Your Dream Bongo?

[boombox]

brandt's white pearl stealth bongo

 

[TSanders]

Id be more than satisfied by just a simple Single H Bongo.

I was one of the first around here to have a Single H Bongo. Sold it and regret it badly.

 

[tkarter]

I would like a down sized bongo 5 H so my grandsons could get started playing.
tk

 

[sitonmybass]

Bongo 5 single H, my newest bass. POINT AND SHOOT!

 

[ZiggyDude]

I think that I would like the mahogany body and neck with the ebony fret board. Second choice would be rosewood for the fret board. The rosewood would be a bit darker in theory. Increasing the amount of fundamental in the basic tone of the instrument would be the advantage here. The deeper voicing of the instrument would give me a second Bongo with a different sound and I could bounce between the two as desired.

I would stick with the HH pickup configuration but would entertain series/parallel for each and one overall.

I found a good article on tone woods. I suppose these differences in tone may sometimes be open to conjecture – but overall they fit with my experiences. Not a lot of difference in sound would probably be generated by using Swamp Ash or Alder over the Basswood. The main difference would be the basswood is a bit “punchier” than the other two – but they are all light woods. For a wood grained finish the ash and alder are better though.

I don’t know if it is OK to post the link to the wood article – but if anyone wants it just PM me.

 

[drTStingray]

My dream Bongo:-

5HHP in teal pearlescent; white or blue dawn.

CORRECTION - plus Gamechanger

 

[shakinbacon]

unfinished neck, natural satin body finish, ebony board and 9lbs with five strings

Also, balances when sitting would be nice

 

[ZiggyDude]

I was reading through the thread for some "Totals"

There are many that would like mahogany. Some like woods like ash or alder for a bit different tone but the ability to get a natuaral finish.

Several said what you got is fine - but a new color please. And others no pickgard.

And a couple of maple requests.

Of the above - there seems to be two general ideas. Presentation with colors or wood finish. Tone with either mahogany or maple. My studies of the tone wood are a bit unfinished. Some think that mahogany has more bass - while others think that maple has equal bass but more highs that just cover it up. EQ it out and you are OK.

Ideas how to draw this together?

 

[Stephen]

... Ideas how to draw this together?

Keep the basswood body, but add maple, mahogany, koa, <insert wood of choice> tops for trans/burst finishes?

 

[mfallmann]

Mahogany would be quite fine as corpus wood; ebony or maple fretboard as a contrast to the mahogany body would be thinkable;
On my perfect Bongo,I'd opt like to see a 22 fret neck ... I NEVER go above 21 or 22. Then, I'd like to have 2 H pickups, with the bridge PU in the same position as in the single H Bongo...
Br, Matthias

 

[Sting]

This.

 

[RaginRog]

This:

(Thanks to Pete for the HS pic)

That is F'n Cool!

 

[RaginRog]

The main difference would be the basswood is a bit “punchier” than the other two – but they are all light woods. For a wood grained finish the ash and alder are better though.

I would miss the punch, so perhaps an unfinished neck.

 

[BongoPeg]

My dream bass is the bongo I already have, except with Black Hardware... yummy

 

[Estee]

Bongo 5/HS/Maple neck & board/Mystic Dream with matching headstock....

Oops...let me wipe the drool off my chin here....don't want to short out the keyboard...

 

[johno]

I love my Bongo but I played a 25th anniversary a while ago and I liked its electronics/pickups a lot. I still like the shape of the Bongo more though so how about a Bongo with the passive + series/parallel + front rear pickup switches like the 25th has?

 

[CFA]

I'm happy with what I have (2004 Lava Pearl HH) but I really wanna try the Bongo 4H. It's coming next.