Bongo Guitar

[jeffrey]

Anyone have a pic of it from the Open House?

It seems that is the one thing I managed to miss snapping a picture of!

 

[beej]

At yer service

 

[peterd79]

Besides restricted access to the upper frets i really like the look of that thing...

 

[Jimi D]

Somebody should grab that design as the basis of their Sig. guitar... Maybe someone on the rise... or hey, how about Buckethead? The Bongo's such a cool Bass, and would make a fantastic sig guitar for the right player...

 

[robelinda2]

yep the bongo sure looks funky. but i guess its been discussed before......

 

[fbecir]

More I watch it, more I like it

The traditionnalists will dislike it, but if the sound is good, the playability is good it is good for me ...
If all the guitarists were blind, I am sure the sale figures of the different brands would be different !

 

[mik*]

I don't understand a thing: is it a forthcoming model?

 

[beej]

It's a prototype, done when they were working on the Bongo bass. MM does lots of prototypes that never make it to production.

Paraphrasing BP on the subject of a Bongo guitar ... "it ain't ever going to happen".

 

[TimSz]

My two cents!

I think they should throw that into production and put two tele style pickups in! The Twang-King pickups would stay in fashion with DiMarzio as the pickup brand of choice, and it'd sound stellar. A 24 fret tele-ish guitar would slay!

 

[Big Poppa]

It must be a slow news day

 

[peterd79]

It must be a slow news day

+1

nothing new going on... BP did you see the thread about my amp? Check it out... you might dig it...

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19021

 

[SteveB]

Nevermind the guitar, who's that dude holding it?

Restricted access to the upper frets.. are you insane? The 24th fret is AT the friggin' neck joint!

I thought it was a fun proto.. too bad it didn't get any pickups... might have barked a bit less.

 

[peterd79]

I didn't even see it ending at the neck joint... it looked like it went down a little bit further and i didn't take the time to count the frets...

 

[SteveB]

I didn't even see it ending at the neck joint... it looked like it went down a little bit further and i didn't take the time to count the frets...

No worries, Peter.. I hope my post didn't come across as harsh because I was just going for silly and incredulous.. I just re-read it and it didn't go over as I'd hoped.

 

[jeffrey]

Ahh, thanks!

I was trying to show it to a buddy of mine but I didn't have a picture.

 

[robguitar]

Interesting.

 

[GWDavis28]

Nevermind the guitar, who's that dude holding it?

Just some KnuckleHead!!!





Glenn |B)

 

[Norrin Radd]

"U-G-L-Y-! It Ain't got no alibi!"

Okay, maybe not ugly, but certainly not for me. And with guitar players the way they are - that ain't ever gonna sell, IMHO. Of course, I could be wrong. Have been at least once before. Each day of my life.

 

[Monty Billocks]

If a Bongo guitar ever went into production...you could put my name at the top of the orders list....I love that thing!!!

Ever since I first saw pics from the openhouse I've had a hankerin'.............

Steve.

 

[Quarter]

If a Bongo guitar ever went into production...you could put my name at the top of the orders list....

Me too, I really love the look of the Bongo bass and would love to see it in a guitar.
Bongo or not, the world needs a new progressive guitar design!