Anyone Put Stainless on Their Bongo?

[grooveguru]

Anyone try stainless strings on their Bongos? How was the difference with the stainless soundwise?

 

[drgroovenstein]

hrm. I thought the stock EB strings were pretty darn bright..

 

[grooveguru]

Read Bongo Letdown for explaination

 

[limitk7]

Got stainless on mine right now. They sound brighter than the stock strings, if that's what you're after.

Cheers,

 

[bass&cookies]

i put some on my ray, they're a bit brighter than normal
personally i like nickel better

 

[tkarter]

You guys like brighter than the stock EB strings? What kind of music do you play?

The old and flat playing guy that only wants to understand.

tk

 

[bovinehost]

No!

No stainless on my Bongos!

I think I love them too much.

And I am not entirely sure how many Bongos I have right now.

Five, I think.

JW

 

[Oldtoe]

Yes. I like them. The brand I play are no brighter than Slinkys.

 

[bovinehost]

But of course, young Ben is a mutant.

 

[tkarter]

Ben has got a gig I envy maybe I now know why.

If I just cold figure out how that happened I would feel unlike.

tk

 

[maddog]

Tried 'em. Thought they were way too zingy. Was looking for more growl. Tried other strings and wound up back with Slinkys. I figured out, to get more growl, buy a different bongo (singleH).

 

[tkarter]

I get a bit more growl out of my SR5 than the Bongo but they both kick some butt.

tk

 

[maddog]

I get a bit more growl out of my SR5 than the Bongo but they both kick some butt.

tk

I fell in love with the Bongo look. Otherwise, I'd have an SR5.

And, yes, I agree. SR5's and Bongo's both kick biblical-reference-to-a-donkey. Up and down the street.

edit: fixed it tk.

 

[tkarter]

I just wished I understood how to kick something to donkey. Sounds like fun.

tk

 

[maddog]

I just wished I understood how to kick something to donkey. Sounds like fun.

tk

Well, you call his name and when he looks...

 

[0557]

stainless will give you more highs, but slinkys give me a more pronounced midrange on my bongo's. and not as ridgid feeling for the action.

 

[phatduckk]

i love the EB Stainless Super Slinkys. I used to use other stainless strings but really got into the EB Stainless.

I say give it a shot. Personally I love stainless on my Sterlings. but its all subjective ... consider it a < $20 experiment.

My only problem with being into the "bright" sound which stainless is awesome for is that I end up buying/changing strings a lot! im hooked on the "brand new stainless strings" tone and when they lose some of the brightness (cuz they will with some aging) I miss it and end up wanting to put a fresh set on there

 

[kaaikop]

Just put a set of stainless Hybrids on my Bongo 4HH, just to try out...
Bongo is new to me, and I still haven't quite figured it out yet, so I'm trying
different things. I kinda like it with the stainless, we'll give it a shot for a
while, but I have to say that somehow I prefer the sound of the Ray over the
Bongo... I find it kinda "finnicky", whereas the ray, whatever you dial in, it just
sounds perfect IMHO.

 

[sir funkytown]

La Bella Super Steps

I had really good results with the La Bella Super Steps.Once you play them for a couple of days they are just about the funkiest string around...unfortunatly they cost a lot (but if you wipe em down after playing they last a long time)