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Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:49 pm
by atomic_punk
So....one day my girlfriend and I are getting some picks at Guitar Center, and I see this Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo 5-string bass. It's on sale. I lust after it for a moment, telling her that is the best looking Bongo I have ever seen. The moment grows longer...looking at it....wanting it...but I can't afford it at the moment. So we walk away.
I go back to the Guitar Center 3 days later, and it's gone. I call her and disappointedly tell her that it sold..this is Tuesday.
Saturday I am getting ready to go to my gig, and I walk into my bedroom, and there is this Bongo lying on my bed.
SHE WAS THE ONE THAT BOUGHT IT!
Needless to say, I was blown away.
It's beautiful....and it sounds AWESOME. 4 BAND EQ. 2 active humbuckers. More tones than I can even imagine.
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:56 pm
by rickenbrother
Congrats and enjoy it, Steve! Post a pic of you playing it when you use it at a gig.
Sounds like you have a really cool girlfriend.
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:22 pm
by cheyenne
Nice bass. The "different" design has really grown on me lately.
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:35 pm
by antipodean
Steve,
Great Scott!
Great bass, great story, great girlfriend!
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:38 pm
by johnallg
Wow Steve, that is so cool. She is such a thoughtful person! Take good care of her (both her and the Bongo)! And congrats.
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:02 pm
by atomic_punk
She is very cool, over the 100 gigs we did this year, she missed 3. Not a bad ratio.
Here are some pics of the Bongo in action, and the girl who gave it to me!
Trying out some D'Addario Chromes on it right now....will report once I decide if I like them or not.
It'll be onstage at Michigan International Speedway next weekend!!
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:20 pm
by johnallg
They both look great on you Steve! I love the grin on your face in the threesome pic!!
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:27 pm
by blueflamerick
Congratulations on the new bass & cool girlfriend. I still think Bongos look like toilet seats though.
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:31 pm
by atomic_punk
They sure don't sound like them, though.
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:44 am
by jingle_jangle
atomic_punk wrote:They sure don't sound like them, though.
I dunno, Steve; I guess you haven't heard my toilet seat...
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:35 am
by johneek
jingle_jangle wrote:...I dunno, Steve; I guess you haven't heard my toilet seat...
as Melanie would put it, "eeeewwwwwwwww!!!!!"
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:54 am
by jingle_jangle
johneek wrote:jingle_jangle wrote:...I dunno, Steve; I guess you haven't heard my toilet seat...
as Melanie would put it, "eeeewwwwwwwww!!!!!"
Melanie sounds just like Melissa...
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:09 pm
by cheyenne
I've had a couple nice Musicman basses. I noticed your Bongo has the "HH" config. I've been checking out the "HS" stingrays. Are there any real advantages to the "HH"?
Re: Bongo Fury!!
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:02 pm
by atomic_punk
There is a blend knob that lets you select how much of each pickup you want. It's amazing and yet the slightest change in the blend can really change the tone. I like the HH because I don't really like the sound of the single coil in there. It's also dead quiet. I sometimes have to check to make sure I turned the volume back up between songs.