just playing my Bongo

**phatduckk** · 07-24-2007, 10:02 PM

yup.. thats what im doing.

good times

**INMT** · 07-24-2007, 10:09 PM

Good Times........are you like J.J.........kid dynomite?

**bovinehost** · 07-24-2007, 10:12 PM

Listening to some Little Willies and working out some standard (but weird) country-ish changes and thinking, "Why is this single H Stingray so kick-ass?"

Other than the green paint and martini inlays, it's "just" a Stingray, but it's making me unbelievably happy.

How's that Bongo treating you?

Jack

**phatduckk** · 07-24-2007, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by bovinehost

Listening to some Little Willies and working out some standard (but weird) country-ish changes and thinking, "Why is this single H Stingray so kick-ass?"

Other than the green paint and martini inlays, it's "just" a Stingray, but it's making me unbelievably happy.

How's that Bongo treating you?

Jack

the Bongo is rad dude. i like it a lot. im a big fan of the pickup pan knob. the subtle difference you get kick ass. im dreaming of an HS sterling with a selctor switch and the pan knob - now that's would be an endless barage of tones dude!!!

now this is shocking, well if you know me; my fav setting so far on the EQ is to boost the bass a hair and completely cut the treble and high-mids. i pan it a bit towards the neck, but again, just a hair

the Bongo feels different and makes me play different. i dont think ive used a pick with it at all. and that whole "there not enough room to slap/pop on an HH Bongo" thing is complete BS; there's plenty of room and sounds rad.

this guy likes it too

**phatduckk** · 07-24-2007, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by INMT

Good Times........are you like J.J.........kid dynomite?

LoL

**bovinehost** · 07-24-2007, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by phatduckk

the Bongo is rad dude. i like it a lot. im a big fan of the pickup pan knob. the subtle difference you get kick ass.

Hoo, yeah. I am completely addicted to that pan knob. I can appreciate the switch on the SRs and Sterlings, but give me a pan knob any old day.

It's....different. 'Course, right now, my faves have one pickup, so who cares?

Originally Posted by phatduckk

now this is shocking, well if you know me; my fav setting so far on the EQ is to boost the bass a hair and completely cut the treble and high-mids. i pan it a bit towards the neck, but again, just a hair

Whoa, that IS shocking, you punk, you. I cut the treble on EVERYTHING but play way back near the bridge for definition. It works on the Bongo particularly well.

Originally Posted by phatduckk

the Bongo feels different and makes me play different.

Welcome to my world.

**phatduckk** · 07-24-2007, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by bovinehost

Welcome to my world.

i asked for a cowboy hat and vodka for my birthday

**bovinehost** · 07-24-2007, 10:41 PM

Careful what you ask for.

**Kristopher** · 07-24-2007, 10:45 PM

Since you guys are talking about Bongo blend pots, I'm wondering something....

They just reviewed a Jazz preamp in the latest Bass Player magazine, and they went ga-ga over the "active mixing" function of the preamp's blend pot, which supposedly gets you "a smooth uniform scan across all pickup combinations and the sound never gets muddy" *, because otherwise "using a passive mixing system can often leave a bass with 3 usable tones" *.

So my question is: does the Bongo have "active mixing"? Or is this just all fancy-pants talk meant to sell product? Everything I hear about the Bongo would suggest that it has way more than "3 usable tones".

(* = per the company's website)

**phatduckk** · 07-24-2007, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Kristopher

Since you guys are talking about Bongo blend pots, I'm wondering something....

They just reviewed a Jazz preamp in the latest Bass Player magazine, and they went ga-ga over the "active mixing" function of the preamp's blend pot, which supposedly gets you "a smooth uniform scan across all pickup combinations and the sound never gets muddy" *, because otherwise "using a passive mixing system can often leave a bass with 3 usable tones" *.

So my question is: does the Bongo have "active mixing"? Or is this just all fancy-pants talk meant to sell product? Everything I hear about the Bongo would suggest that it has way more than "3 usable tones".

(* = per the company's website)

i dunno about active or passive... i think the technical term is "awesome". the bongo has about 276,876 usable tones. the HS Sterling comes in at 276,875.8 usable tones

**Alz®** · 07-25-2007, 01:11 AM

The SR4 H has the one tone you need! The rest are just like turkey trimmings......they get in the way of the meat.

**adouglas** · 07-25-2007, 05:01 AM

Originally Posted by Kristopher

Since you guys are talking about Bongo blend pots, I'm wondering something....

They just reviewed a Jazz preamp in the latest Bass Player magazine, and they went ga-ga over the "active mixing" function of the preamp's blend pot, which supposedly gets you "a smooth uniform scan across all pickup combinations and the sound never gets muddy" *, because otherwise "using a passive mixing system can often leave a bass with 3 usable tones" *.

So my question is: does the Bongo have "active mixing"? Or is this just all fancy-pants talk meant to sell product? Everything I hear about the Bongo would suggest that it has way more than "3 usable tones".

(* = per the company's website)

Jazz bass:

Jazz bass with fancy-schmancy "active mixing" preamp:

Bongo:

Any questions?