Duarte

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='792399' date='Mar 31 2010, 08:19 PM']Played a Purple 4 string in Edinburgh, didn't like the neck but the 5/6 are really pretty amazing[/quote] That's interesting, I always considered the Bongo 4 neck to be the ultimate. I do much prefer it to the 5 string ones...but I'm pretty new to 5 strings really. I also agree that it looks much better proportioned in 5 and 6 srings

My old 4 string Bongo was featherweight. Really light. but the 5ers are on the heavey side, as they really are quite massive basses. I don't mind the weight though, never bothers me (as of yet) My 4 string Bongo had a chip in the headstock, but my 5ers don't and they have much longer headstocks. It may just be a matter of time. But if you're careful about where you point it, it should be fine! Maybe because it's a pointy shape with paint and satin finish it's not quite as durable as the body finish, and much more visible than if was a chip on a natural headstock.

[quote name='splat1969' post='791593' date='Mar 31 2010, 09:53 AM']OMG!!!!!! I am so jealous of you mate!!!! How do you decide which one to play!!!![/quote] Easy...the SPARKLY one!

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='791338' date='Mar 30 2010, 11:29 PM']Thanks, Duarte - Well put point of view from an owner! Yes, I still want to give one of these a go at some point. I think they look fantastic and they have a great reputation, too.[/quote] Well I've got a couple milling around here, you could borrow one if you would like?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='790988' date='Mar 30 2010, 07:44 PM']I'm going to assume that you're right[/quote] Sweet. I f*cking rule the day.

He really is quite something isn't he!? Love him, he da man.

Again, I refer you to this video. The actual song starts at the 2 minute mark.

Check this shiit out. Awesome grrove (after that bass solo!)

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='790784' date='Mar 30 2010, 04:40 PM']I think looks are an important aspect of something you intend to wear while a room full of people stare at you.[/quote] For the most part, and I know I am right, the only people who dislike the Bongo are closed minded bass players. Non guitarists/bassists who don't a preconception of what a bass should look like (Fender Precision anyone? YAWN) always say something along the lines of "That is the prettiest/coolest thing I have ever seen". FACT.

OTPJ, you called? Yes, Bongos are the best. Soundwise, incredible. They DO have character, but it's not aStingRay charactrer, it's a Bongo character. They are VERY distinctive in the way they sound (and of course look!) In pictures you may think they look a bit silly, but in person it is oh so right. The curves are quite beautiful, I sometimes find myself running my fingers along the wierd flat bits that feel so smooth, connecting the front and sides of the body in one lush sweep...to me other basses just feel and look like a fat old lump of boring wood. "Here you go, a big bit of wood" is what I imagine the manufacturers saying...The Bongo is sweet. So sweet it's unbelievable. The knobs, yeah there's a lot. But they are self explanatory...a few bands of EQ, volume, pickup pan...easy. Or piezo aswell if you have that option (like me) Vast array of wonderful, wonderful tones. thisnameistaken...can you honestly say that Mr Sargent in this video looks 'stupid'?

Okay, it's pretty much a 25th anniversary bass, but the version that is here to stay. I can't say that I don't want one. I really really do.

Rancid. Matt's tone is awesome.

Yeah, it will nail 'that vintage tone'!

They keep on coming today. Lovin' this kinda stuff at the moment!

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='785842' date='Mar 25 2010, 02:06 PM']Awesome bass sounds.[/quote] Especially 'Impulse' ...so so good.

And let's not forget these classics.

These tunes just ooze funk and groove. Class stuff.

Come on guys.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='784106' date='Mar 23 2010, 10:43 PM']I'm fairly sure both your examples were in the late '90s. [/quote] Actually these were 2000 and 2003 respectively. The 90's ones are not quite as funkaaaaay

I posted these in another thread, but they truly deserve to be here as well. I forgot how AWESOME these grooves really are.

To me, the ultimate slap sound is the kind of thing used in the 90's - early 2000's. 90s and early 2000's pop. Check these classics...I wish pop was as funky and tight as this now. Honestly, don't dismiss it, just listen to the grooves! [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='783932' date='Mar 23 2010, 08:26 PM']I can't think of a single hit record from the last ten years that has a slap bass part. So "nobody".[/quote] Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

They're also doing 'Classic' Sterlings, and Stingray 5's. The fivers are the same design as the SR4s - and they look friggin' wicked. [url="http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/42121-brace-your-selves-classic-sting-ray-5-pics-surpirse.html"]http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-...s-surpirse.html[/url] [url="http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/42125-classic-sterling-torture-abuse-humor.html"]http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-...buse-humor.html[/url] I love the powder blue sterling...yuuuummmmm

Or a Bongo? (how many threads have I answered with these exact words?)