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Bongo 2026 Collection

Show Me Your Sparkles!

GWDavis28 said:
See this is my kind of thread!! ;)

Present:
1 of a kind Fuschia Sparkle
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Whadaya mean 1 of a kind? What's the story on that, and what is the color called?

MAN that one is nice, sure would be a good addition to my purple EBMM collection!

u sure have some nice sparkles there Glenn
 
Thanx Razzle, it's a NAMM 2001 piece, it's called Fuchsia Sparkle. I was in a bidding war on Evilabay thru the CLB (Casey Lee Ball Foundation) and lost it in the last 30 seconds. I emailed the winner and told him that if he ever wanted to sell it to contact me. Well after a few months of emails, he decided to sell it to me for what he paid for it, though he neglected to tell me about the ding in it, but I didn't care, I got the guitar and will always have it.

The sparkles remind me of when I was a kid and that was the paint jobs that they used on the carnival rides. I would have gotten a Green Sparkle, but limited funds and not really needing another guitar didn't help.

Glenn |B)
 
Here is my beloved original Luke 2 white sparkle MH (2001), and my Luke III Emerald green....
A lot of sparkles ! :)











 
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Thanks a lot !!!!!! Each one is special for me, really love them.... Miss a Black Sparkle....^^
 
Here’s my JP13
 

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Complex ... obviously the initial impression is a silverish sparkle, but blended into it one can see pinks, greens, blues, etc. I have not had it under stage lights yet (thank you Covid-19) but I suspect it will give some interesting/colorful effects under different colored lights ... probably more so than a plain silver metallic.
 
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The Axis is not a sparkle, but it’s one of my favorite colors: Lavender Pearl. The neck has the most Birdseye that I have ever seen on a neck.

I only play Music Man guitars and basses, and my drummer says that the gold Albert cuts through the mix like no other. It is very resonant unplugged so I think it’s just a good piece of wood. The flamed neck is beautiful.

The Luke III has a solid rosewood neck. It originally had a roasted maple neck, but I traded necks with my friend, Mario. Then, I swapped out the pickups for these green Bare Knuckle Holy Diver pickups. The transition pickups are amazing, but they are not green. :D

I love to play out with the sparkles because they look amazing under stage lighting. They command attention.

Here are the back of the necks:

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