Question: Bongo HH EQ stuff

[kittyn]

I've been doing the opposite - leaving the pickups at 12 and futzing around with everything else..

[bovinehost]

I've been doing the opposite - leaving the pickups at 12 and futzing around with everything else..

I do that at home sometime, but on the fly at a gig? Gimme that pan knob. It's easy to find. I like a lot of bridge for that angry snarl, but when I want to add some depth and oomph and width and general kick-ass-ed-ness, I just tilt a little towards the neck pickup and birds fall dead from the skies.

[kittyn]

I do that at home sometime, but on the fly at a gig? Gimme that pan knob. It's easy to find. I like a lot of bridge for that angry snarl, but when I want to add some depth and oomph and width and general kick-ass-ed-ness, I just tilt a little towards the neck pickup and birds fall dead from the skies.

Well, I'm not good enough to gig yet, so maybe that's why I'm pretty bad actually, beginner bass player at best! my fingers are weak and my nails always get in the way - I'm coming from playing a lot of guitar so I'm pretty good with a pick but I can't find it in my heart to use a pick to play bass until I'm good with fingerstyle.

well, enough of my rambling, my favorite sound on the bass is that "stingray" tone, i love funk and all that. I mostly use the bridge pickup when I want that trebly sound, but I find it sounds really good also using both pickups equally.

anyways, it's great being in contact with awesome bass players such as yourself! nice to meet you all

[bovinehost]

I'm pretty good with a pick but I can't find it in my heart to use a pick to play bass until I'm good with fingerstyle.

You and I are going to get along just fine!

anyways, it's great being in contact with awesome bass players such as yourself! nice to meet you all

Um, some of these other guys are "awesome bass players".

Me, I'm Jack. Welcome!

Jack

PS: need photos of your bass or we'll taunt you mercilessly.

[Ole Man Blues]

I was a P Bass man for years and found it hard to shake the habit. I grew up in the Detroit area in the 50's and 60's and Motown was my back yard. I have that James Jamerson thump in my head, ie P Bass.

I found the Bongo to my liking. I keep the EQ Flat and boost the Treble 50% and it gives me a full thick thundering P Bass tone that suits our modern Worship style at Church. I get comments and compliments all the time on the tone, and "What a great looking Bass." Keep noodling around with the controls, starting flat then adding and subracting until you like what you hear. The journey is have the fun......

Great Bass choice........... OMB

[MrMusashi]

hehe.. i thought you were a single h guy jack

MrM

[bovinehost]

hehe.. i thought you were a single h guy jack

MrM

Oh, well, we all have our favorites, but I try to spread the love around.

[oddjob]

Play a ton of current stuff. I favor the neck a bit. Start all of the eq flat (including my amp), bump the bass a bit, pull the high lows a bit and low mids a bit more, bump the highs... cuts like a knife through the mix of the bands I am playing out with.

It is WAY TOO EASY to get carried away with the Bongo's eq system (even the 3-band is a brute). Best way to find what works for you is to start flat and just start fiddling around but remember a little goes a long way.

[Deaj]

I always start out flat and then make very subtle adjustments to suit the room and live mix. I get a great P bass tone with the neck P/U only, bass cut just a bit, treble cut a little more than the bass, and the upper mid boosted just a little. Nice!

[Big Poppa]

I thought I was....nevermind.....

[Basspro]

Oh, well, we all have our favorites, but I try to spread the love around.

Jack is a real player, "on the bass that is".

[kittyn]

I'll take some photos next weekend when I get my camera

BTW I really like the sound of this bass flat with pickups in the middle...sounds awesome

You and I are going to get along just fine!



Um, some of these other guys are "awesome bass players".

Me, I'm Jack. Welcome!

Jack

PS: need photos of your bass or we'll taunt you mercilessly.

[Aussie Mark]

I can live 24/7 with the pickups panned in the middle, and all the EQ controls set flat except the treble which I roll off completely.

[shakinbacon]

I can live 24/7 with the pickups panned in the middle, and all the EQ controls set flat except the treble which I roll off completely.

Interesting. I've been toying with that but the voice in my head goes "the forum dudes say don't dime anything" so I've backed off. Time to reconsider

[Aussie Mark]

Interesting. I've been toying with that but the voice in my head goes "the forum dudes say don't dime anything" so I've backed off. Time to reconsider

You misread me - nothing is dimed. The pickup pan knob is in the middle - both pickups blended fully, and all of the EQ knobs are flat (centred, in the detent position ie. "half way") apart from treble which is on "0"