Bongo Rave

[midopa]

Heh, heh.

So I went down to Guitar Center this afternoon to try out some basses. The sound I had in mind was moderately bassy with good, defined mids (almost "burpy"!) and little or no high-end. So I pulled down a F*nd*r CS relic'd 60-something P bass, thinking that this would surely give me the sound I want. Nope! It seemed way too muddy, even with the tone knob maxed out. I grabbed a few other expensive basses (with prices that exceeded the cost for my Bongo by at least a couple Benjies) and they all just didn't cut it! Some seemed to get close to the sound I wanted, but then would fail, as the tones would fly off on a tangent for the worst with the slightest turn of the controls.

When I tried some slap bass lines, I found a couple of basses did get close to the "tic-tac" p)sound, but again they just didn't come to par with what I had in mind.

I gotta say that the MM basses I tried (a red StingRay w/ maple 'board and a lovely medallion gold Sterling w/ rosewood board) did very well! They reproduced the sounds I had in mind with ease. Didn't play so well, but that's expected... it's Guitar Center!

Might I add that today (well, yesterday, since it's now 12:30 AM ) I got my first chance ever to play a vintage MM bass?! Eep. I forgot what year, but dang! I loved it! I rolled off the highs and bumped the bass a bit and there was the sound I was looking for! Then I dailed in some highs and found the slap sound I was looking for! Now I know what all the fuss is about!

I gotta add that I tried a vintage F*nd*r 60-something Jazz a few weeks ago (maybe a few months... I don't remember.) that didn't cut it either. It was way too muddy, again, even with the tone maxed out. Maybe GC got some lousy vintage and CS RIs? I'll admit I like the looks of some of the F*nd*r vintage and RI basses and had great expectations for whenever I would chance upon one, but the ones at that GC were... not so good... Oh well, I'm really not concerned about those anymore. I've got an excellent EBMM Bongo 4 that does everything very well! I am happy. ... Now time to save for a fiver!

 

[dlloyd]

Heh, heh.

So I went down to Guitar Center this afternoon to try out some basses. The sound I had in mind was moderately bassy with good, defined mids (almost "burpy"!) and little or no high-end. So I pulled down a F*nd*r CS relic'd 60-something P bass, thinking that this would surely give me the sound I want. Nope! It seemed way too muddy, even with the tone knob maxed out. I grabbed a few other expensive basses (with prices that exceeded the cost for my Bongo by at least a couple Benjies) and they all just didn't cut it! Some seemed to get close to the sound I wanted, but then would fail, as the tones would fly off on a tangent for the worst with the slightest turn of the controls.

When I tried some slap bass lines, I found a couple of basses did get close to the "tic-tac" p)sound, but again they just didn't come to par with what I had in mind.

I gotta say that the MM basses I tried (a red StingRay w/ maple 'board and a lovely medallion gold Sterling w/ rosewood board) did very well! They reproduced the sounds I had in mind with ease. Didn't play so well, but that's expected... it's Guitar Center!

Might I add that today (well, yesterday, since it's now 12:30 AM ) I got my first chance ever to play a vintage MM bass?! Eep. I forgot what year, but dang! I loved it! I rolled off the highs and bumped the bass a bit and there was the sound I was looking for! Then I dailed in some highs and found the slap sound I was looking for! Now I know what all the fuss is about!

I gotta add that I tried a vintage F*nd*r 60-something Jazz a few weeks ago (maybe a few months... I don't remember.) that didn't cut it either. It was way too muddy, again, even with the tone maxed out. Maybe GC got some lousy vintage and CS RIs? I'll admit I like the looks of some of the F*nd*r vintage and RI basses and had great expectations for whenever I would chance upon one, but the ones at that GC were... not so good... Oh well, I'm really not concerned about those anymore. I've got an excellent EBMM Bongo 4 that does everything very well! I am happy. ... Now time to save for a fiver!

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LOL...

 

[Samingo]

Heh, heh.

I gotta add that I tried a vintage F*nd*r 60-something Jazz a few weeks ago (maybe a few months... I don't remember.) that didn't cut it either. It was way too muddy, again, even with the tone maxed out. Maybe GC got some lousy vintage and CS RIs?

Y'know, when I went to buy my first bass, like, my first big studio powered professional bass, I stopped into the loca Ostanek's and started making my way to the F**ders. I started grabbing the active Jazz basses, cause come on, their jazz basses. I couldn't understand, the sound was just... not there... it was so.... so weak... so bland. I popped in the next, made sure this one was active, and cranked the volume and EQ. Nothing. I couldn't understand. I was so upset. Basically, long story short, I ended up stumbling upon what's not my trusted and only music store, bought a SUB, and that was it. So yeah, in my experience the Fender's tend to have a really weak and muddy sound.

 

[rulyøngo]

Man, the thing is you get used to the clear, punchy sound of MM basses and you don't want to go back to other brand of basses!!!

I want a BONGO!!!

 

[Bubba Love]

Y'know, when I went to buy my first bass, like, my first big studio powered professional bass, I stopped into the loca Ostanek's and started making my way to the F**ders. I started grabbing the active Jazz basses, cause come on, their jazz basses. I couldn't understand, the sound was just... not there... it was so.... so weak... so bland. I popped in the next, made sure this one was active, and cranked the volume and EQ. Nothing. I couldn't understand. I was so upset. Basically, long story short, I ended up stumbling upon what's not my trusted and only music store, bought a SUB, and that was it. So yeah, in my experience the Fender's tend to have a really weak and muddy sound.

I did the same with the bongo. I tried a P-Bass, a Jazz, a 3 band stingray and an HH bongo. The fenders sounded so weak it was unreal. The stingray was a little better, but it didn't exactly speak to me. Then I plugged in the bongo, just out of curiousity and the massive low end was there. If only more guitar shops kept them on the walls, they'd sell a whole lot more of them IMO.

 

[Samingo]

Agreed.