Happy, happy, joy joy!

[adouglas]

Hey, Ren! Look what the nice man in the Big Brown Truck brought me!!!

More images at http://www.filehigh.com/viewgallery.php?f=5906

Best part: We picked up another gig today...for the 15th.

 

[Dr. Nick]

There ya go! Gorgeous! Enjoy!

 

[phatduckk]

sweet! congrats and have fun with it at your gig .

 

[Freddy-G.]

Alright, I'm switching to a tort 'guard. That looks sweeet man!

 

[stretch80]

NICE!

I think that may be (to me) the best possible Bongo color scheme.

Buttercream/Tort being a close competitor...

Report on how it sounds on the gig!

 

[Mobay45]

I didn't even notice that my Bongo was missing! I'll p.m. you my address so you can send it right back.



















Nice bass!

 

[shamus63]

Desert Gold is the sh*t!

Have fun tonight, you two!

 

[adouglas]

Have fun tonight, you two!

Shoulda been more clear...the gig is an Octoberfest party on the 15th.

But tonight I get to play with my band...I want to see if I can make some books fall off the shelves in the rehearsal room.

 

[adouglas]

Note what makes this Bongo truly special and unusual...that little extra knob and the alternate bridge that means it's got a pee-ay-zoe.

 

[Mahlon]

That there's pretty.

 

[shamus63]

Shoulda been more clear...the gig is an Octoberfest party on the 15th.

But tonight I get to play with my band...I want to see if I can make some books fall off the shelves in the rehearsal room.

That shouldn't be a problem. Doesn't take much for the Bongo, with just a bit of bass boost, to clear the sinuses!

 

[Mobay45]

I just noticed that your's has a piezo. Go ahead and keep it. It's not mine.

 

[pattiejay]

very nice indeedie...everyone seems to have a desert gold bongo now

except me

 

[NorM]

Day-Um that's Purrrrrrrr-Tea.
Go bang on your Bongo

 

[bovinehost]

Man! I'm glad you finally got this!

Congratulations, bro.

Jack

 

[Randracula]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LeftyLB]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is that an early Michael Jackson video from the late 70's

 

[adouglas]

First practice was great, but now I've got a new problem.

Every loose object in the room vibrates like crazy! Sounds like I'm inside a snare drum. Bzzz...brrrr...

I can't get over how great this bass sounds flat. It just kills.

There's something about that EBMM tone...it cuts through the mix so incredibly well, and you really feel it in your chest. I don't have to play super-loud, but I can ear EVERYTHING I'm doing...including all the mistakes, dammit.

The piezo added a bit more harshness than I really like, but I'm pretty sure that's due largely to the brand new strings. I generally prefer strings that are still alive, but coughing up blood. I'm still trying to learn my way around the preamp...it'll take a while before I really have it dialed in just right.

 

[Bill]

Congrats! Sweet-looking bass!

 

[Golem]

Alright, I'm switching to a tort 'guard. That looks sweeet man!

+1 there. If ugly was cheese, the 'white ice' PG on my orange HH5 would be Wisconsin.

I'd been [uh oh] thinking. I thought I'd want the other 'tortise shell' color, like you see in gui*ar picks, that brown-yellow-black mixture, to go on an orange Bongo, and I couldn't seem to find that color anywhere. Thanks to the pix in this thread, I know the red-black torty is perfect.