I`m waiting patiently for my Bongo 4 HS Dargie Delight that I purchased from the TB classifieds this week.Maybe I`m wrong,but I`m assuming not a lot of people saw this was up for sale.I`m happy I scored it and can only relate it to when I was a little kid and we would order stuff out of a Montgomery Ward or SEARS catalog and wait 8-10 weeks and be satisfied,when now more than three days and I`m going nuts!Must be because you can track every movement.Anyway,I`m stoked about the ROLLING ROCK GREEN Bongo!
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Pretty sure you don't have a dud instrument! Naturally there's all kinds of variables; strings, your amp/speakers, etc. However, if you look up posts on the EBMM forum site (on here as well) from "Bovine Host" (Jack) you'll probably find out quite a bit. There was a video of Sterling Ball himself, posted somewhere on the GC website, where he did some knob fiddling. Try starting everything zero'd out (7 o'clock) and add it back in selectively. Eventually you figure out how (a) to not cancel a tone shift out and (b) how much effect cut & boost have. (It's almost generally better to cut than boost - eg, cut hi mids rather than boost low mids, etc.) Naturally your amp has to be set flat when you do this, and I'd recommend having the volume knob on the bass at at least 90% - use the amp to cut volume, not the bass itself.
I will note that the HI MID has the most effect on "perceived volume" and "gak" - and so fiddling with the low and high mid knobs until you're really comfortable with them is a worthwhile use of an hour. Even if you put your treble and bass knobs at noon and then ripped them off, you can go from old school MoTown (scooped mid) to gak-slap funk using the mid knobs (as I have to do from set to set).
Have you found the Stan Sergeant video yet?
Great stuff Bassorama, thank you!!! I've been twiddling with the nobs and have had some success as you describe. I've been setting everything flat and then just "seeing what this button does" type of thing. I'm getting more comfortable.
I also noticed that changing the batteries helps (duh...
) How much run time do most folks get from their batteries?
Thanks again.
I also noticed that changing the batteries helps (duh...
) How much run time do most folks get from their batteries?Thanks again.
No problem. Battery life depends on how often you play - unplug whenever you're not playing, as the TS jack opens the circut to run the preamp and drain the batteries. Generally it's 3-6 months, but as always: (a) change before a gig if you can't remember how old the batteries are and (b) if you have an otherwise unexplaned degredation in your tone. Rechargeables don't work...Great stuff Bassorama, thank you!!! I've been twiddling with the nobs and have had some success as you describe. I've been setting everything flat and then just "seeing what this button does" type of thing. I'm getting more comfortable.
I also noticed that changing the batteries helps (duh...
Thanks again.
Thanks once again. I do unplug when I'm not playing. I may have used older batteries than I thought.. Well at least I do know that I started with fresh strings...
I don't use rechargables, but I have wondered about different brands and whether there is a difference.
I'll do a search for "Bovine Host" here and over at MM. If you talk to him maybe give him a heads up so he doesn't think I'm a stalker or something.
I don't use rechargables, but I have wondered about different brands and whether there is a difference.
I'll do a search for "Bovine Host" here and over at MM. If you talk to him maybe give him a heads up so he doesn't think I'm a stalker or something.
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
I'm not a Bongo player but these are some gorgeous basses. What would you guys say are the factors that make you choose them over others? I'm really curious
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
1- It's a MONSTER! *
2- Also an extremely versatile bass
3- 24-fret fingerboard (A very important aspect to me, at least for my main instrument)
*: I like to quote Lord Bongo's words on this subject. Can't be said better than that:
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The fourth paragraph of his review also has some wise and accurate descriptive words.
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
I've been looking at Bongos for a while now, mainly on the Music Man website, and I have noticed that there are hardly any colour / pickguard options anymore. Where is everybody getting these amazing looking basses from?
Many colors have been discontinued because they didn't sell too well (at least, compared to the current colors).
They'll probably introduce some new finishes @ Summer NAMM. I'm hoping for some burst or even transparent finishes.
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
That's great, man. Thank you for the pics! Now you proudly sport #102 of our exquisite club.
Jaguar, that is a beauty of a bass! I absolutely dug it since it was first announced, would so love to pick up a HS/p Dargie Delight II on the used market when I've the money for it, and in general it truly has made the cut in the narrowing down of basses desired to be 1 of the 3 that will be my next purchase, but there's one thing that bugs me in general regarding the look of the Bongo. On a bass that screams "FUTURISTIC!" from its design from every viewpoint the body has to offer up to the headstock with its angles that match the upper and lower horns of the body and "really tie the bass together", to its Neodymium Magnet-equipped Pickups and Preamp with 2-bands of High-and-Low Midrange EQ (if not a First in general, certainly a First in a mass-production bass)... why is it sporting older-than-old Cloverleaf-style tuners? Just because all of the other Music Man basses do? As I said, it's the *one thing* that draws my eye away from the Bongo as a whole when looking at it, and I think it would be much better served with a "Y-Tuner" or something of the type by another company (Gotoh?) that doesn't feel quite so dated. And that's "The One Thing" that would pull me away from picking up a DDII if I had the chance, because I'd really like to replace the tuners with a more modern design, drop-in or not and I'm not sure I'd want to instantly devalue a Dargie II by drilling holes for new tuners. :scowl:
...and don't get me started on the lack of hardware color choice at the price levels of Bongos, StingRays & Sterlings, given that tese are not "stock" basses and that there are other options that you can choose from (3 pickup arrangement choices, fretboard wood, lined or unlined fretless models, matching headstocks, piezo pickups, etc) and that both Black as well as Gold are in use or have been used on "Special/Limited Editions" in the near-past. An upcharge would be all well and good as the cost for them is a factor, just please make this hardly time-and-effort-consuming option available to the public.
...and don't get me started on the lack of hardware color choice at the price levels of Bongos, StingRays & Sterlings, given that tese are not "stock" basses and that there are other options that you can choose from (3 pickup arrangement choices, fretboard wood, lined or unlined fretless models, matching headstocks, piezo pickups, etc) and that both Black as well as Gold are in use or have been used on "Special/Limited Editions" in the near-past. An upcharge would be all well and good as the cost for them is a factor, just please make this hardly time-and-effort-consuming option available to the public.
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