He evened out the surface of the fingerboards and then lowered the height of the nut. He also rounded the edge of the fingerboards.
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So out of curiosity I’ve noticed some Bongo’s have the traditional clover style tuners while the current models don’t. What’s the reasoning behind that. My bongo has the gold clover tuners. The only thing I don’t like is that they have a tendency to show finger prints easily
The more recent years have the newer, not-clover tuners. They're lightweight tuners also found on the 'Ray Specials.
I think it was to reduce neck dive. My Bongo 6 has the newer lightweight tuners and still has neck dive. It is tolerable on a wide strap though.
I don’t really have issues with neck dive, but I do use the wider Gibson padded strap. Also I wear it kinda high since I play a lot of upper registry.
But I agree I don’t notice a difference between tuner styles weight wise.
I don’t know what people are doing to wear them out as fast, but my oldest bongo is a stealth 6hh that I’ve played everyday for 11 years and no significant wear.
I’ve never worn out frets either. I first found out about this with the stingray special. That’s just like folks swear that by looking at a bongo you can put dents in it because of the basswood. I’ve owned mine for 3 years and it has no dents. If you abuse a bass with an ash body it will get dents. It’s subject to happen to any bass if you don’t take care of it as far as dings and dents go. As far as fret wear goes I don’t really know what kind of conditions would cause that.
I've owned 3 Bongos and the only damage on any of them ever was that little chip in the top corner of the headstock that all Bongos eventually get.8 years of playing in bars back to back can tell me dents arent easy to make
FYI …. Bass Central is running a too low to advertise sale pricing on all EBMM basses.
Happy Bass Hunting !!!
Happy Bass Hunting !!!
They are also quite expensive here. EB raised all their prices a couple of years ago. The company is located in California and it is a very expensive state to do business in. I bought my Bongo 6 off Guitar Center's site used and paid less than half price. Of course, it is not in new condition and does have some marks and dings on it but it is not too bad and the upside is that it set up beautifully, sounds fantastic and plays great. The electronics in these basses is just fantastic.
I saw these guys in the tour they did with Beyond creation, and the sound they get out of the bongos plus the neural DSP are UNREAL. It sounds amazing.
They are also really cool dudes.
Bongo sighting this evening in Maryland. Collective Soul opening for Hootie and the Blowfish. Looks cool!
I bought the black one used from GC. It has plenty of small dings but still looks good and plays/sounds fantastic. The "Blood Orange" one was purchased from Sweetwater and arrived today. I reduced the forward bow just a bit and it plays and sounds fantastic too. The electronics in these basses are superior to ANY other electronics I have tried. Of course, that is just my opinion but these basses help me to play my best.
Mantis Green Bongo 6 checking in. Received it yesterday but finally had the chance to post about it between lessons and gigs. Pretty sure this is the one they used for all their promos too.
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You have a beautiful Bongo collection!!
Every fingerboard option is represented.
Wow!! Very nice.
That StingRay ain’t too shabby either.
