drTStingray Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) My NBD arrived yesterday - a rather tasty MM Bongo. Plays beautifully and looks the biz - it has a subtle light sparkle in the colour!! The fretboard is roasted and figured maple and there’s no pickguard. It appears to have taken exactly 10 days from build to reaching me - this was a direct order through their ‘Vault’ on line system - as was the long scale TC passive Stingray I bought - seems to be a seamless process. I’m sure it’ll be first choice for wedding gigs 😀 Edited September 8, 2021 by drTStingray 27 Quote
Swaff Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 Holy cow! That is a thing of beauty, congrats!! 1 Quote
bloke_zero Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 I need to see this as part of a 'look'! Congratulations- that looks like one hell of a bass! 1 Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 If Spandau Ballet were a bass I think they'd look something like this. Love it! 3 2 Quote
Owen Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 It is not a real Bongo until it has a dink at the end of the headstock. Get to it. 1 1 Quote
drTStingray Posted September 8, 2021 Author Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, owen said: It is not a real Bongo until it has a dink at the end of the headstock. Get to it. Spookily it arrived with a large piece of foam around the end of the headstock and the Bongo case has a piece of leather fitted in the case to prevent the headstock from making contact with the aluminium on the inside of the frame of the case. I guess I could play with the big piece of foam on the headstock 😁 Anyway, another piece of info - it appears to weigh somewhere less than 8 lbs - which is excellent. Thanks for the comments guys - it’s a great bass - only 66 made, I believe. It’s called a Bongo Crescendo - and has a BFR neck plate. Edited September 8, 2021 by drTStingray 2 Quote
Owen Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, drTStingray said: Anyway, another piece of info - it appears to weigh somewhere less than 8 lbs - which is excellent. I have owned several Bongos. None of them came with that option. 1 Quote
fretmeister Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Under 8lb????? Wow! Loving that sparkle in the white. 2 Quote
WinterMute Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 I've got it's evil twin, the matt stealth 5 string, never seen a white Bongo before, that's a proper looker. 4 Quote
drTStingray Posted September 9, 2021 Author Posted September 9, 2021 I dig the evil twin!! Love the stealth look 😎 Ive had a little more playing time with the bass - it feels great and the light weight is unbelievable - my back is applauding both this and the TC Stingray - the Bongo is slightly lighter (the TC Stingray is approx 8 lbs). The fretboard has no markers which is a nice clean look, lovely grain and figuring. However (and thankfully), it has markers on the top - quite discrete as they are light coloured. Some more gratuitous pics!! 2 Quote
fretmeister Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 That needs a trip to Simms to have a set of white LEDs installed in it! Might as well go full disco! 1 Quote
drTStingray Posted September 9, 2021 Author Posted September 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, fretmeister said: That needs a trip to Simms to have a set of white LEDs installed in it! Might as well go full disco! Don’t be tempting me 😂 Quote
fretmeister Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, drTStingray said: Don’t be tempting me 😂 Larry Graham's just called. He said get it done. 2 Quote
Bigguy2017 Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Wow, that's a bit flash... A bit like the Tzar's toilet - in a nice way.... 😉 1 Quote
dub_junkie Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Very nice! my first ever Bongo was a white 4HS way back in 2005. Even the regular production white ones were/are rare. 1 Quote
Bunion Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 Love stingrays, love sterling’s… now I want a bongo, in white 😩 1 Quote
martthebass Posted September 9, 2021 Posted September 9, 2021 7 hours ago, drTStingray said: Don’t be tempting me 😂 Can’t beat white LEDs.....sorry not a MM. 3 Quote
Musicman20 Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 That is stunning. I imagine a lot cheaper buying direct as well. It seems like the concept of a dealer is slowly disappearing. Quote
Eldon Tyrell Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 Cool stuff, first the Timmy C, now the Bongo BFR, maybe this one next? As we all know, all good things come in threes 😉 3 Quote
Guest Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Eldon Tyrell said: Cool stuff, first the Timmy C, now the Bongo BFR, maybe this one next? As we all know, all good things come in threes 😉 Ooh, SR5 with no pickguard. Tempting… well it was until I saw the price! Quote
Eldon Tyrell Posted September 10, 2021 Posted September 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, FDC484950 said: Ooh, SR5 with no pickguard. Tempting… well it was until I saw the price! Fortunately for me and our bank account, it has one string too many 😉 Quote
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