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Bongo5 vs SR5

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xring

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After recently being blessed with an awsome SR5, I was a little worried that since I have the Bongo, the SR just might be another bass to play, not really needed since the Bongo "could do the Stingray thing".
Well, the Bongo definitely has a huge diversity of tones, but as far as I can tell, the SR is (happily) not one of them. At least not on my amps. Yes, the Bongo can get a deep twangy bite when called upon. Stingrayish? Not quite. It may get closer to the SR5 if I wanted to spend waaaay too much time trying. But if you tried to dial it up on the fly, I don't know if you'd ever find it again.
Other than being created in the same factory, why should they sound the same at all? They have almost nothing in common, from wood to electronics, to magnets.
I for one am very happy they have 2 distinct flavors. Variety...:D
 
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Well said. I am very happy with my choices of Bongo 5 and SR5. Have my gig covered easily.

tk
 
xring said:
After recently being blessed with an awsome SR5, I was a little worried that since I have the Bongo, the SR just might be another bass to play, not really needed since the Bongo "could do the Stingray thing".
Well, the Bongo definitely has a huge diversity of tones, but as far as I can tell, the SR is (happily) not one of them. At least not on my amps. Yes, the Bongo can get a deep twangy bite when called upon. Stingrayish? Not quite. It may get closer to the SR5 if I wanted to spend waaaay too much time trying. But if you tried to dial it up on the fly, I don't know if you'd ever find it again.
Other than being created in the same factory, why should they sound the same at all? They have almost nothing in common, from wood to electronics, to magnets.
I for one am very happy they have 2 distinct flavors. Variety...:D
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I hear you!
My next bass will be a SR5, and i think I'll even go single pick up. The Bongo and SR5 are very different, and in a real good way too:D
 
Couldn't agree more, that's one of the things that first caught me off guard about the Bongo; it's a totally different animal. It just helps support the theory that one Music Man bass is Never enough.
 
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