Bongo 6 Update!

[adouglas]

Being left handed where I grew up was kind of like being touched in the head. Not tolerated.

You qualifly for that too?

Of course. I said I was a lefty.

I went through primary school with a near-permanent graphite stain on the edge of my left hand because I had to curl it over in order to make those blasted cursive script letters tilt in the "correct" direction. Half the pencil lead wound up ground into my skin.

I eat left-handed and write (and of course draw) left handed. Everything else I've managed to learn how to accomplish righty.

My wife is a lefty too. Every time we go out to eat, there's this mildly comical moment where we both grab the water glass and move it from the right side of the place setting to the left.

 

[tkarter]

LOL being left handed taught me to use both my hands.

I still pick my nose lefthanded.

tk

 

[leftymike]

Well, I'm right handed and the only thing I've ever done lefty is play stringed instruments, couldnt play righty to save my life. Go figure>

Now back to the Bongo 6. I would almost never play the thing but if it were available left handed I would surely buy one.

 

[Big Poppa]

eat write and left handed throw golf right handed

 

[Aussie Mark]

I went through primary school with a near-permanent graphite stain on the edge of my left hand because I had to curl it over in order to make those blasted cursive script letters tilt in the "correct" direction. Half the pencil lead wound up ground into my skin.

When I was in primary school we practiced cursive script with an ink pen and ink well. I'm a lefty too, so you can imagine what my left hand looked like.

 

[Aussie Mark]

eat write and left handed throw golf right handed

Write, use a spoon, and hold a beer lefty. Bass, golf, throw, kick a footy, mouse, and tug right handed. Hand and power tools either hand.

 

[strummer]

Write, use a spoon, and hold a beer lefty. Bass, golf, throw, kick a footy, mouse, and tug right handed. Hand and power tools either hand.

Eat right handed except spoon, use scissors right handed, play bass right handed, golf right handed, all else left handed.

 

[mynan]

Eat, write, and brush my teeth left-handed...everything else right.

 

[bassmonkeee]

This is the strangest list-oriented hijack I've seen.

Weirdos.

 

[adouglas]

This is the strangest list-oriented hijack I've seen.

Weirdos.

Watch it, bub.

I'm no weirdo.

I'm a deviant.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Deviant weirdo, maybe.

I'm not scared of no lefty. I'll just give you a pair of right handed scissors and watch you struggle.

 

[Strangeglow]

So back to when can I get a right-handed Dargie green Bongo 6...

 

[adouglas]

(BP checks production schedule....)

Hmm... let's see... How 'bout... "Never."

Does "Never" work for you?



Dargie Green has come and gone....

 

[bassmonkeee]

I can't wait to find out what the 2008 ltd ed is going to be. If it speaks to me, I'll have to pick up a Bongo 6 SC/H.

It's too bad (for me) that the Autumn Burst is no longer available. I think that'd be a pretty striking look for a Bongo 6.

I hope a six string set of Ernie Ball flatwound bass strings is added to the product line, too. I'd hate to have to use Acme strings to get my flat fix on the Bongo 6.

 

[mike not fat]

You go 10 days on holiday...and when you come back, you just discover EB is making that Bongo 6 fantasy a reality ! Makes me wonder if those holidays didn't last longer as I can remember...

Anyway, that proto looks great (as other people here, I really love the 4 + 2 headstock), and it makes me want to see one in real...(maybe not to carry it, but that's another point...)

MNF

 

[Bill]

I do everything right handed, although I've been told that I peel crawfish left handed.

I want a Bongo 6!

 

[HELLonWHEELS]

I can't wait to find out what the 2008 ltd ed is going to be. If it speaks to me, I'll have to pick up a Bongo 6 SC/H.

It's too bad (for me) that the Autumn Burst is no longer available. I think that'd be a pretty striking look for a Bongo 6.

I hope a six string set of Ernie Ball flatwound bass strings is added to the product line, too. I'd hate to have to use Acme strings to get my flat fix on the Bongo 6.

As another partial hijack

How do they pick Limited Edition colours? I heard that the Dargie was because of the us forum people. I know BP has the last word, but do we have a say?

I haven't seen any yellow EBMM's

 

[bassmonkeee]

As another partial hijack

How do they pick Limited Edition colours? I heard that the Dargie was because of the us forum people. I know BP has the last word, but do we have a say?

I haven't seen any yellow EBMM's

You're welcome to say whatever you want. But, don't expect it to have any bearing on what actually happens. They certainly don't ask for suggestions, and they certainly don't run ideas past us for input.

I try and think of it like a nursery in a hospital. Sure, I can look at the children, but I don't expect the nurses, or parents, to ask for my input. Some might even say it'd be rude of me to offer it unsolicited.

 

[Strangeglow]

Does "Never" work for you?

Wow, if there's anything I've learned about BP, it's that only BP speaks for BP and that "never" is seldom the right word to use about EBMM. Seems anything can happen there if the stars align correctly.

Long before the Dargie Delights I was told there would never be basses made in that color. I'll Jack explain how well that worked for me.

 

[adouglas]

Wow, if there's anything I've learned about BP, it's that only BP speaks for BP and that "never" is seldom the right word to use about EBMM. Seems anything can happen there if the stars align correctly.

I was just kidding... it's an old and tired workplace joke.