Classic Deluxe Bongo

[stu42]

Kind of my point.

Nothing to say you can't do it, but it's not the spirit of the Bongo.

A Classic Series Big Al makes more sense to me. It's more retro-futuristic.

When I first got my Bongo all the non-bass players (singers and such) who saw it ooo'd and aah'd and commented on how cool it looks....but then they said "It looks Retro".

Retro definitely wasn't how I saw it. I don't know...maybe it's the Buttercream colour (?). That colour does have a slightly pastel kind of appearance which, I guess, could give it a retro look..

Apart from that....I'm really not sure how you'd make a Bongo look "classic". Sunburst perhaps?

 

[oli@bass]

EBMM should make a Classic 25th Anniversary just to confuse people...

The Classic Reflex. Sounds right to me

 

[Big Poppa]

If I made one it would still have the 18v and the preamp but I dont rule out playing with colors and necks....There arent any rules on the bongo...just mine!@ ahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Psycho Ward]

I love it!

 

[bovinehost]

I do, too!


Might be considered sort of a "classic" Bongo:

 

[DTG]

Jack thats pretty darn cool !

 

[five7]

Make that sunburst a five string and that would be my dream bongo.

 

[bovinehost]

That was a one-off that the company built in 2006 and auctioned on eBay to benefit the Casey Lee Ball Foundation. I think Dave (musicmannut) ended up with it.

And yes, a fiver would be a dream, eh? But that four banger is a pretty nice little dream, too. Full rosewood neck....

 

[adouglas]

I dont rule out playing with colors and necks

Purple.

 

[Manfloozy]

That was a one-off that the company built in 2006 and auctioned on eBay to benefit the Casey Lee Ball Foundation. I think Dave (musicmannut) ended up with it.

And yes, a fiver would be a dream, eh? But that four banger is a pretty nice little dream, too. Full rosewood neck....

Fiver Mahogany Burst w/ All Rosewood Neck..... I need new pants now. I would absolutely buy that... With frets and all!

That one and Dave LaRue's Bongo just make me ache!

 

[TheStiffness]

Just buy a Bongo now, then someday you'll have a classic Bongo, the real deal!

I like the way you think!

Stay classic, San Diego.

 

[cellkirk74]

I do, too!


Might be considered sort of a "classic" Bongo:

That one with a single H! mmmmhh

 

[jlepre]

If I made one it would still have the 18v and the preamp but I dont rule out playing with colors and necks....There arent any rules on the bongo...just mine!@ ahahahahahahahahaha

Great! Now you guys got him going...what. will his evil mind come up with to torture us? Plus I STILL AM JOBless

 

[Moose308]

I would be very happy if they gave the Bongo (5'er of course) the 30th Anniversary Stingray treatment - Red Crimson mahogany body, Red Crimson birdseye neck. Heck, toss in the string-mutes, crome truss-rod wheel, it would all be good.

 

[muggsy]

Might be considered sort of a "classic" Bongo:

That one with a single H! mmmmhh

Sunburst 4H Bongo with full rosewood neck? Sold!

I would be very happy if they gave the Bongo the 30th Anniversary Stingray treatment - Red Crimson mahogany body, Red Crimson birdseye neck.

I'd buy a 4H like that in a heartbeat. I'm holding off on buying another Bongo until I find something special like one of those. I hope I don't have to wait until the 10th Anniversary (or longer) to get one, but the basses I have will do just fine until then. The 30th Anniversary Stingray is getting all of my attention these days.

 

[MudvilleStomper]

I do, too!


Might be considered sort of a "classic" Bongo:

is the bridge pickup on this one in typical HH position? it looks a little neckwards to me...

 

[bass-slinger]

I would like to see a run of bongos with ash bodies and unpainted maple necks and boards...that would be killer...

 

[Kamakiriad]

Purple.

My first EBMM was a Trans-Purple SR5. Best Color Ever.

 

[tkarter]

My grandkids will be playing classic bongos. They will be playing mine and still sounding better than anyone playing a fender anything LOL
BP doesn't have to build one as it has already been done.

tk

 

[Big Poppa]

Yeah but sometimes I get restless...and you have grandkids.....