I love my bookends.

[tkarter]

Well, I think it's like the current election polls - a dead heat.

I haven't figured out what you do to get back. I know you do but guess I haven't hung out at the pit long enough to catch on, but you guys make me laugh.

Right now I am still at work recovering a server and need a grin or two. Life is good most of the time.

tk

 

[bassmonkeee]

Or listen to Steve Barr et al talk about my Bongos.

Some basses ARE ugly. When I have nothing good to say about one of those basses, I try to say nothing.

In cyberspace, no one can hear you snickering.

Yeah, I notice this is the first time you've chimed in, too.

Just kidding. Do you think I'd own a pink bass if I cared what people thought?

If I win the lottery, the first thing I'm doing is sending Dude a Bongo with Powerbass strings on it. That'll learn 'im.

 

[cgworkman]

Different strokes.....

That's why I do both!

Another shameless reason to show off some MM's!

 

[jubjub721]

i want your 8 string
gimme

 

[flywheel]

I love your bookends too. It's funny that all the basses in the middle are pointy headstocked though...

 

[flywheel]

Another shameless reason to show off some MM's!

Those two basses certainly deserve to be shown off. Simply irresistible.

 

[skabassist13]

dude i want a pink bass. but like pastel pink or hot pink. not fuschia pink. that would be awesome.

 

[Aussie Mark]

dude i want a pink bass. but like pastel pink or hot pink. not fuschia pink. that would be awesome.

You mean like this? ......

 

[jongitarz]

Mark,

Is that Tele in the back a pink paisley also?

 

[Aussie Mark]

Mark,

Is that Tele in the back a pink paisley also?

Correct, Jon. Rich and I have several matching guitar and bass combinations, and the pink paisleys are just one such pair.

 

[midopa]

I swear, one of these days Imma bag me one of 'em Pink Paisley P's. Hey Mark, was your's made in Japan?

 

[jongitarz]

Very cool Mark!

 

[bassmonkeee]

You mean like this? ......

I love those basses. I still regret not picking one of them up when I had a bit of extra money.

Are you playing it without the pickguard?

I'm debating ordering a clear pickguard for the fretless white Bongo. I can't decide. Whaddaya think, Mark--clear, or tort for the white Bongo?

 

[Aussie Mark]

I swear, one of these days Imma bag me one of 'em Pink Paisley P's. Hey Mark, was your's made in Japan?

Yes, that's the Japanese model that is no longer available, so if you see one in a store anywhere you'll need to jump on it if you really want one. When I bought mine a year ago there were a lot of them on special because they were being discontinued. I bet there are still some sitting around in stores all over the place.

 

[Aussie Mark]

I love those basses. I still regret not picking one of them up when I had a bit of extra money.

Are you playing it without the pickguard?

I'm debating ordering a clear pickguard for the fretless white Bongo. I can't decide. Whaddaya think, Mark--clear, or tort for the white Bongo?

Well spotted, I took the pickguard off (I play fingerstyle all the time), because the stock pickguard was a smokey grey clear color, which looked fugly in my opinion. The finish on the paisley basses is polyurethane, so you couldn't scratch the finish with a pick anyway no matter how hard you tried, so the pickguard isn't necessary (provided you can live with the screwholes).

For your white Bongo, I like the idea of a plain white pickguard, and I also agree that tort would probably look super.

 

[Bassplyr]

You guys can have the basses. I want Mark's groovy velvet shirt!

 

[bovinehost]

I just saw a white Strat with a mint green guard.....I bet that would look nice on the white Bongo.

Just a thought.

 

[bassmonkeee]

I just saw a white Strat with a mint green guard.....I bet that would look nice on the white Bongo.

Just a thought.

It's funny you say that--I saw some of the mint green pickguard auctions from dazbootman, and thought about a mint green Bongo guard. Hmmm.....decisions, decisions....

 

[flywheel]

I really think Tort is the next best thing to what you already have on there monkee.

 

[bassmonkeee]

I really think Tort is the next best thing to what you already have on there monkee.

Tort was the original plan. that's why I traded my H/H tort guard to Bovine for his H/H white pearl guard for my black sapphire Bongo.

I just sent Bryan Boots an email for a tort guard AND a mint green guard.