Sterling Bongo...worth the wait?

[jd56hawk]

https://sterlingbymusicman.com/collections/bongo

Good price. I was expecting $999.99

[Duarte]

Far out, I never thought this would happen. I've owned a heap of Bongos and they're so good. Render me intrigued.

[neepheid]

What price are you seeing?  According to Andertons, they'll be £999 here in the UK.  Honestly, SBMM can just eff off with their UK/EU price hikes.

[crazycloud]

US $700/780 for 4/5.

 

If there was a 6 in sparkly pink, I might be tempted.

[NancyJohnson]

I'm a huge Bongo fan, I owned a 5HH and loved everything about it aside from the ridiculousness of the preamp output level; I did post here years ago enquiring whether there was a route to make it passive.  You'd start a gig with a beautiful balanced tone, but inevitably you'd just keep nudging the controls up and an hour later [it] would be mush.  It was hard to keep under control.

 

Loved the quirky design, the neck carve, the string spacing, the colour and if I had £3-4k down the back of the sofa I'd consider another.

 

These, though?  I'm not saying no, more nah.  At present, I'm fairly uninterested.  I'm not saying Sterling kit is awful, far from it, but having witnessed a few bands supporting us where the bassists were using Sterling Stingrays, these instruments were some way off what they were copying.

 

 

[prowla]

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