Bongoloid thread - You like your Bongo because...?

[Big Poppa]

Wait....How many times do we have to deal with it? Porsches are different that Ferraris and at some pint the person needs to let it go...we are not Gumby....it is so hard to keep everyone happy with over 120,000 choices with minimal upcharges as it is.

 

[darkblack]

Wait....How many times do we have to deal with it?

No doubt, forever. Perhaps it is the result of such diligent QC and design, 'perfect' yet just not perfect enough...All the features of a 'boutique' instrument, yet factory made using exacting standards that cannot be retooled on a whim. Musicians can be very neurotic sometimes when seeking the Holy Grail among all the tin sippie cups.

 

[MK Bass Weed]

No doubt, forever. Perhaps it is the result of such diligent QC and design, 'perfect' yet just not perfect enough...

Maybe because they're not actually playing out on gigs ENOUGH!

I mean, I play the upright too, David Gage in NYC replaced the neck on my bass last year. I went up to the 2nd floor of his shop to try the basses when I was getting a neck repaired to get a 'feel' for how he would shape mine.

Everyone bass was different. Every one was incredible. I adapted to my new neck, and didn't email David to say "can you make this more like a Juzek rather that a Wilfer".

I say, shut up and play your Bongo...(now where is mine)

 

[djaxup]

omg, the bongoloid´s creed!
This is pure genious.

by the way, i joined the club last friday. I was not able to take a photo yet, that thing is nigh impossible to detect. i know, no pic no bongo. I'll take one later this week.

This was, well, love on first sight. This is my very first bass - i have taken my first steps on a borrowed squier precision for about 3 months and decided to buy my own bass since i got totally addicted to playing bass.
I went to the local store to buy a beginner's bass, somewhat around 400 bucks. End of story: i saved three more month, lived on water & bread and some love, and bought that bass i instantly fell in love with in that shop that day. It was a combination of kick ass looks, a very comfortable feel (neck, how it sits on my lap, HS Pickup thumb resting places and everything) that struck me. The deal was sealed after i rang the open E string once.

 

[phat5]

As always, I'm a little late. I love my Bongo cause......
It has cured me from gassing for other 5 strings, and the pickup blend knob; Aka the "mood" knob.

 

[bovinehost]

I love my Bongo because many of the people who initially thought I was insane now play Bongos.

 

[adouglas]

I like my Bongo because it means "canoe" in another language.

 

[strummer]

I love my Bongo because many of the people who initially thought I was insane now play Bongos.

For the record, I still think you are insane.

 

[markbass99]

I love my Bongo because many of the people who initially thought I was insane now play Bongos.

I never thought you were insane, but it was very interesting to see someone so vocal about a bass that many people thought looked funny, or odd, or maybe even ugly. In the back of my mind there was a little seed of interest planted because there had to be something to that bass if it inspired someone as much as it did Jack. Then five years later the seed sprouted and now I have three of the damn things- Doh!

 

[Bobe]

I have a Ken Smith, Roscoe and have had an MTD.

When I got the bongo initially based on price, It played like a dream and everyone has told me that it is the most even sounding bass I have had. It cuts through live and the high c stands out.

so I am selling the "boutiques" and going all bongoloid. I just wish the 6 string model was out years ago. It would have saved me a headache.

 

[Alvabass]

I never thought you were insane, but it was very interesting to see someone so vocal about a bass that many people thought looked funny, or odd, or maybe even ugly.

BTW, I must say that nobody who has seen my Bongos in person has found them funny, odd or ugly. On the other hand, everybody is dazed after seeing them for the first time. Only one person told me he didn't like them, but just because he's an extremely traditionalist person. For one of the subjects I teach at the university about acoustics essentials, there's one session per semester for which I always bring my Bongo to explain the harmonics/overtone series. When I pull it out of the gig bag, the awe can be heard.

Here's a picture taken at one of those sessions:

 

[adouglas]

I have a Ken Smith, Roscoe and have had an MTD.

Before I discovered the Bongo I was seriously considering dropping a pile of money on an MTD535, in my quest for tone.

All it took was playing the Bongo once. End of story.

 

[Bobe]

Agreed

I had a friend just recently come over. He is a P Bass only man.

He pulled out the bongo and played it.

When he got done all he said was..... "this comes in a 5 string version right?"

 

[patobrujo]

i love my bongo!! the sound, the looks, the feel, the smell... everything is just perfect!! everyone who has seen it loves it, and the few ones that have the courage to play it... loves it!! it's just a great bass

 

[Grand Wazoo]

i love my bongo!! the sound, the looks, the feel, the smell... everything is just perfect!! everyone who has seen it loves it, and the few ones that have the courage to play it... loves it!! it's just a great bass

Very well said patobrujo

 

[oddjob]

Before I discovered the Bongo I was seriously considering dropping a pile of money on an MTD535, in my quest for tone.

All it took was playing the Bongo once. End of story.

I was actually hinging between another Warwick and a MTD (and I found a GREAT deal on one at the time too)... think we know the rest of the story

 

[syciprider]

I like my Bongos because they are both one of a kind

The only Dargie Bongo 4HP in the universe

The Small EQ Bongo with BP's autograph

 

[Eggman]

Sycip - have you been gone for a while? I don't seem to remember seeing any posts from you for quite some time. Welcome back, if that is the case.

 

[syciprider]

Actually, I never left. I just wasn't posting as much. I am deploying soon though

 

[Big Poppa]

welcome back!