New Music Man Bongo model? (new tuners?)

[Hitman261]

I´ve noticed that MM had changed tuners that they were using on MM Bongo...


Old ones...
http://www.zikinf.com/_gfx/matos/dyn/large/musicman-bongo-6.jpg

Today I´ve opened Official MM site ( http://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/bongo-6.html )

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What else is new on this model?

Thx for the info...

 

[Epitaph04]

Just the tuners. They're lighter weight.

 

[SDMFJay]

looks like maybe just different (lighter) tuners on the bongo 6 strings.

 

[Hitman261]

Just the tuners. They're lighter weight.

Thanks... I´m getting mad waiting for my new bongo (the black one, same as I´ve posted in link above)

 

[Calaverasgrande]

check out the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. They have been talking about this for a while now.

 

[Musicman20]

They are now on all Bongos, Big Als, and Reflexes/GCers.

 

[RS]

Older ones look better.

 

[coreyfyfe]

They are now on all Bongos, Big Als, and Reflexes/GCers.

I could see on the Bongos and Reflexes with the different style headstock, but the Big Al with the classic EBMM headstock would just look weird with a style of different tuner, IMO.

 

[Epitaph04]

But they shave off a pound off the bass IIRC.

Its just too bad they wont be aftermarket. Id love some on my Bongo 6

 

[Dave W]

They're ugly

 

[nickrs540]

I think the shape is alright. Maybe if they were a little bit bigger they'd be more like the original. It seems like it's too "guitary" of a style with the smaller tuners.

 

[cfsporn]

They remind me of the tuners on the super super cheap Squiers.

 

[Epitaph04]

Tough crowd.

 

[metron]

Tough crowd.

Yeah. Perhaps ugly is harsh. They definitely are not a visual upgrade though.

 

[Epitaph04]

I dont think they were meant to be! Im actually pretty content with the clover tuners, but if those tuners take off weight from the bass, especially a fat Bongo 6 headstock, then im all for it!

 

[Joe Nerve]

Wow. My coupla month old Bongo just made it. Whew!

Them new ones will take a little getting used to. Would look out of place with my other MMs.

 

[Bassist Jay]

Yep, right now as I type this, I have a candy apple red Bongo 4 Hp with an abalone pickguard in route to me from Bass Central with the new tuners. It should be here sometime between Friday to Monday at the latest. It has the new light weight tuners on it so I am anxious to see how they will effect the overall feel of the bass. From what I have heard, it makes the bass feel a lot lighter.

 

[roadkill2309]

Holy wow, those are ugly. Fender shaved a noticeable amount of weight off their newer tuners without sacrificing the full-sized cloverleaf; I don't see why MM can't do the same. Those new tuners have 'vintage Soviet bass' written all over them.

 

[coreyfyfe]

But they shave off a pound off the bass IIRC.

Its just too bad they wont be aftermarket. Id love some on my Bongo 6

They could have gone with some hipshot ultralites like fender and keep the clover key.

 

[Epitaph04]

Maybe EBMM didn't want tuners to look like all the other clover tuners and maybe they didn't want to source tuners from another company GEEZ I DONT KNOW!!