Colin
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add me to this section. Mind you I'm not a bass player but they sure are purty
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Psycho Ward
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I would play it!
... if I had a bass gig, I'm just sayin'
... if I had a bass gig, I'm just sayin'
Hypersloth
Member
as I see it - a bass is a tool, it may be a very personal/unique/one of a kind/special tool but it's made to be used for a specific purpose and if it's only kept in a closet then no one enjoys it and it's potential is wasted.
thats ok if you are a collector and if you bought it solely as an investment but if you bought it because of it's feel, finish, looks and/or sound then you wont be able to play gig or reharsh with any other bass untill you know how this bass sounds in a band setting and untill the initial excitment has worn out and you came back to your senses and you look at it as just another fine tool in your toolbox.
if however you cant bring yourself to play it you can always send it to me
Quite right. I am also a painter and a computer illustrator. I don't worship my tools. I try to use the best tools I can get to do the best "job" I can. Dale Titus wrote in a very old issue of bass player something like this:" The last thing I worry about when composing a love letter is what pen to use"! I would use that bass everyday and get a refret when it needed it.
oli@bass
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IMO, all of the EBMM limited edition instruments are not mere "tools" but examples of finest luthery, if not pieces of art. Their appearance is equally important as their refined sound. If you want to gig a bass, get a standard production model. The subtleties of tone will be lost in the mix anyway.
Psychicpet
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this is where I will agree to disagree Oli
I would gig it, and gig it, and gig it, and then will it to the kids (or Rock and Roll hall of Fame
)hehehehehe
bovinehost
Administrator
One of one made.
I play it.
Jack
The BFR Redwood SR was available for kids to smash on (basically) at the EBMM display at Warped Tour. Naturally I played it. It's a great bass, and looks really nice, but it WAS made to play. It's not some arthouse piece like a 100k Ritter, it's a great looking EBMM that plays like a beast.
Here's where I make the connection--That's why I would love it.
The more I love a bass, the stronger the connection between myself and the instrument, and the more I enjoy performing, the better I perform, etc.
They are pieces of art. And that's the best part about it all-- all the love and attention to detail and history behind the redwoods and everything...just makes them amazing.
Am I crazy?
r goldsmith
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Heck, those things look so 3D, like big cats at the zoo - probably bite like a tiger too. If I could afford one (and if I lived in the US, at those prices, I could indeed afford one), I'd buy it in a heartbeat and play it like any other bass. Life's too short not to. Besides, I look after my gear, so the chances of anything catastrophic happening are slim. And I always know there's a risk that some other dunderhead might add the odd ding here or there, but that's a risk I'd take.
syciprider
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That top looks like it's four feet deep! Kudos to EBMM and TPB fotog.
RobertB
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They are exquisite in every detail, for sure, and like BP said, the Holy Grail for lovers of figuring. Unfortunately, the flexor muscles in my right forearm have gotten so used to countoured tops over the 20 years I've played guitar & then bass, that I couldn't get used to the vintage "slab-top" design of this gorgeous bass.
That, combined with the reluctance I couldn't get rid of about making it a daily player (though that was exactly my intention when I bought it) eventually won out in convincing me to trade it for 2 new EBMM basses (see sig).
The truly ridiculous (though not suprising) thing, though, is that even now I still look at these beauties and think, "maybe if I toughened up my forearm more ...". Especially looking at those 2 fine examples currently on TPB ... but mine was drop dead gorgeous too, and an HH, which I'd really prefer.
Talk about persistent GAS!
That, combined with the reluctance I couldn't get rid of about making it a daily player (though that was exactly my intention when I bought it) eventually won out in convincing me to trade it for 2 new EBMM basses (see sig).
The truly ridiculous (though not suprising) thing, though, is that even now I still look at these beauties and think, "maybe if I toughened up my forearm more ...". Especially looking at those 2 fine examples currently on TPB ... but mine was drop dead gorgeous too, and an HH, which I'd really prefer.
Talk about persistent GAS!
strummer
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I'd play it if it had one more string
WillPlay4Food
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One of one made.
I play it.
Jack
It may not have the BFR fretmarker on the 12th fret, but that is definitely a BFR Bongo.
koogie2k
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Gig with it and watch the bodies hit the floor. Simple as that for me.
Jack has the coolest bongo on the planet.
Jack has the coolest bongo on the planet.
RobertB
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Jack has the coolest bongo on the planet.
It's definitely way cool, and a one-off, but I might have to give that title to a different one-off Bongo ... any guesses?
mynan
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Mahongo???...agreed.
bovinehost
Administrator
Hmmm...could be the Mahogany Bongo. Could the the CLB Bongo from (?) last year, I think. Also, the NonPoint Bongos were EXTREMELY cool.....
Of course, I'll be forgiven if I think the Flaming Biff Bongo is still the coolest.
RobertB
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That's right, Bryan and Jack - the Mahogany Bongo ("Mahongo" - I like that) is the one I had in mind. By the slimmest possible margin ... 100th of a second or whatever.
bovinehost
Administrator
Forgot the Dave LaRue Bongo:
