bassmonkeee
Well-known member
Howdy, everyone. This is my first post, even though I've been lurking for a month, or so.
I've never been a big fan of Stingrays or Sterlings, so I have never really followed Music Man basses in the past.
But, that all changed when I first saw the Bongo. I'm now the happy owner of a Black Sapphire 5 string with H/H/P pickups and a tort pickguard (replacing the original black ice).
This be it:
And, here's an mp3 of the Bongo in action live:
http://www.mindspring.com/~jshew2/tunes/Jabla/W_A_O_W_Bongo.mp3
The other pickup on there is to drive my VBass. You want to really go nuts then you should hear the Bongo tone mixed with a small hollowbody and driving a Big Muff. As if the Bongo by itself isn't enough to beat most guitar players into submission....
As of last Friday, I also have a white fretless 5 string Bongo on order from my local GC (my go to guy gave me an amazing deal and I got the 15 months same as cash!). I ordered the bass with a SC/H/P pickup config and an abalone pickguard. Its tentative arrival date is July 9th.
I had planned to order it with a tort guard, but I opted for the abalone since I have the tort on my Black Sapphire Bongo. I have a feeling, however, that I'll be ordering a tort guard for the fretless and a white ice for the fretted.
Who knew I could have as much GAS for pickguards as I do for Bongos?
I'm really frightened that I am going to seriously neglect my other basses (some really out there custom stuff, I might add) when the fretless shows up. The fretted has already become a main stay at my jazz gigs when I originally only planned to use it at blues shows.
I'm in the process of recording some sound clips of my fretted 5 string with fresh TI Powerbass strings.
As for the fretless, is this the first fretless Bongo being produced for the public? Grasshopper at BC wasn't even aware they were available in fretless yet, and I can't imagine any of the GCs in the country ordering a fretless for stock.
So, did anyone beat me to the ordering punch for a fretless, or am I going to have one of the first, if not the first one out there?
Who else wants a fretless Bongo?
Anyway, I'm glad to be here, and I am glad to see Jack is keeping things in check. So, now I just need to get that "junior" removed from my name. It's been a long time since I was a "junior" anything.....
I've never been a big fan of Stingrays or Sterlings, so I have never really followed Music Man basses in the past.
But, that all changed when I first saw the Bongo. I'm now the happy owner of a Black Sapphire 5 string with H/H/P pickups and a tort pickguard (replacing the original black ice).
This be it:
And, here's an mp3 of the Bongo in action live:
http://www.mindspring.com/~jshew2/tunes/Jabla/W_A_O_W_Bongo.mp3
The other pickup on there is to drive my VBass. You want to really go nuts then you should hear the Bongo tone mixed with a small hollowbody and driving a Big Muff. As if the Bongo by itself isn't enough to beat most guitar players into submission....
As of last Friday, I also have a white fretless 5 string Bongo on order from my local GC (my go to guy gave me an amazing deal and I got the 15 months same as cash!). I ordered the bass with a SC/H/P pickup config and an abalone pickguard. Its tentative arrival date is July 9th.
I had planned to order it with a tort guard, but I opted for the abalone since I have the tort on my Black Sapphire Bongo. I have a feeling, however, that I'll be ordering a tort guard for the fretless and a white ice for the fretted.
Who knew I could have as much GAS for pickguards as I do for Bongos?
I'm really frightened that I am going to seriously neglect my other basses (some really out there custom stuff, I might add) when the fretless shows up. The fretted has already become a main stay at my jazz gigs when I originally only planned to use it at blues shows.
I'm in the process of recording some sound clips of my fretted 5 string with fresh TI Powerbass strings.
As for the fretless, is this the first fretless Bongo being produced for the public? Grasshopper at BC wasn't even aware they were available in fretless yet, and I can't imagine any of the GCs in the country ordering a fretless for stock.
So, did anyone beat me to the ordering punch for a fretless, or am I going to have one of the first, if not the first one out there?
Who else wants a fretless Bongo?
Anyway, I'm glad to be here, and I am glad to see Jack is keeping things in check. So, now I just need to get that "junior" removed from my name. It's been a long time since I was a "junior" anything.....
