Bongo with Stingray pickups??

[dwells]

hey guys
2 questions
1. is there much difference between a bongo bridge humbucker to a Stingray?
2. if so then is it possible to put a stingray pickup in a bongo?

reason being is my bass player owns a Bongo 5 HH dargie 1 and just bought a 20th stingray 5 and his dilemma is that the 20th sounds 100% better for what we play , so any ideas would be great?
peace
Dean

 

[Randracula]

Why not just use the 20th for your music and keep the Bongo as is ?

 

[dwells]

needs 2 basses live diff tunings

 

[Ismael]

Any body ???

Hi , I got the same question , any body changed the Bongo pickup for a Stingray Pickup ?

Thanks

 

[Duarte]

You maybe COULD change the pickups round...but the preamp and pickup placement and woods all make a difference (probably a much bigger one) on the tone. Doing that would probably leave you with the same problem. But neither would sound as good as originally...

 

[strummer]

You maybe COULD change the pickups round...but the preamp and pickup placement and woods all make a difference (probably a much bigger one) on the tone. Doing that would probably leave you with the same problem. But neither would sound as good as originally...

my exact thought.

 

[Randracula]

needs 2 basses live diff tunings

I've had a couple Bongo HH's and IME you can get pretty close to a Stingray tone with the blend knob in the right place.

 

[bovinehost]

hey guys
2 questions
1. is there much difference between a bongo bridge humbucker to a Stingray?
2. if so then is it possible to put a stingray pickup in a bongo?

reason being is my bass player owns a Bongo 5 HH dargie 1 and just bought a 20th stingray 5 and his dilemma is that the 20th sounds 100% better for what we play , so any ideas would be great?
peace
Dean

Neodymium magnets in the Bongo, alnico in the SR5 20th. 18v preamp in the Bongo, 9v in the 20th. I don't think I would do it.

I've got a Bongo HH and a 20th and while they sound different, I wouldn't say there's a wide gulf in terms of sonic "quality". But if he prefers the 20th, again, why not just use that as his main squeeze?

I'm perhaps not understanding something.

 

[strummer]

I'm perhaps not understanding something.

They have this new-fangled idea of tuning instruments differently for different songs, so the fellow wants to switch basses instead of fiddling between each song.

 

[bdgotoh]

I've done it, and it sounded better with the original pickups. I used original Stingray alnico pickups and the Bongo preamp. Even had a custom guard made but changed it back within a few weeks.

 

[syciprider]

Oooooh.

 

[dwells]

dream theater have about 6 different tunings it's not a new thing at all !
he'll probably sell the bongo if anyone is interested

 

[TheAntMan]

he'll probably sell the bongo if anyone is interested

Best bet....Sell Bongo and get another SR.

Don't get it myself, but, it is your best bet.

--Ant

 

[five7]

Yes, trade the bongo for a ray.

 

[strummer]

dream theater have about 6 different tunings it's not a new thing at all !

It was a joke.

 

[lenrod]

has he thought about putting a hipshot de-tuner on his ray

 

[73jbass]

You could favor the bridge pickup on the Bongo. I just started gigging with a Bongo 5HH and I just blend the front pickup out just a bit,and it's close enough to a Stingray tone for me.