Ping: brewer (re: Bongos)

[Aussie Mark]

Your Bongo thread got closed before I had a chance to comment. Here's my input. I'm very much a vintage/retro/classic type of guy when it comes to instruments, and like you I was perturbed by the Bongo's styling for quite some time. But, after reading review after review after review by people who I know speak the truth about this type of thing, my curiosity got the better of me. Once I played my Bongo I was hooked. It's got a huge sound, is very versatile, has a great neck and is a quality instrument. I forgot about the looks straight away, however with a new pickguard I must say my Bongo's styling is growing on me. I've got quite a few basses, and my Musicmans get gigged around 50% of the time. The Bongo is rapidly competing with my Stingray as the Musicman bass I pick up first when packing the van for a gig.

 

[brewer]

Thanks for your reply. I hope that i didn't upset anyone w/ eb or anyone else for that matter. I did enjoy the sound and the playability of the bass. I guess i'm an traditionalist. Thats sounds bad being that i'm only 29

 

[Chet the Jet]

I hope that i didn't upset anyone w/ eb or anyone else for that matter.

I been sleepin with a picture of a Bongo under my pillow. I been thinking they the most beautifull bass guitars I ever seen. I had to take an extra lexapro after seeing that post.

Seriously,I think they are one fine looking piece of work, and I want one.

 

[tkarter]

What possible traditions do you feel you are aware of at 29?

Live and learn is the rule until you are 209. You get there you should have senority and be allowed to set standards. Of course when you get there I will be 249 and I will then have senority should I be able to reply to one of your posts.

tk

 

[bovinehost]

Didn't really mean to rain on anyone's parade but I've been playing Bongos for over a year now. At first, the comments rolled off my back, then it got old, then we had about a zillion threads about it, and while I do appreciate that the look is not for everyone, I just didn't think we needed ANOTHER "dang those are ugly" thread.

No offense intended, but we HAVE had a lot of those.

 

[TSanders]

I remember when I first heard of the Bongo. Did a google search and wound up at www. bovinehost.com. Loved the Bongos looks from the first glance and still do. It doesnt hurt that my Bongo 5 is my favorite bass Ive ever owned.

 

[bovinehost]

BTW, Brewer-san, saw that photo of you with the blue-burst SR5.

Nice, brother, very nice.

You didn't have a rag on your head, didja?

 

[brewer]

dew rag

Yes thats a rag on my head. That pic was taken this past summer. The guys in my band had a party the day before and we had too much to drink and they shaved my head. I was embarassed so i put the rag on........ I still wear it every now and then. Tonight actually.

 

[TSanders]

Hey Brewer, Just noticed youre a fellow Georgia boy. How far is Cartersville from Columbus??

 

[brewer]

about 3 1/2 hours

it takes about 3 1/2 hours to get to Columbus from Cartersville. If you're talking about Columbus Ohio, thats gonna take you a lil longer.

 

[Mobay45]

Opinions are just that - opinions. I was looking at some pics of some high end basses yesterday in another forum that some people were just drooling over and I just didn't like them at all. So I didn't post on that thread and I certainly didn't start a new thread to bash them. There are a lot of radically designed basses out there that people seem to like but I don't think that it's my duty to tell them that I think it looks like s**t.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Opinions are just that - opinions. I was looking at some pics of some high end basses yesterday in another forum that some people were just drooling over and I just didn't like them at all. So I didn't post on that thread and I certainly didn't start a new thread to bash them. There are a lot of radically designed basses out there that people seem to like but I don't think that it's my duty to tell them that I think it looks like s**t.

Exactly.

 

[bovinehost]

Some young kid over on TB was looking at a "Killer" brand bass, some Japanese thing with pointy ends and angles and all BCRich. And he asked for opinions, and all I said was, "I have bad news. The 80s are over."

Wow, I was roundly criticized. Good thing they don't all sit around with me in real life. I'm much more mouthy about such things.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Some young kid over on TB was looking at a "Killer" brand bass, some Japanese thing with pointy ends and angles and all BCRich. And he asked for opinions, and all I said was, "I have bad news. The 80s are over."

Wow, I was roundly criticized. Good thing they don't all sit around with me in real life. I'm much more mouthy about such things.

Asking for opinions opens up the opportunity to express said opinion. There is a difference between "solicited" and "unsolicited."

 

[Mobay45]

Some young kid over on TB was looking at a "Killer" brand bass, some Japanese thing with pointy ends and angles and all BCRich. And he asked for opinions, and all I said was, "I have bad news. The 80s are over."

Wow, I was roundly criticized. Good thing they don't all sit around with me in real life. I'm much more mouthy about such things.

I saw that one and you were right. The 80s are over. But you didn't start a thread about what a piece of crap those basses are.

 

[bovinehost]

Secretly, though - sometimes I want to.

But that's just between us.

 

[Aussie Mark]

The 80s are over

I'm so glad. I just had a bad flashback .....

 

[bassmonkeee]

I'm so glad. I just had a bad flashback .....

So, back then it was ugly pants and plain shirts. Now, it's the other way around.

 

[Aussie Mark]

monkee, you nailed it. Believe it or not, our band were "endorsees" for those pants, and got as many free pairs as we wanted.

 

[bovinehost]

How freakin' many of those pants could anyone really want?

Nice bass, though.