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I'm not a Bongo guy

Dr Stankface

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After near 2 months with the Bongo, i've come to the conclusion that I am not a Bongo guy. It's a great sounding bass but it's just not a StingRay 5. It's about to find a happy home in Texas (not casa de bovine).

Now what's next? HSC or fretless SR5? :cool:
 
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shamus63

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Dr Stankface said:
After near 2 months with the Bongo, i've come to the conclusion that I am not a Bongo. It's a great sounding bass but it's just not a StingRay 5. It's about to find a happy home in Texas (not casa de bovine).

Now what's next? HSC or fretless SR5? :cool:
Click to expand...

I'm going fretless on my TB Ray; possible HH for that one, as well. :cool:
 
Psycho Ward

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Well the good thing is that EBMM makes an excellent line of basses, they are not a one trick pony kind of company.

After owning an SR4&5, Sterling and Bongos, I found that I'm more of a Sterling guy, with a serious love for the Bongo too. The StingRay just wasn't for me... but that could change cause I'm sort of missing looking at them.

I want an H/S Sterling to go with my Sterling collection, lefty of course. I love the single coil in "Jewel", that is one good sounding pickup baby!

So get what you like the best, BP and the boys make some mighty fine instruments.
 
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The blank plank SR sounds nice!!!!
The best thing about EBMM is that there is something that fits each one of our tastes. I love the looks of SR's but they are very uncomfortable for me. The Sterling is a bit small (but I do luv 'em) and the Bongo is just right. To each, their own - as long as it's a Ball! (why do I feel like I should be footnoting pages from Goldilocks and the Three Bears????)
 
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I know... forgot about that until after I posted... maybe something new for our fav bass manufacture to consider for NAMM!?!?!?!?!?! That would be killer (I would love a HSP Sterling)
 
nicolasd

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add my vote for SR HSP option... or as i think you guys do here...

+1

wait a moment... would that mean SIX knobs on the SR? lol.
 
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AnthonyD

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I am soooooo hoping for an HSp Sterling...

If not Summer NAMM '06 perhaps new for 2007.

I love the Bongo tone, but the Sterling feels perfect in my hands (and sounds pretty good in it's own right!). Hoping that an HSp Sterling completes/combines the experience for me! :D
 
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I too, am a Sterling guy who has also come to love the Bongo. I decided the Stingray just wasn't for me and traded mine for a Sterling. Yet, two years later, I went and bought another Ray. Of course, I sold it and now have only Sterlings an SR5 and a Bongo, but I know that it's entirely likely that I'll own another Ray somewhere down the road.
 
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