First Bongo?

[Evil_Ernie_Ball]

http://images.google.be/imgres?imgu...=/images?q=spalt+bass&hl=nl&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N
I think this bass looks a lot like "the" Bongo
Could EB MM have got there inspiration with Spalt basses ??
But then again... maybe it's just me

Rock On !

 

[dlloyd]

http://images.google.be/imgres?imgu...=/images?q=spalt+bass&hl=nl&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N
I think this bass looks a lot like "the" Bongo
Could EB MM have got there inspiration with Spalt basses ??
But then again... maybe it's just me

Rock On !

I don't see much of a resemblence, but it's cool anyway

 

[bassmonkeee]

http://images.google.be/imgres?imgu...=/images?q=spalt+bass&hl=nl&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N
I think this bass looks a lot like "the" Bongo
Could EB MM have got there inspiration with Spalt basses ??
But then again... maybe it's just me

Rock On !

Um....It's definitely just you. And, I think I'd get my eyes checked if I were you.

 

[Psychicpet]

not to worry, i can see the upper horn allusion to the Bongo, i'd like to see the dates this prototype happened on, remember, the Bongo is almost 2 now and that's plenty of time for samller luthiers to cop the feel of it.....

 

[Evil_Ernie_Ball]

2002 I think that's what's written underneat it ...

 

[cgworkman]

The whole sliding pup idea is pretty interesting...

 

[johans]

yeap

but i like bongo's headstock over to that spalt thing

 

[cgworkman]

Me too. I hate those Fury-type headstocks.

 

[spectorbassguy]

The whole sliding pup idea is pretty interesting...

That is VERY interesting. Could be revolutionary? Never seen it before but it is a cool concept.

Here is a link w/ more info:

http://www.spaltbasses.com/vViperhome.html

 

[phatduckk]

as a bonus you could remove the pup and stash a slice of pizza in case you get hungry during a gig.

 

[Evil_Ernie_Ball]

That is VERY interesting. Could be revolutionary? Never seen it before but it is a cool concept.

Here is a link w/ more info:

http://www.spaltbasses.com/vViperhome.html

I think this could be very revolutionary too then ??

http://www.neverwhere.org/~steve/music/railbass.html

 

[cgworkman]

I think this could be very revolutionary too then ??

http://www.neverwhere.org/~steve/music/railbass.html

this one I've seen before. The concept failed. A little to out there if you know what I mean.

 

[Aragorn35016]

Didnt one of Gibson's Ripper bass models have a sliding pickup?

 

[bassmonkeee]

this one I've seen before. The concept failed. A little to out there if you know what I mean.

I played one of these that had an amazing setup/fretjob done on it. It sounded great, and the sliding pickup worked as advertised. It certaily leaves a little tobe desired in the looks category for a lot of traditional players, but it sounded wonderful.

 

[Evil_Ernie_Ball]

Didnt one Gibsons Ripper bass models have a sliding pickup?

this Gibson Grabber has the slidable pickup..
I think this one looks a lot like a Ray5 (or is it me again? )

 

[skabassist13]

in some way it looks kinda like a ray 5.