Let's be honest here....

[LisaIs]

Sterling is a stallion. I like that photo!

 

[LisaIs]

Crazy green and sparkles! I love it.

What I don't like is when people choose pickguards that seem to clash with the color of the finish ....... that is a concern.

 

[lenny]

yep. one with hair.

I could tell by the eyebrows! hehehe

 

[SharonG]

Sterling is a stallion. I like that photo!

+1

but then, I rather like the green, too......

 

[phatduckk]

well here's my honest - no jokes involved answer.

If you had a "nice" green as a standard color I swear that one of the 3 dual pickup basses i have purchased would have been ordered in that finish. on a small tanget ... same goes for trans black and trans white.

now ... IF MM released a green finish I would NOT order a new bass or guitar jsut because there was a newly (re)released finish however the next time I placed an order green would probably been my first pick.

 

[Roubster]

I think it's pretty cool color for a BASS, muahahahaha!!! I think it would look cool with an abalone guard. I like green, and I wish Envy Green was still available, as I would get a Silo H-S-H with abalone..........why am I telling you bass dudes about this. You have no idea what I'm talkin about j/k!!!

 

[adouglas]

I think it needs a pimento-red pickguard. Then it would look like a big Spanish olive.

Think of the ad possibilities...nestled in a giant martini glass....

 

[Big Poppa]

Sterling is a stallion. I like that photo!

That was when I was a real chick magnet

Dargin should I post the cowlick fanny pack vacation pictures....or maybe the trombone
shots

 

[bassmonkeee]

I was glancing at Dargin's avatar Martini Green Bongo with the Black pickguard and said to myself, "That bass is really ugly" Jackie made a big deal of it but really folks I know that Dargie has a secret stash that he doesnt think I know about that make this bass really look homely and unbecoming. Kind of like a librarian with too much botox.

What do you guys really think? After the novelty of owning it how long would it take for you to put it on ebay?

THis bass would keep me awake at night barking

I absolutely love the color. If there is a single H, or SC/H Bongo 4 available, I'd send Dude the money today. And, I'd even sign an affidavit saying I'll never sell it unless I'm filing for bankruptcy or paying for childrens' (that I don't even have yet) medical care.

I'm not kidding.

Personally, I just think they need an antique pearl pickguard, and it would totally change the vibe. It'd almost look like a yellowed lpb 60s Fender.....


Please?

 

[oddjob]

Green Bongos... hate 'em

 

[scottbass71]

Sell, Sell, Sell, Sell

Also the young BP he looks like leif garret

 

[Dargin]

I did get a few red pg's made, but none came out good..

 

[adouglas]

Sell, Sell, Sell, Sell

Also the young BP he looks like leif garret

I think BP aged better than ol' Leif:

LOL....do a Google image search on "Sterling Ball" and you get a lot of this kind of thing:

 

[LisaIs]

You kill me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that kind of humor.

 

[Dargin]

Should I go out to your house and scan the pic of you in red tights and bozo the clown afro?

Kisses,

Dargie

 

[bovinehost]

I wouldn't own a green bass if it were given to me.






























Ahem.

Damned if I know what's true about these green basses. Sure, I like them, went nuts the first time I saw that martini olive green....we know how that story went...and I have a few lunatic friends who insist they'd buy a green Bongo in a heartbeat. Two questions come to mind:

1. Is it the novelty factor? The fact that there are no, for all intents and purposes, any green Bongos?

2. If there were a regularly scheduled green Bongo, would those same people not find them quite so attractive?

This brings up another question that I can't answer. The Biggest Dealers have a bit of influence on what's built and what isn't built, so if they say "We can't sell green basses" then they won't buy green basses, ergo no use in building them.

But are they sure?

I'm not, but then I've been known to enjoy the off-the-beaten-path colors anyway, so I'm not claiming any expertise. The build stats from SLO are always a shock to me - people keep buying those black/maple Stingrays, though, so that tells you what I know.

So that's a no-brainer - build black/maple Stingrays and skip to the bank.

As little as I want to believe it, the Biggest Dealers are probably right. When you look at how many black/maple Stingrays are sold versus how many 'more interesting' color combos are sold, from a strictly business sense, I suppose (this hurts) I understand why you're not building green basses.

On a positive note, it keeps my own green bass near the top of the heap in terms of "unique".

Jack

 

[MingusBASS]

I love Dargin's green bongo. If that color was available I would order a single H bongo in that color right now.

 

[bovinehost]

Should I go out to your house and scan the pic of you in red tights and bozo the clown afro?

Scotty, me thinks we'll be needing that for the posters in November.

 

[bovinehost]

Is it that they are right or is it that they dictate what people buy by what they order?

If green basses flew off the shelves - or sparkles, for that matter - we'd be up to our eyebrows in green and sparkle. That's really what I think.

 

[tiffles]

i like the bongo. it really does look like a olive with horns. devil olive...