The Bongo has an incredible frequency response. My 5HH is the only 2-pickup bass I've owned that sounds great all the way across the pickup pan. Instead of going from dull to thin, it goes from dark and smooth to gritty and nasty, with supreme fatness in between. Heavenly. And it looks and feels fantastic doing it.
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Ole Man Blues
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The Bongo will never die, because you can't kill the best Bass on the planet. Big Poppa said they already tried but they just couldn't do it. It refuses to let go of life.
Besides the Bongo has to many followers, with more converts to come.......
OMB
Besides the Bongo has to many followers, with more converts to come.......
OMB
keko
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Is it true that Bongo is designed in BMW's design studio?
Does really car designers did that?
P.S. ...I was in BMW factory in Munich about 20 years ago like a visitor, and just in design studio watching how people make cars of clay!
So, was a Bongo at first a piece of clay?
Does really car designers did that?
P.S. ...I was in BMW factory in Munich about 20 years ago like a visitor, and just in design studio watching how people make cars of clay!
So, was a Bongo at first a piece of clay?
AnthonyD
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It's better... really...
...for me!
...for me!
bovinehost
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Is it true that Bongo is designed in BMW's design studio?
Does really car designers did that?
P.S. ...I was in BMW factory in Munich about 20 years ago like a visitor, and just in design studio watching how people make cars of clay!
So, was a Bongo at first a piece of clay?
Not really.
Story is here:
ernie ball musicman bongo history information page
Still needs to be updated...........
keko
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OK, today I was in domestic EBMM store to buy a new strings, and have chance to try for a first time one Bongo!
It was nice blue one (in the middle) HSp 5!
Very, very good bass!
I spend some time to discover pickup balance settings I like, and 4 band EQ, and finally add some piezo level too, ...very, very nice!
But, expensive too!
It was nice blue one (in the middle) HSp 5!
Very, very good bass!
I spend some time to discover pickup balance settings I like, and 4 band EQ, and finally add some piezo level too, ...very, very nice!
But, expensive too!
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AtomicPunk
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A BLUE bongo? Don't see many of those around! I LIKE!
strummer
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Looks A LOT like mine, actually, Grey Dad are we cool on this???
Powman
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I don't know about that, but I'm not sure I'm smart enough to play one.Don't you need fingers as long as Shaq ONeill to play a six stringer??
DaddyFlip
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I have gas for a VI 2.
Don't you need fingers as long as Shaq ONeill to play a six stringer??
No. As long as you can shoot free throws better than Shaq, you can be in the 6er club. Look! Sixes for everyone!
Powman
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I don't know about that, but I'm not sure I'm smart enough to play one.
Thats my second problem as well...lucky I am so handsome...
yourwhathurts69
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Hey, guys
thanks for the responses.
a few things. I've seen in a few places that the neck profile for the 25th annv. was taken from the bongo. can anyone verify this?
here's a youtube link on the 25th: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYJhu75jxGk&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Music Man 25th Anniversary Bass Review[/ame]
i had a chance to play a 25th. the first thought was how it balances differently while sitting. the second thought was how amazing the neck felt. it certainly seemed different than my SR5. I don't know if it was actually different or if it just felt different because it was new. what i know for sure is that the bass felt very nice!
as for how the 25th looks, that's another story that I won't get into just yet...
thanks for the responses.
a few things. I've seen in a few places that the neck profile for the 25th annv. was taken from the bongo. can anyone verify this?
here's a youtube link on the 25th: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYJhu75jxGk&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Music Man 25th Anniversary Bass Review[/ame]
i had a chance to play a 25th. the first thought was how it balances differently while sitting. the second thought was how amazing the neck felt. it certainly seemed different than my SR5. I don't know if it was actually different or if it just felt different because it was new. what i know for sure is that the bass felt very nice!
as for how the 25th looks, that's another story that I won't get into just yet...
DaddyFlip
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That YT guy doesn't know what he's talkin' about.
HA! MADE YOU LOOK! Gotcha' Brandt. Lookin' forward to my 25th, too.
Just do it 69!
Deaj
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Bongo = awesome
This just is.
This just is.
keko
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In my first post on this thread I was talking about Steve Lukather's bass player and his Bongo, so I finally found a video from this year tour and sound is not much but You can see that White Bongo very well. It's from Prague, and I was on last concert of 2009. tour in my hometown, Zagreb, it was fantastic, excellent bass player and excellent bass! That was my first hearing of Bongo bass live!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jorViXYsJdE"]YouTube- Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times, Lucerna Music Bar 19.03.2009[/ame]
P.S. ..I thought it's black PG, but now I see is pearl one! Still can't see well is it HH 5 or HHp 5 model?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jorViXYsJdE"]YouTube- Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times, Lucerna Music Bar 19.03.2009[/ame]
P.S. ..I thought it's black PG, but now I see is pearl one! Still can't see well is it HH 5 or HHp 5 model?
