Gamechanger

[Big Poppa]

OK kids here it is installed in a 25th


Volume

tone (its push pull to give the 5 way 2 banks of choices total 10 presets

3 rotary encoder knob.....proto is 15 pickup wiring choices that s called the incoder

One of my frustrations in the area of instrument design is that we are hard wired to the limitations of the standard 3 and five way switches...there are so many combinations available to you that you never hear. Can you imagine having a 12 cyl car and only be able to use 7 because of the transmission?

Whe I did the bongo I was trying for a programmable switching but it was noisy and the signal became digital and colored.

THe game changer is the ability to get over 56 different combinations and the signal is still analog and never enters the digital switching area. The switching is silent and you can put any sound in any position.

You will have the ability to program your guitar from the web or from your iphone as an app. You can store favorites for different gigs or recording...you can swap patches and you can download rock stars patches

If you want to go back to the factory settings just hold the encoder down for 20 seconds and its back to new.....

THink about this on a bass single h neck in series that inner coil of the humbucking in parrallel One active one passive......

Here is the sheet from my iphone that looks kind of like pirate maps!

 

[bovinehost]

a. Levin's "Sledgehammer" tone
b. Levin's "Don't Give Up" tone
c. Levin's "Elephant Talk" tone

and so on

Yeah, I could probably spend about five years playing with that!

 

[five7]

Oh my GOD!

 

[Psychicpet]

Oh my GOD!

+ infinity!!!




unbelievable!

and yes Jack, I do bleeb I would have mine stuck constantly in "LevinLand" as well for presets

 

[Oldtoe]

Pretty darn neato, Pops.


Jack, your "a." selection requires a fretless Sabre and an octave pedal.

 

[bkrumme]

Poppa just put the proverbial "smack-down" on his competitors!

Program your guitar to switch to whatever setting you want! With your iPhone or computer! Over the web!

I think today I'll use my neck humbucker and the coil closest to the bridge all in parallel with each other. Then I'll have to switch that to use the bridge bucker and the coil closest to the neck all in series.

Then the center 2 coils in series or parallel.

Wow...

 

[phatduckk]

holy sh**

that's a pretty big deal honestly! so you're free from "the manufacturer picks the 5 (or 3) best settings"?

badass stuff guys!

 

[adouglas]

The potential of this has got me very excited.

Yes indeed.



Here's why.

1) I've used preset-driven equipment for years and still do. The great advantage of presets is that you get one-button access to specific sounds. The disadvantage is that factory-provided presets are usually 99 percent useless...anyone who's tried a Line6, DigiTech, Zoom etc. multipedal knows this. So... for presets to be valuable they have to be easy and intuitive to program. Sounds like this is the case here.

2) I've found that, for what I'm playing these days, I need a few basic sounds. I need an old-school thumpy sound (e.g. Sam and Dave, Soul Man) and a more aggressive modern tone (e.g. Earth, Wind and Fire), but both are approximate and subject to the vagaries of knob-twiddling during live performance. I haven't bothered trying to go deeper than this because I'm able to accomplish my mission with those two basic sounds.

But... it would be GREAT to be able to switch in really targeted sounds for individual songs that need special treatment and not have to worry AT ALL about adjusting tone during performance.

 

[adouglas]

Pretty darn neato, Pops.


Jack, your "a." selection requires a fretless Sabre and an octave pedal.

And "b" requires a diaper stuck under the strings as a mute.

 

[the unrepentant]

a. Levin's "Sledgehammer" tone
b. Levin's "Don't Give Up" tone
c. Levin's "Elephant Talk" tone

and so on

Yeah, I could probably spend about five years playing with that!

All you ever need

 

[midopa]

i waaaaaant it i waaaaaaaant it i waaaaaaant it


when will we get more info? so many Questions.

 

[JimB52]

Oh My. Verrry interesting.

Jim B

 

[syciprider]

Dang. I think I may have to shelve any near term bass purchasing plans!

 

[bovinehost]

Sterling said to me, "You have no idea how many different ways you can open up a Bongo."

I must admit to finding that an intriguing concept.

Would I be able to get those Levin tones without a fretless Sabre and/or diapers?

I wonder.

 

[Eggman]

Oh my goodness - game changer indeed. Don't suppose it could be an option on a DD-2.....

Just wishful thinking...

Congrats - can't wait to hear/see it.

 

[Psychicpet]

Sterling said to me, "You have no idea how many different ways you can open up a Bongo."

I must admit to finding that an intriguing concept.

Would I be able to get those Levin tones without a fretless Sabre and/or diapers?

I wonder.

I think diapers might be mandatory from the factory now!!

an HH Bongo 6..... with this..... that is just plain Game Over!

 

[roburado]

You have got to be f'ing kidding me. That's insanely cool!!!

 

[mynan]

Had to read it a couple times to really grasp the concept, but...This Is BIG!!!

 

[Big Poppa]

its cool...funny thing is that there are two similar unveilings at the show...imagine that

It isnt going to be ready for prime time for a few months....

 

[Aussie Mark]

Heck, BP, the wiring and switching diagram on the Big Al did my head in, and now you throw this at me too!