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Voted the most awesome bass people have ever seen time & time again. BAM !
Tunaman... yes it does look very familiar. It still causes me bouts of Retro-GAS-Pain... the kind where you wonder "what was I thinkin' when I sold that, for what I sold that?"
GAS will always be a very CRUEL Mistress!
My Candy Red Bongo 4H is tracking to arrive Monday.
I've been Bongo-less for 5 months and I'm really looking forward to this NBD
Welcome back!
Oh yea! Here in the New Mexican High Desert where you'd think it always dry (it is) we get frequent late spring/summer rains. It gets humid for a day or two then dry again. Bongo neck goes boingo!!! It's a 4 string with ebony board. I bet the 4 is worse than the 6. Once I had the rod at max loose and I couldn't even play it. That is the only draw back of this bass. My Pedullas are like this too and I believe they have reinforced necks. My Warwicks rarely budge.
Bongo needs adjustment very frequently. Thank MM for the easy adjuster though!!! I don't know why all basses don't have this.
I finally got my main Bongo put back together after having the neck refinished in a satin roasted tint by Pat Wilkins. He also did the complete refinish of The Billy Bass in daphne blue with a tinted gloss neck.
Took a couple of shots and played around with them a bit. I plan on taking some good outdoor shots tomorrow.
New family shots:
I don't think I'll ever have to worry about someone showing up with the same bass at a gig. Not that I play gigs where I split a show with another band, but still...
Took a couple of shots and played around with them a bit. I plan on taking some good outdoor shots tomorrow.
New family shots:
I don't think I'll ever have to worry about someone showing up with the same bass at a gig. Not that I play gigs where I split a show with another band, but still...
In'trestin'... So it's not just me or mine — the super-reactive neck is a common thing for Bongo. If I used a higher setup, I probably wouldn't notice the "ups and downs' so much, but that's the price to pay for low & fast. And the sheer coolness of the Bongo outweighs the inconvenience of weekly adjustments.
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Don't think I posted in this thread yet. Newest Bongo came to me at the end of march.
I've a confession, and realization I'd like to put out there.
The confession: After getting a Big Al, and going back to 4s instead of 5s, my Bongo 5 got packed away. Once in a blue moon I'd take it out, and I started to realize I didn't really like the "Bongo" sound so much any more. I think part was that I connected it with some not so good memories, but the other part was that it also seemed to pack a little too much punch for my changing tastes in tone. It often also distorted with a lot of backlines I was sometimes forced to plug into.
The realization: My Bongo becomes a completely different animal if I consider 1/4 - 1/3 of the way up on all controls the center mark. I used to start at the halfway point, push the bass and treble a bit, then use the blend and mids to find a seat in the mix. For me, 90% of the time now, that's overkill. Starting at a point where there's some cut in the EQ and volume I've opened new doors for the tones this bass is capable of. I feel I have a lot more room for tweaking, and I can get some really sweet and gooey sounds if I want. Why this stuff hadn't occurred to me long ago I can't say. It's probably because old habits die hard, but the new approach has me swept away in love all over again. I am awesomely happy with my new Bongo.
I rejoin this club as a once again active member.
I've a confession, and realization I'd like to put out there.
The confession: After getting a Big Al, and going back to 4s instead of 5s, my Bongo 5 got packed away. Once in a blue moon I'd take it out, and I started to realize I didn't really like the "Bongo" sound so much any more. I think part was that I connected it with some not so good memories, but the other part was that it also seemed to pack a little too much punch for my changing tastes in tone. It often also distorted with a lot of backlines I was sometimes forced to plug into.
The realization: My Bongo becomes a completely different animal if I consider 1/4 - 1/3 of the way up on all controls the center mark. I used to start at the halfway point, push the bass and treble a bit, then use the blend and mids to find a seat in the mix. For me, 90% of the time now, that's overkill. Starting at a point where there's some cut in the EQ and volume I've opened new doors for the tones this bass is capable of. I feel I have a lot more room for tweaking, and I can get some really sweet and gooey sounds if I want. Why this stuff hadn't occurred to me long ago I can't say. It's probably because old habits die hard, but the new approach has me swept away in love all over again. I am awesomely happy with my new Bongo.
I rejoin this club as a once again active member.
Don't think I posted in this thread yet. Newest Bongo came to me at the end of march.
I've a confession, and realization I'd like to put out there.
The confession: After getting a Big Al, and going back to 4s instead of 5s, my Bongo 5 got packed away. Once in a blue moon I'd take it out, and I started to realize I didn't really like the "Bongo" sound so much any more. I think part was that I connected it with some not so good memories, but the other part was that it also seemed to pack a little too much punch for my changing tastes in tone. It often also distorted with a lot of backlines I was sometimes forced to plug into.
The realization: My Bongo becomes a completely different animal if I consider 1/4 - 1/3 of the way up on all controls the center mark. I used to start at the halfway point, push the bass and treble a bit, then use the blend and mids to find a seat in the mix. For me, 90% of the time now, that's overkill. Starting at a point where there's some cut in the EQ and volume I've opened new doors for the tones this bass is capable of. I feel I have a lot more room for tweaking, and I can get some really sweet and gooey sounds if I want. Why this stuff hadn't occurred to me long ago I can't say. It's probably because old habits die hard, but the new approach has me swept away in love all over again. I am awesomely happy with my new Bongo.
I rejoin this club as a once again active member.
Nice blue bongo!
I tinker with the settings on mine often to see what it can do.
I think I agree with ya in the sense that the bongo has a big arsenal of tones available.
Some more obvious than others.
Some you just stumble into while messing with things.
I am still trying to decide if I like the HH or HS better?
They both are quite different.
- Oct 7, 2000
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No question for me anymore. I'm an HS kinda dude. Feel it adds a whole different dimension for me. I'll use that pickup soloed. Never used the neck H soloed. The single coil sounds a lot more musical to my ears. But my ears ring loudly constantly so take that for whatever it's worth.
No question for me anymore. I'm an HS kinda dude. Feel it adds a whole different dimension for me. I'll use that pickup soloed. Never used the neck H soloed. The single coil sounds a lot more musical to my ears. But my ears ring loudly constantly so take that for whatever it's worth.
Yea same here.
I think if I had to choose only one EBMM pup config. It would be the HS.
The neck soloed is killer!
Could not believe my eyes when I found this brand new old stock 2008 LE Sequoia Gold sitting at an online store calling my name.
And the fact it was an HS was the frosting on the cake.
HAD to buy it.
This Bongo will be a lifer for me for SURE!
Stunning Bongo for sure! Good 4 U!!!!!
Could not believe my eyes when I found this brand new old stock 2008 LE Sequoia Gold sitting at an online store calling my name.
And the fact it was an HS was the frosting on the cake.
HAD to buy it.
This Bongo will be a lifer for me for SURE!
Love that bass Dan! But you know that already
Thanks man, I was super lucky to find a 2008 LE Bongo brand new ole stock. A true needle in a haystack!
