So you thought the Bongo can't do Reggae ?

[jgore]

Hi beautiful people !

I thought I'd share a video with you featuring the bongo performing wonderfully in a reggae situation.

Hope you enjoy it.

Sound recorded and mixed in Nuendo 4 vía E-MU 1212m sound interface, further synchronized in Premiere 5.

Link Removed (facebook higher quality)

(youtube quality)

Note: please forgive any mistakes. Been playing for only 2 years now. !

For those interested in the pickup and eq configuration:

Taking the knob detent point as a %50:

Pickup blend: % 75 neck
Bass: % 65-70
Treble: % 25
Low Mids: % 25
High Mids: % 25

 

[spade2you]

I didn't think the Bongo couldn't do the ragu music.

 

[MiniMoose234]

That settles it. I neeeeed a bongo

 

[jeremyr]

what language are they singing in?

 

[jgore]

Spanish

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Being the advocate of the Bongo's versatility and power I am, I've never thought that.

BTW, the link isn't working for me (redirects to a blank page).

 

[MingusBass]

Who said a Bongo can't do Reggae? To that person I would say, "You have never played a Bongo!".

 

[bass_snake]

Bongos and other basses can play reggae. It all depends on the player.

Bongos sounds great. And yes, they are ugly. I wanted one before.

Fred

 

[jgore]

Being the advocate of the Bongo's versatility and power I am, I've never thought that.

BTW, the link isn't working for me (redirects to a blank page).

I added a youtube link for ya.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I added a youtube link for ya.

Thank you. I've just checked it. Really nice tone and playing.

 

[kevteop]

You can play reggae on the cheapest bass in the world, just stick flats on it and roll the treble off, job done. I've been using a standard Squier Jazz for this lately, and if that can do it then anything can do it.

 

[Philbiker]

You can play reggae on the cheapest bass in the world, just stick flats on it and roll the treble off, job done. I've been using a standard Squier Jazz for this lately, and if that can do it then anything can do it.

+1!

 

[Dbassmon]

To the person who says "Bongos can't do Raggae", I say, the bass will play what I tell it to !.... evry lil ting gonna be alrye

 

[bass12]

The only time I tried a Bongo was in a music shop just after they first came out. Sitting in the shop, I was really impressed by the low end possibilities on that bass and would certainly choose a Bongo over a lot of other basses for a reggae gig.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I was really impressed by the low end possibilities on that bass

Still haven't found better descriptions of the Bongo power than those courtesy of Bovinehost (a.k.a. Lord Bongo):

The dual humbucker model Bongo will:

- shave your cat while you're asleep.

- if left to its own devices, destroy large Japanese cities and fight giant, flying, fire-breathing turtles.

- insult retired people.

The single coil/humbucker model will:

- style your girlfriend's hair.

- talk large Japanese cities into destroying themselves.

- convince annoying retired people to move to Idaho.

Then you dial in that neck pickup and suddenly the first five rows are losing dental work and all cartilage turns gelatinous. Do not play this around sharks or rays. It\'s big, it\'s fat, it\'s a Bongo and you want one.

 

[IotaNet]

The Bongo is a Nuclear Cruise Missile of Tone.

Believe that.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

At a festival this year, there were somewhere between 10 and 15 reggae bands. At least 5 bassists were using Bongos and one or two used HH Sterlings. I actually thought these were the new standard for reggae.

 

[hdracer]

I think the big question is, What CAN'T a Bongo do?
I has become the #1 bass on my to get list. And I think it look cool too

 

[Audiophage]

The Bongo can't do reggae. With all of those electronics there isn't any room for your extra joints.

 

[sonic assassin]

good groove.

doesnt sound any worse than any other active bass for reggae. personally, id take a P or something, but im a passive only guy.