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Anyone have a HSC Bongo 5?

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    Koch Sanchez is offline Registered User Junior Member
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    Anyone have a HSC Bongo 5?

    I just ordered a used one. I have played the HH model at GC and loved it but I got the H SC for a little more versatility and so I had some space to slap. Any pros and cons to this combo? I got it in Carbon Blue with an ice pickguard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koch Sanchez View Post
    I just ordered a used one. I have played the HH model at GC and loved it but I got the H SC for a little more versatility and so I had some space to slap. Any pros and cons to this combo? I got it in Carbon Blue with an ice pickguard.
    You mean like the one in my avatar? It's all subjective but I played a HH, HS, and H when shopping for my Bongo and it was no contest for me. The HS has a tone all it's own and personally I feel it offers more tonal variety than the HH. By the way, Carbon Blue with White Ice is a good choice!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Koch Sanchez View Post
    I just ordered a used one. I have played the HH model at GC and loved it but I got the H SC for a little more versatility and so I had some space to slap. Any pros and cons to this combo? I got it in Carbon Blue with an ice pickguard.
    It is my understanding the space between the neck and neck pickup is the same on HH and HS models.
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    the space is the same, but on my bongo 5 HS I pop behind the neck pickup. and 1echo is right about the tonal variety on the HS. I owned a bongo 5 HH and it just didn't have the flexibility of the HS IMO.
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