I awoke from a terrible nightmare last night. I dreamed my wife and I went to see my parents for Christmas, to find out the 3 of them pooled their money together to buy me a Bongo 5!
I was very excited when I saw the big gift wrapped bass case. When I opened it I wanted to cry. Yes it was a Bongo 5, a real one, but to my dismay it was not what I expected. Both horns had been sawed off making it look like a tear drop shape, the body had been spray painted camouflage, the pickups had been replaced by guitar single coils in the strat configuration, the bridge was a shoddy rusty metal plate, and the preamp was replaced by tone knobs adorn with dice. But the worst detail... the neck was sawn off at the 5th fret and a headless unit was attached, the neck sanded down thin and terribly asymmetrical with gashes.
The worst part of the whole thing was they had thought I'd love the modifications so they did it themselves. Thought I would get that out to people who would care about my story. Thoughts?
I was very excited when I saw the big gift wrapped bass case. When I opened it I wanted to cry. Yes it was a Bongo 5, a real one, but to my dismay it was not what I expected. Both horns had been sawed off making it look like a tear drop shape, the body had been spray painted camouflage, the pickups had been replaced by guitar single coils in the strat configuration, the bridge was a shoddy rusty metal plate, and the preamp was replaced by tone knobs adorn with dice. But the worst detail... the neck was sawn off at the 5th fret and a headless unit was attached, the neck sanded down thin and terribly asymmetrical with gashes.The worst part of the whole thing was they had thought I'd love the modifications so they did it themselves. Thought I would get that out to people who would care about my story. Thoughts?
