Help me pick out what color Bongo to order.

[neutrino]

hey everyone.

Well, it looks like I'm going to pull the trigger on a bongo. I'm really excited, but completely indecisive when it comes to the color choices. I was hoping for some suggestions.

I have somewhat narrowed the field down to these:

Desert Gold / Tort
Sapphire Black / Black Ice or Moonstone or White Ice
Graphite Pearl / Black Ice or White Ice
Teal Pearl / White Ice
Carbon Blue Pearl / White Ice

in the end I don't know... they are all beautiful. could I get some opinions?

 

[MingusBASS]

Teal Pearl- A great color that you don't see enough of. Desert Gold is a cool color but the fact that everyone and their mother owns a DG bongo is a turn off for me.

Andrew

 

[neutrino]

I would love to see some good quality pics of the Teal Pearl, but I haven't been able to find any.

 

[smallequestrian]

Teal pearl as well, there is a great pic of one from the open house. Mingus is right on about the color, super cool and nobody else seems to have one.

 

[neutrino]

the teal is sounding pretty nice now....
i'll go through those pics and try to find it.

 

[Mahlon]

Desert Gold

 

[neutrino]

would this be the one you were refering to?

 

[tkarter]

May I suggest enee meenie miny moe.

All would be good choices IMHO

tk

 

[shamus63]

I'm going DG w/Black Ice PG.

 

[smallequestrian]

Thats the one I was refering too. There is also this one that Shamus took

 

[neutrino]

I kinda think I would like a white ice pickguard though - similar to this...

comments?

 

[adouglas]

Already asked, some weeks ago:

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9237

The statistically significant answer to the question "What's your favorite Bongo color?" turns out to be "Yes."

FWIW, I went Desert Gold w/tort, because it's a color that changes considerably depending on the light. Look at the pics on Basscentral, and you'll see what I mean. For that matter, look at the pic of Psychicpet in the thread. That bass is yellow...no, it's orange...no, it's gold...

If I ever get a second Bongo (fretless) it'll either be black/tort or carbon blue/abalone. Several days ago somebody posted pics of a Stingray in the latter color, and it was stunning:

 

[adouglas]

the fact that everyone and their mother owns a DG bongo is a turn off for me.

Untrue. Everyone and their mother owns a Jazz bass.

 

[shamus63]

BC would have been my first choice, but I wasn't in a position to buy before the cut-off date. Blue just doesn't do it for me with the Bongo.

Stealth Black w/White Ice PG would be cool, though.

 

[shamus63]

Untrue. Everyone and their mother owns a Jazz bass.

My mother owns a beat-up Mercedes!

 

[neutrino]

man... I just keep coming back to the Desert Gold color.... What to do.... What to do....

 

[shamus63]

man... I just keep coming back to the Desert Gold color.... What to do.... What to do....

Buy it! I'm on the hunt locally today for the same finish in a 4-string HH.

 

[tkarter]

Spend the day in the picture thread. It will come to you really. All of the colors you are looking at rock so.... eliminate bassed on how you see yourself playing and loving your new bongo.


IMHO

tk

 

[adouglas]

man... I just keep coming back to the Desert Gold color.... What to do.... What to do....

Buy one.

What can I say? Drewl.

 

[strummer]

I like my DG Bongo, and soon I'll get a green one too, but if I was ordering a new Bongo I'd go with Medallion Gold! Yeah, there's an image of one somewhere around here, and it looks oh so sweet