Bongo on CBS Sunday Morning

[Steve Dude Barr]

Well, why's he holding that bass so damned high??? I'm gonna havta have a talk with Raybie.

 

[Big Poppa]

OK So I pontificate about being a long term guy knowing the Bongo would take time...but the truth is I was a hemopheiac bleeding every time it was called a goldfish or toilet seat!
thanks to all of you who have given it a try

 

[Colin]

No rug, but Erika did convince him to do something different, I believe.

She can be very convincing.

I'm convinced

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

OK So I pontificate about being a long term guy knowing the Bongo would take time...but the truth is I was a hemopheiac bleeding every time it was called a goldfish or toilet seat!
thanks to all of you who have given it a try

BP...true story time...you want to know what turned Ray Duke into a believer??? It wasn't Jack's tons of Bongos that went through his hands or even the giles of the lovely Erika.

Ray will be the first to tell you that it was listening to a sound clip of you playing your single hummer.

 

[bovinehost]

OK So I pontificate about being a long term guy knowing the Bongo would take time...but the truth is I was a hemopheiac bleeding every time it was called a goldfish or toilet seat!
thanks to all of you who have given it a try

I felt the same way, really. I really did. I had no stake in it, which you of all people know, but I just couldn't imagine that bassists would be so....conservative.

I suppose it's hard for some people to picture a time when I wasn't "Lord Bongo". Even to me, it seems like a long time ago.

Your post makes me want to go back on the warpath...interesting times, not always pleasant, but interesting at the least, when the bass was new and everyone was so shocked and I had no idea who the hell you really were.

I still don't like it much, the toilet seat thing. I do like goldfish crackers, so that doesn't bother me TOO much.

BP...true story time...you want to know what turned Ray Duke into a believer??? It wasn't Jack's tons of Bongos that went through his hands or even the giles of the lovely Erika.

Ray will be the first to tell you that it was listening to a sound clip of you playing your single hummer.

Ray wanted to be a Bongo fan. He certainly played mine often enough, but Steve has a point. Ray heard you, playing the BP Bongo and said, "They can do that?"

I said, "Yeah, sure."

And that was that!

Jack

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

And look at him now....LOL...Owned!!

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I was a hemopheiac bleeding every time it was called a goldfish or toilet seat!

You??? Nahhhh....anyone who puts so much of themselves into their vision gets that allowance in my book BP....you have so much personal integrity built into your instruments it could be no other way if you truly have the passion and you do my friend...no smoke up your butt...just fact.

 

[Big Poppa]

I like smoke up my.....nevermind.

This instrument creating thing is really fun. The making of them is always a challenge, but we have a GREAT team. The outside vendors are a real pain in the ass. The LE's are delayed because of a tuning key make in Germany...I would never name names (Schaller)

 

[bovinehost]

The LE's are delayed because of a tuning key make in Germany...I would never name names (Schaller)

So my guess is Gotoh.

Am I right, am I right?

 

[drgroovenstein]

Lets hear the clip that convinced Mr Duke. Plz!

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

The outside vendors are a real pain in the ass.

Well, at least EBMM is about 90% in house.

 

[RockinRayDuke]

Just listen to BP play at the SLO bash. THAT was the sound that did it for me.

No smoke blowing here by golly, I really appreciate the work that went into making this bass. Jack and I have had many late night martini fueled chats about them and I've played just about every one he's had. Being old school in many ways it was the design that threw me at first, but I always enjoyed the way they played and sounded. I love my Bongo and I "need" a HH 4 banger now.

And thanks for the memories Jack, lol.

No I don't wear a rug. Erika told me to get a haircut so I did a day later. She told me to stay away from wearing black so I'm buying more "springtime" type shirts. She's awfully persuasive and sometimes you need a woman's perspective to shake you out of your routine.

And you know darn well I don't wear my basses as neckties. Not like someone we know used to.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Here's Sterling on a Bongo 5 at the Open House, throwin down like he owns the company or somethin

http://andrapos.com/EBoh05/TommySterlingJam.mpg 48Mb

 

[tadawson]

So my guess is Gotoh.

Am I right, am I right?

Nah, it's gotta be Dunlop . . . .

 

[tkarter]

There is a bongo or two in Kansas BP. You did good.

I wanted one when I seen it in the Muscians Friend catalog before I got my first P bass.

Got the SR5 as an EBMM first, loved it. Still love it.

I play the Bongo now.

Not that I play but..

tk

 

[Mahlon]

The only Bongo I've played is my own, but I can enjoy playing the one I have acoustically. That impresses me.

 

[armybass]

This is all stirring up some rather peculiar gas feelings

I am thinking of another one.....

 

[Big Poppa]

NOt you Army!!!! I read some of your critiques on other forums....You are forgiven!

 

[armybass]

I have had TWO of my own Sir and sold a few myself as a salesman at Richmond Music Center at that.

 

[armybass]

Besides, you find much more of me singing the EB MM praises all over the internet for the past several years......