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Axis 30th Anniversary

Bongo Guitar

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Besides restricted access to the upper frets i really like the look of that thing...
 
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...
 
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 !
 
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".
 
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!
 
Nevermind the guitar, who's that dude holding it? :p

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.
 
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...
 
peterd79 said:
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...
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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. :o
 
"U-G-L-Y-! It Ain't got no alibi!" :D

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. :o
 
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.
 
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