Bongo Midshift = brilliant

[syciprider]

I played the Small EQ Bongo against THREE guitards last night (SSS and SSH Strats and an acoustic). The Strats were favoring their single coils so I was happy with mild EQ settings and found my midrange spot between the sixers and stayed there.

Next thing I know one of the guitards decided that his sound is not fat enough and starts using his bridge humbucker. All of a sudden the mid pocket I was occupying was being crowded by Mr Bucker. I kicked in the tubescreamer clone pedal for a bigger mid hump, no dice. I gotta move out of the pocket.

Ah yes, the Bongo's mid shift knob. I moved the voice up the spectrum a little bit and compensated for the lost punch with some more lows. My sound bloomed again and I didn't have to touch a knob on the amp. Beautiful!

I love my Bongo.

 

[oddjob]

Bongos are beautiful things!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ken Baker]

Ah yes, the Bongo's mid shift knob. I moved the voice up the spectrum a little bit and compensated for the lost punch with some more lows. My sound bloomed again and I didn't have to touch a knob on the amp. Beautiful!

I love my Bongo.

Please forgive my ignorance, but mid shift knob? Maybe I've mis-interpreted something, but I wasn't aware that Bongos have a mid shift control.

OTOH, I guess there could be something extra special about the Small EQ Bongo.

Ken...

 

[syciprider]

The inside dual stacked knob on a Bongo is a sort of parametric Mid EQ control. The inner knob controls the center frequency of the midrange boost/cut control. The outer knob is the boost/cut control. So you can find the best, least crowded mid freq in your playing environment and stay there. You can cut like a Stingray or thump like a P.

 

[oddjob]

Nope... outer knob low mids cut boost... inner knob high mids cut boost.

 

[oddjob]

A sweepable control point would have been great (bass player even made a note of it in their review) but would probably baffle most of the general public

 

[TSanders]

Nope... outer knob low mids cut boost... inner knob high mids cut boost.

Thats what I thought.

 

[syciprider]

Nope... outer knob low mids cut boost... inner knob high mids cut boost.

It does?

*checks manual*

Oh sure it does.

Did you have to burst my bubble?

 

[oddjob]

Sorry

 

[syciprider]

Tells you how easy it is to use a Bongo. I didn't even read the manual.

 

[oddjob]

You should try a H... you don't even have to worry about stacked knobs

 

[syciprider]

You should try a H... you don't even have to worry about stacked knobs

The SmallEq IS an H

 

[oddjob]

Duhhhhhhhhhh (one of those days... I'll shut up and quit typing now )

 

[bassmonkeee]

The SmallEq IS an H

No, it's not. It's an Hp. That 'p' changes it from a 3 band to a 4 band.

Still no mid-shift knob, though.

 

[syciprider]

Shhh, OJ missed that part.

 

[oddjob]

Shhh, OJ missed that part.

 

[AnthonyD]

This reads like a "Who's on first"...


Very entertaining, guys!

 

[asianjeff]

hm, someone know where you can find the eq diagram for a bongo HH?

 

[AnthonyD]

Right here: Bongo HH

 

[asianjeff]

you rock!