Bongo GAS

[Owen]

Thanks to this thread I now have serious Bongo GAS as well. Thanks a bunch you guys!

[dub_junkie]

yes I am. planning on bringing 3 basses nd the Bongo will be one of them

[cgordonfreeman]

[quote name='thedonutman' post='638325' date='Oct 27 2009, 06:56 PM']I'd love a bongo too, probably a white 5HH for me. My only gripe is that they've got painted necks - it's understandable why a set neck/neck-thru could be painted, but why would anybody want to paint the back of a bolt on neck?![/quote]


Have a look here and you'll see mine:

photobucket.com/cgordonfreemanbongo

Classy:)

[AndyTravis]

im selling a 4HH in desert gold. £750.

[Owen]

If it was a 5 you could consider it sold.
[quote name='AndyTravis' post='641432' date='Oct 30 2009, 07:08 PM']im selling a 4HH in desert gold. £750.[/quote]

[AndyTravis]

Boh....!

[Owen]

[quote name='cgordonfreeman' post='641412' date='Oct 30 2009, 06:44 PM']Have a look here and you'll see mine:

photobucket.com/cgordonfreemanbongo

Classy:)[/quote]

Tasty!

[niceguyhomer]

That's just filthy cgordonfreeman - it hits the spot.

[cgordonfreeman]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='641655' date='Oct 31 2009, 08:11 AM']That's just filthy cgordonfreeman - it hits the spot.[/quote]

Indeed it does. I was going to put on an orange swirl pickguard but decided to leave it stock instead.

[niceguyhomer]

What about [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8165651&postcount=467"]this?[/url]

[cgordonfreeman]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='641895' date='Oct 31 2009, 02:21 PM']What about [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8165651&postcount=467"]this?[/url][/quote]

Nice. Most colours are nice actually but I prefer the lighter ones myself.

[biskitbass]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='641895' date='Oct 31 2009, 03:21 PM']What about [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8165651&postcount=467"]this?[/url][/quote]
That is stunning mate !

[niceguyhomer]

I cured my Bongo GAS at the weekend. Unfortunately it's because I'm now GASsing severely for GreeneKing's water cured redwood Spector - the best bass I've ever seen / played bar none.

Peter - why did you have to bring that to the McBash... :wub:

Edited November 2, 2009 by niceguyhomer

[NancyJohnson]

I've had a Bongo for about three months now - an orange 5HH - and have to say I'd liked these basses (well, from a distance) from the first time I clapped my eyes on them.

In reality, it's been a bit of a love/hate thing; I got the bass on a trade here and the setup wasn't really to my liking (strings buzzy/action low, pickups too high)...I took it along to a jam and actually felt well depressed after; it sounded great at home (at low volume), but in a rehearsal it was pretty awful. No sustain, little output, just horrible. I spent a couple of hours tweaking the setup it and while it's [i]better[/i], even after a handful of jams the GAS was arguably more exciting than owning the real thing.

I don't want to come over as sounding too underwhelmed, it plays great now, looks sweet, balances nicely, but I'm still not wholly happy. I guess at heart I'm a simple bloke as well; I prefer volume, or volume/tone, or volume/volume/tone (as opposed to volume/select/midsx2/tonex2) and I tend to find that when I start off at a jam it sounds nice, but four hours later (after having to tweak constantly) every control on the thing seems to have moved to the 100% position and it sounds pretty terrible. I would also say that it hates strings that have been on for a while.

Anyhow, I'll stick with it for now. It's back in the spare room and (for now at least) the Lakland is back on top.

P

[mxm]

+1 with NancyJohnson

They really are a love/hate bass, in the flesh they do make more sense. The electrics are a different matter...versatile is the word I'd use.

[Duarte]

Everyone should own a Bongo.

[danny-79]

As far as colour, in my oppinion the bongo will carry any colour off and ware it well, an a 4HH will take some beating , want one

[Lfalex v1.1]

[quote name='thedonutman' post='638325' date='Oct 27 2009, 06:56 PM']I'd love a bongo too, probably a white 5HH for me. My only gripe is that they've got painted necks - it's understandable why a set neck/neck-thru could be painted, but why would anybody want to paint the back of a bolt on neck?![/quote]

Ahhh.. Story time!

I went to a well respected Bass Stockist last January. It had been super-evil cold (and dry) the previous night (-6c)
For once I had a good budget and tried everything I liked the look of. So many basses were suffering from being cold that (whilst still playable) they'd all gone a bit dead. All the Warwicks, Overwaters, Laklands, Sandbergs (and many others) were not well at all.
The ones that had survived the cold night best had a couple of common denominators;

i) Some Graphite in the necks somewhere (Vigier, Status, Fender (!))
ii) Heavily Painted or Varnished necks (Bongo, Spectors)

So I think that a good coat of varnish (or paint) may help the neck retain moisture and therefore its stablity in cold environments (possibly)

I have to say that painted / varnished / satin / natural necks have never bothered me that much.

Oh yes, and the last Bongo I tried was excellent (4HH) and gave the Corvette $$ a royal battering!

[Owen]

I have an incoming Bongo. But then I noticed that there are some limited edition Bongos with all rosewood necks. Lush.

[Duarte]

You mean like this one?







i really, really want that.

[Shambo]

AAAaaaarrrrrggghhh!

I hate this thread.

[OldGit]

Bonged a Bongo at the Bass Merchant last weekend. Cured my Bongo GAS/Curiosity. They just don't fit me, physically..
Rather glad 'cos I don't really need any more sources of GAS ...