bongo bass..help with knobs

[Goofball Jones]

NO no, I want to dial in the EXACT TONE!

But seriously, I just kinda wanna get kinda sorta close to that warm, deep, thumpy groove that gets people up and dancing...

Now, if I can just find a place where I can get a Bongo without selling a kidney...for me at least.

 

[bovinehost]

I'm a half-ass hack of a bassist and I STILL get compliments on my tone - it's the Bongo, my man, it's the Bongo.

 

[midopa]

Most of the time my Bongo's EQ is set for at maybe 60-80% pan towards neck pickup, cut treble, flat high mids, and boosted low mids and bass. That gets me a really thick bassy and ballsy tone. The proverbial P-bass on steroids.

 

[strummer]

I'm a half-ass hack of a bassist and I STILL get compliments on my tone - it's the Bongo, my man, it's the Bongo.

I could have said that too

 

[Paul_C]

It's interesting, my 4HS is usually set with everything flat, tones, pickup balance etc. and the vol full on. This is because I like it to sound like a Bongo HS with everything set flat

Even the Bongo H and HH didn't sound like a Bongo HS set flat, which is why I sold them on, no point fighting with them to try and get them to sound like something they weren't.

I've got another bass with flats on that I use because it sounds NOTHING like the Bongo HS etc. etc. this is for when I want noises that sound different, though most of the time it's the Bongo (plus it's by far the most comfortable bass I have ever played) .

As mentioned elsewhere, even without touching the controls I can get a huge array of sounds just by playing in different positions (the ramp I fitted started out as a thumb rest to give more options)

Fortunately I play in two bands playing original material, so there's no demand for my sound to be anything other than what it is, MY SOUND

 

[Bill]

I often wonder how amazing all those old Led Zeppelin tunes would have sounded if JPJ had had access to a bass that *really* could cut through the mix instead of a Jazz.

I think there's a good way to find out: Led Zeppelin reunion!! Not just Page & Plant, but let JPJ be in on it, too (and give him an EBMM bass!). Recruit Jason Bonham to play drums.

 

[Big Poppa]

gosh I go away for a few hoursa and things get testy.

THere is no wrong choice and p basses have a huge place in yesterdays, todays and tommorows music Ditto Jazz.

I would love to have been a mediator live with goof and NY as you made great points and really confusing ones. I will say that buying a two pickup bass does not make it so you dont like your sr or sterling and doesnt mean that you secretly want a fender...it means that the bass and additonal tonal choices work for you. There is also nothing wrong with trying to find a eq/pu seclection that makes you feel like you are sounding like a passive bass.