Recent content by Twick

All of the hype about the Enabler is true. Great work on this thing Spencer!

^ Me too! I can't wait to start playing with it tonight.

I've found that if I dig in very hard then my plucking finger causes the lower string to tap the last fret when I land on it following an attack (eg plucking a note on the A string causes the E to click against the fret). Perhaps try to pluck parallel to the plane of the fretboard (if you're not...

Bump for the gorgeous figuring on the fingerboard of that custom.

That is killer

I like the figuring on the horn. Congrats!

It was $300 at L&M, and they just had it on hand. I pestered their sales guy and he dug it out of the back. If you don't see it on the shelves, ask a sales rep to look at their inventory, they're usually pretty helpful.

I just picked one up from my local L&M with some Christmas money. My first foray into passive single coils, and I am digging the tone options on this bass. Terrific instrument for a musician on a budget. There's a few imperfections, but overall I am very satisfied with this Squier Jazz...

I personally like using a graphic EQ pedal to notch out a few dB between 300-400 Hz to clean up some mud from my Bongo. I prefer this to using the on onboard preamp on the bass or my amp's EQ because the graphic EQ has narrower Q's (the range of frequencies effected by each slider is very small...

Where were you a week ago before I bought mine from Avenue Guitars? *grumble* GL with your sale bump

I play finger style rock and pop in my EBMM bongo through the empress comp into a BDDI. I've found that the empress has been able to handle any musical signal I've pushed through it while playing with no audible clipping. The only time I've made it clip was when I really really pushed it...

I think the Empress is much more flexible than the MXR M87, it's got a much broader range of attack times (50mcs-50 ms vs 20-800 mcs on mxr). Add in the ability to blend in your dry signal and play with side chain control of the gain reduction circuit, and the empress has it beat on pretty much...

Cool bass! I really dig the look of the neck with block inlays on each fret and dots superimposed on the inlays. Very cool

Honestly I couldn't tell you, the only Bongos I've been able to put my hands on in the past six months have been these PDN ones. I'm sure that there is some difference between basswood and mahogany, but my ear isn't disciplined enough to hear it.

I submit for your consideration what I believe to be the most beautiful Bongo in existence. This is my first Bongo, and the last 9 days with it have been eye-opening. I've heard nothing but rave reviews about the flexibility of the 4 band pre-amp in combination with the pickup blend, and this...