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THE BONGO CLUB (Part 2, 3 and infinity)

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Just snagged this beauty!!!! I can't wait to hear what this pickup position sounds like compared to my HS. This "H" version, has the pickup closer to the neck compared to my HS. It obviously will make the pickup sound a bit more "beefy" vs soloing the bridge pup on my HS.

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Quadzilla said:
Just snagged this beauty!!!! I can't wait to hear what this pickup position sounds like compared to my HS. This "H" version, has the pickup closer to the neck compared to my HS. It obviously will make the pickup sound a bit more "beefy" vs soloing the bridge pup on my HS.

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Nice! I'd love to compare a single H Bongo to my Stingray Special
 
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Quadzilla said:
Just snagged this beauty!!!! I can't wait to hear what this pickup position sounds like compared to my HS. This "H" version, has the pickup closer to the neck compared to my HS. It obviously will make the pickup sound a bit more "beefy" vs soloing the bridge pup on my HS.

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Amazing! Love to see the single H bongos come out, they sound beautiful! Congrats
 
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I have a Carvin LB-76 which is a distinctly OK six string bass. I also have three EBMM five string basses that I love and prefer the necks and sounds they produce to those of the Carvin. I am considering buying a Bongo 6, but they never appear for sale locally to test. For those of you who have played both a Bongo 6 and a Carvin LB-76, how would you compare the necks on these two basses? I know the Bongo has a wider string spacing, but that is about all I know.
 
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cholyoke said:
I have a Carvin LB-76 which is a distinctly OK six string bass. I also have three EBMM five string basses that I love and prefer the necks and sounds they produce to those of the Carvin. I am considering buying a Bongo 6, but they never appear for sale locally to test. For those of you who have played both a Bongo 6 and a Carvin LB-76, how would you compare the necks on these two basses? I know the Bongo has a wider string spacing, but that is about all I know.
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I had a 5 string Carvin back many years ago, and have a 6 string Bongo now that’s actually for sale. I’d definitely take the Bongo over the Carvin any day
 
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woody357 said:
I thought it was just me. I’ve been trying to use mine more but I can’t get past that issue. I’ve thought of selling it because over the ,last ten years I may use it on 1-2 gigs.
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I tossed a Classic 5 I’d ordered for that reason.

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I’ve had three and it never happened to any of them
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Look at a bunch of pics of MM 5’ers or search related terms… it happens a lot, easily seen in pics. Setup / neck adjusts won’t alleviate it. It not being in evidence on all, or maybe most, doesn’t change that.

MM is renown for solid build quality. Unfortunately they leave known, obvious flaws in the design then get aggro or obfuscate about it from the top down.

Similarly some quirks with 4’s having to do with pickup poles / alignment, but that’s not the topic and unlike this issue can be easily dealt with.
 
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VeryTallBassist said:
I mean, you get used to it, adjust your playing, and it's not that big a deal. But I've had 3 Bongo 5s and 2 SR5s and that G string is right on the edge of the fretboard on every single one.
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That worked for me, most of the time, so long as I used only the one bass.

Ultimately if many years of good and bad technique functioning in virtually every genre, using dozens of basses ranging from well built to horribly made, never revealed this “technique” problem, and someone is a high-level player, then suggesting technique is helpful but akin to telling someone with shoddy brakes to use the e-brake or coast to a stop.

No thanks!

And *if* someone’s technique is so poor, then a visibly flawed build is the last thing they need though we should welcome any and all inspiration to improve so… there’s always a bright side?
 

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