Bongos or Car?

[adouglas]

Yeah, what a silly car to get man. If you're going to be transporting a Bongo, you should've found an old AMC Pacer (ducking)

Nah...a plumber's truck.

(double ducking and cowering in a foxhole...INCOMING!)



I don't even own a Bongo (yet...I've got bad GAS) but last night a Caribbean-type ditty popped into my head, fully formed. I might even record it just for grins.

One of the verses:

I got a little guitar
Her name is Bongo
She may look funny
But she is sweet

She plays so nice
Sounds even better
Even though she looks
Like a toilet seat

 

[stingrayplayr83]

You should add another verse about the canopener like headstock!

 

[MingusBASS]

Nah...a plumber's truck.

(double ducking and cowering in a foxhole...INCOMING!)



I don't even own a Bongo (yet...I've got bad GAS) but last night a Caribbean-type ditty popped into my head, fully formed. I might even record it just for grins.

One of the verses:

I got a little guitar
Her name is Bongo
She may look funny
But she is sweet

She plays so nice
Sounds even better
Even though she looks
Like a toilet seat

I HATE the toilet seat jokes. I know you guys are just playing around , but they aren't funny and it gets freak'n old real fast. It's bad enough on TB and now you've gotta bring 'em on here? I hope you all got that out of your system 'cause I'm DONE with that crap. You diss the bongo, you might as well be dissing us that play them.

Andrew

 

[adouglas]

I HATE the toilet seat jokes. I know you guys are just playing around , but they aren't funny and it gets freak'n old real fast. It's bad enough on TB and now you've gotta bring 'em on here? I hope you all got that out of your system 'cause I'm DONE with that crap. You diss the bongo, you might as well be dissing us that play them.

Andrew

Oh, geez, relax, will ya? Just FYI in case the word "t**let" blinded you, I'm gassing somethin' awful for a Bongo. I LIKE THEM. Read the message again. I'm not dissing the thing! Did you miss all the positive things I said?

Hey, it's just a bass, okay? It's not a religious icon, fercryinoutloud! If I get one I'll still have the ability to laugh at myself. And if somebody makes a t**let s*at joke, I'll laugh with them, not get my knickers in a twist over it.

Do you honestly believe that someone having a giggle over the shape of your bass is the same thing as a personal attack on you? Crikey. Thin skinned is one thing, but really, now...I don't think so.

Getting all torqued because someone pokes a little fun at you does nothing but give you heartburn. Take it too far and you risk looking foolish. Just watch The Daily Show on any given evening to see this happening.

Tell us...do you get equally outraged if somebody tells a bass player joke?

I know very well what it is like to be the butt of ongoing jokes. I've been making my living using Macs for 20 years, and was made fun of and derided for YEARS for that choice. Getting all upset doesn't help, believe me. I've seen it happen over and over...the harder somebody tries to defend their choice, the more they're labled a fanatic whether that's true or not.

If I upset you with my attempt at some mild humor, I apologize. Peace, okay?

 

[MingusBASS]

I get what you are saying and if you were the first person to make that joke, I would of let it pass like the hundreds of times before. When someone(not you) questions the bass I am playing, a bass I happen to think feels and sounds great and is mighty fine to look at in my opinion, it just pisses me off. Do I tell people that they can't play the newest or oldest Fender clone or rotten topped 7 string bass? No, that would be rude. What you said just sparked a little rant that I've been holding in for a while now, don't take it personal. Do I REALLY care what they say? No, but if you poke a bull dog long enough you're gonna be bitten. I don't think we should just sit back and let them bad mouth the bongo simply because of it's modern looks. If my comments spur someone to go and give the Bongo a real test drive and end up falling in love with these great basses, then it was all worth it to me.

Viva La Bongo!

Andrew

 

[0557]

Toilet seat jokes getting old

I'm with Mingus on this. I'm over it. I have to hear it from boutique bass snobs all the time. some of them are friends of mine that just can't get past the look, no matter how great a bongo sounds. Its their loss and their money... if they want to spend $3000 on some hybrid bartolini and Tulip wood body sandwiched with ivorywood facings, go for it. But the toilet jokes are wearing thin.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I believe I was the original source of the "Toilet Seat" comments (or at least one of the first anyway) and it really just started as a personal joke between Jack and myself that has gotten way blown out of proportion. He made fun of my Oakland ZXB200 bass and I made fun of Heinz at first then his Bongos later.

