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Custom cut to order Chief. Ain't no one stocking purple pearloid Bongo 5 HH purple pearloid pickguards.
Sure beats 90% of my crazy impulse purchases over the last 4 years!
Pickguard Planet. Their customer service is really strange. So far I've gotten three different emails about color selection (you didn't select a color number).
Fingers crossed, I hope they actually have their poop together.
Played Bongo HH last night for the Irish Olympics.
Long deep room. Lost my high end!
Cranked everything high on the amp and bass.
Turns out the neck needed relief and my top end was tapped out because the strings were bottoming out.
Made a quick adjustment to the truss rod wheel. I kinda had to scramble to find a tool which worked, I found a short jewelers screwdriver which did the trick.
Yay!
Every week is Bongo Week now...
Long deep room. Lost my high end!
Cranked everything high on the amp and bass.
Turns out the neck needed relief and my top end was tapped out because the strings were bottoming out.
Made a quick adjustment to the truss rod wheel. I kinda had to scramble to find a tool which worked, I found a short jewelers screwdriver which did the trick.
Yay!
Every week is Bongo Week now...
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Saw this just now and thought of you guys.
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Not affiliated in any way. Its in CAD so math for you ‘murican’s winds up not too shabby
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Not affiliated in any way. Its in CAD so math for you ‘murican’s winds up not too shabby
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The first of the new colours popped up recently. I spoke to customer service a while ago and they said they would launch in June. Looks like we're just a few days away from them now.
The new green Bongo seems like a Miss Piggy mashup with Kermit.
Am I a bad person?
Am I a bad person?
You might be but it has nothing to do with that take.
Or else, it’s Peppa Pig + Kermit.
Peppa Pig Toys, Games, Collectibles & Playsets - Peppa Pig
Am I the only one?
Peppa Pig Toys, Games, Collectibles & Playsets - Peppa Pig
Am I the only one?
Hello fellow Bongo enthusiasts. I wanted to post a few thoughts about owning and playing a Bongo in my classic rock band for the last 10 years at least. I have a 4HH in Sapphire Black. It has been my main bass and has made it to every gig in that time. I added a Hipshot drop tuner very early on which covered a few songs requiring an open D. It has a lot of honest wear but the finish has held up well overall.
The issue is that I'm spoiled with this bass. It's massively comfortable, lauded by soundmen and has that playability that I love. Why is it an issue? Because I also need a bass tuned down half a step for a bunch of songs. I can't seem to get the right tone/volume combination from most basses that make it an easy seamless switch to half-step. I've tried many active and passive basses....Peavey Millennium, Peavey Dyna bass, P, PJ, Jazz, Peavey Super Ferrite (single and double), hand wound neo-PJ and a few others that i forget about.
The closest output/tone match that I have managed is the Peavey Fury with the jumbo Super Ferrite in my signature and that's what I typically use for the half-step down songs. But the sound guy always loves the Bongo tone the best and complains about everything else I play.
I'm thinking now of getting a second Bongo and retiring the old workhorse to the half-step down role. I am also contemplating a Stingray just to have something different, but would I be happy with it? I would need to sell off most of my collection to fund it. Does anyone else have this issue with the Bongo just being far and away the best thing they own...kind of relegating everything else to a distant second place?
The issue is that I'm spoiled with this bass. It's massively comfortable, lauded by soundmen and has that playability that I love. Why is it an issue? Because I also need a bass tuned down half a step for a bunch of songs. I can't seem to get the right tone/volume combination from most basses that make it an easy seamless switch to half-step. I've tried many active and passive basses....Peavey Millennium, Peavey Dyna bass, P, PJ, Jazz, Peavey Super Ferrite (single and double), hand wound neo-PJ and a few others that i forget about.
The closest output/tone match that I have managed is the Peavey Fury with the jumbo Super Ferrite in my signature and that's what I typically use for the half-step down songs. But the sound guy always loves the Bongo tone the best and complains about everything else I play.
I'm thinking now of getting a second Bongo and retiring the old workhorse to the half-step down role. I am also contemplating a Stingray just to have something different, but would I be happy with it? I would need to sell off most of my collection to fund it. Does anyone else have this issue with the Bongo just being far and away the best thing they own...kind of relegating everything else to a distant second place?
5 string Bongo would not need to be detuned. Yeah it's a huge step it took me a few years to really get comfortable playing a 5 but I can play anything in any key...
It's not a bad suggestion. I've tried a 5 for an extended period and couldn't bond with it. At 63, I don't know if I have the desire to change at this point. Seems like a song like Rock and Roll all Night - KISS would be next to impossible to play on a 5 with all the bouncing off the open strings in the bass line. If you can play it, color me impressed.
I either bring a second bass, usually a Stingray, tuned down a half step or use my Digitech Drop pedal if only bringing one.
As has been said so many times already - nothing quite like the Bongo! I think you should get a second Bongo 4 as the budget permits. StingRays, even the Specials, can't get close enough.
I had a Bongo 5 and couldn't bond with it despite the awesome Bongoness of it all. Oh yeah, you might try a L2000? Also not so close to a Bongo, but beastly in its own way.
Good luck!
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