A Great way to start the New Year! (Image heavy)

[syciprider]

Man, it's threads like thse that make me jones for my DDII even more!

Congrats on a beautiful bass!

[djaxup]

Ebony fretboards are teh win. This is a very pretty bass, and like the others said: let it sit a while. I regretted bringing my bongo to a "qualified tech". With the help of adouglas and others i was able to set it up myself, and learn a lot in that process.

Brandts help will be worth a lot more than a "pro" setup.

[mixmastered]

Ebony fretboards are teh win. This is a very pretty bass, and like the others said: let it sit a while. I regretted bringing my bongo to a "qualified tech". With the help of adouglas and others i was able to set it up myself, and learn a lot in that process.

Brandts help will be worth a lot more than a "pro" setup.

Would you care to share the tips they thought you?
After looking at the neck. I realised it's bowed by quite abit. Probably check again in afew days. If it's something I cant do, I'll probably send it to my tech.

Leaving my Bongo on the stand, everytime i walk by it. I never fail to sit and pick it up and play it for a while. It's just too beautiful to say no!

[djaxup]

I think the most important one is: don't mess with the saddles. If you change string gauges or something like that this might be required, otherwise just give the truss rod wheel a small turn until things are correct.

After that tech messed with my bongo and tried to set it up like you would any other bass i had serious clanking of the E string. With two modes: much too high to play or clank on the fretboard if plucked a little too hard. That wasn't the case when i first got the bass.

What the others at the forum told me basically was to use the FAQ to reset the bass to factory defaults. Well and that is what works superb for me. I had to adjust PU height a bit, took me about an hour or two to set all the correct measures... then wait a day and check again, rinse and repeat maybe once or twice. Once you are there, adjust action height just by using the truss rod wheel.

If i look down the back of the neck of my bongo there seems to be quite a noticeable bow near the end of the neck (headstock side). This seems to be normal. My other two basses don't have that, at least not so obvious. Since every EBMM i had in my fingers had this i don't think that's something bad.

[mixmastered]

Hey man!

Thanks for your input. It's been 2 days with hours of playing and the G string is still pretty much impossible to play any harmonics. it just buzzes like mad!
Give it another day and I'll probably send it to my tech. And change to flats at the same time.

I'm just loving the tone of the Bongo. Maybe we should create a thread with our 'go-to' settings for the bongo. Just to share the different tones people like and maybe a new insight to the flexibility of the pre-amp.