I'm sorry if it has caused you any self esteem issues as that was not my intent and ya gotta admit...it wasn't a far reach to see the correlation.

If it makes anyone feel any better, I just ordered a Bongo from Jack myself.

 

[Father Gino]

Hey hey hey, calm down here. If you're so sensitive about Bongo jokes, you should've gotten a P bass. The Bongo is unusual looking and that's probably one of the reasons you like them. Don't be like people with metalic red hair that don't want to be stared at.

I've been a big FIAT fan for working on 25 years. How many times do you think I've heard: "Fix it again Tony?"

Peace, it's all good.

 

[tkarter]

My take on this is look at the number of posts by participating parties.

No way to know how many times the toilet seat comment has hit this board by those new to the board.

Some days those of us that been here a while are a bit defensive. I know Andrew to be very patient.

How bout we all wait for the next new guy around here to mention the toilet seat and we all wait three days then gang up on him? JK on this one.


tk

 

[adouglas]

I guess my point is that it's easy to take oneself a little bit too seriously. I know some devout Christians who love a good Jesus joke. I know others who get VERY upset at anything remotely resembling religious humor. Guess which are the ones who are more fun to hang out with?

Hey, I like science fiction, including Star Trek. I can't STAND hardcore Trekkies. IT'S JUST A TV SHOW.

I'm a short guy. I make short jokes about myself all the time.

I don't see this as quite so polarized a thing as you seem to think it is. I tried a Bongo, I really liked it, the looks appeal to me, I might buy one, and I *still* think it looks like a...well, you know. I guess I just have the ability to admit to myself that to my eye it does indeed look like that object which shall remain nameless, and not care one bit that it does. Indeed, even to enjoy the quirky bit of humor that its looks might bring forth.

I also think it looks like something straight out of the Jetsons.

It is possible to see the humor in the situation and still appreciate it as a fine instrument. It is possible to be Jewish and make Jewish jokes. It is possible to be a republican and have a chuckle at W.

"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not."

Vaclav Havel (Czech Playwright and President of Czechoslovakia(1989-92), b.1936)

 

[0557]

No self-esteem issues here...my friend. Just felt like venting.

 

[tkarter]

No complaint from me but..

It is also very easy for people to take the written word very seriously. Even smilies don't convey everything.

tk

 

[Disquieter]

besides, the bongo looks like a goldfish....


seriously, who posted that picture on the dudepit.


current bongo gas: hh4 black w/tortoise guard


mmm....the snack that smiles back.

joel

 

[MingusBASS]

I love the Bongo but it has no effect on my self esteem. It's not about being sensitive either, if most of the people on TB spent half as much time practicing as they talk crap, I might actually care what they think. If there is a positive topic that happens to include the Bongo some ass hat always comes along, says it looks like toilet seat, and the thread goes down the crapp...umm bongo. See- I do have a sense of humour. It just gets OLD.

And oh yeah... I do own a P bass but most of the time I prefer playing my Bongos.

Andrew

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Well, I just ordered one and I plan on naming it "Elger" and you can't stop me.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Asshats on TB?????? Nooooooooooo where???? LOL

 

[tkarter]

Andrew.. BP hast now slain the greatest Bongo hater of all time. We should rejoice.



tk

 

[xring]

Wow. I've got my Bongo and the toilet seat thing is really OLD. You know what I consider an ugly (butt ugly) bass? Fodera. I'm sure many of you don't. In the end -who the heck cares? Play what you like and let it go. Same people who proclaim one bass to be "THE BEST" are the ones slamming others.
I AM going to do something productive now.
BINGOBANGO BONGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Speaking of which...did I ever show you the very early Bongo prototype I found hanging on the wall at Joe's Crabshack on Harbor Blvd in Anaheim, CA????

 

[Motojunkie]

LMAO Dude!!!!!!!