered a CR bongo 6 H BP. Yes a new grandson is going to inherit it.

I like the new grandson fine.


tk

 

[SR5Cam]

Awesome video. Confirmed to me [yet again]-i want one. Bongo 6 HS pickups-color TBD. I love my Ray5, but the idea of having another EBMM bass that is a 6 is just so enticing. Good thing my budget prevents it from happening for awhile.

 

[phatduckk]

the bongo 6 sounds pretty awesome might have to try one out one of these days