Newbie with a marred Bongo

[Big Poppa]

doug..... the new defender of truth .....A 911 is presumed to have insurance A bongo is 750 ish on the used market right now less if damaged probably 500-700 imho......you can refinish it via third party or play it....that is my truth.

 

[ausf]

Rename you friend 'basskiller' and make him buy your exact body weight in Guinness (hopefully not in one sitting). That's what I'd do. Mojo happens and now you have a story to tell.

 

[mynan]

now you have a story to tell.

Or you could make up a better story...

 

[Scurvy]

Well I know most of the body shops in my area so having one of them do it isn't a big deal I guess. I also know an airbrusher looking to expand his portfolio and will do it for cost of materials so we shall see

 

[bovinehost]

If it were mine....I'd do something really different.

 

[Scurvy]

If it were mine....I'd do something really different.

Don't you have enough "really different" Bongos hahah

 

[douglasspears]

doug..... the new defender of truth .....

haha, boldly going where few have gone before, in the name of truth!


I have 2 EBMM "players" (1 for 13 years, another just 6 months ago) that I play regularly, but also keep as nice and possible.....I'd be crushed for this to happen, and would seek out options to repair. Heck, I bought the 2nd one so the first one could stop getting any more "mojo", haha!

The 911 analogy is a good one, of course 99% of people would have it repaired, no question.

 

[bovinehost]

Don't you have enough "really different" Bongos hahah

I don't understand the question.

 

[Scurvy]

I don't understand the question.

You said if you would do something really different, but you have several really different basses. I guess you can never have too many?

It's been a while since I've been on here but don't you have an olive Bongo?

 

[bovinehost]

At least one!

But no, there is no such thing as "too many" Bongos, as nearly as I can tell.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Jack the one you've got with the red coloured flames is also based on a green metallic paint, does that not count?

 

[bovinehost]

Sure, and I like to think of that one as sort of an "original" Dargie, albeit with some added bling.

In reality, though, it came after the initial run of "Logan Green", which is the official name for the color we commonly call "Martini Olive Green".

The first ones (four or five?) went to NAMM and were roundly shunned by dealers, which is why we alway say, "Green basses don't sell!" (Blame Guitar Center, I say!)

Dargie, of course, has one of those original green Bongos and an artist (Jessie Bastos? I forget) has another.

But yeah, God bless BP and Dudley and Dargin and the guys, they found an extra green spray can for that Flaming Biff Bongo!

 

[Rano Bass]

That's the reason i like natural finished basses, dings don't look that bad on transparent basses

 

[five7]

That has to be the baddest mean green machine ever!

 

[fogman]

Ouch ouch ouch

 

[barginkov]

you can use a dab of wood putty to fill up the dents , sand it down withh super fine paper, go to a hobby shop or auto parts get 3 or 4 paints that look similar, when you get home see which one is closest, paint it , it will be very very hard to tell , where it was i did it to a silver one i had, looked great,

 

[Scurvy]

you can use a dab of wood putty to fill up the dents , sand it down withh super fine paper, go to a hobby shop or auto parts get 3 or 4 paints that look similar, when you get home see which one is closest, paint it , it will be very very hard to tell , where it was i did it to a silver one i had, looked great,

I have a feeling this is what I'm going to wind up doing and then just having the guy I know do a custom airbrush on it to give some additional help in concealing it.

Now I just need to figure out what I want to have airbrushed on...

 

[tkarter]

Slap a bandaide on it.

tk

 

[mmbassplayer]

Scurvy... how about something like this...

Here are a couple of Bongo basses we made for our buddy Ken from Nonpoint.

 

[fidooda]

forgot about those bongos....wow they look awesome.