Did I ever post these fretless mp3s?

[bassmonkeee]

Heh...apparently, I uploaded these sound files back in, oh...November and completely forgot I had this webspace. Whoops.

Honestly, they aren't anything special, but they are sound clips of a fretless Bongo. I had the signal a bit too hot, and I'm not sure what amp I'm running through, either.

How's that for a set up?

I think clip one is both SC and H pickups with piezo.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bionicmanmp3s/Bongo1.mp3

Clip two was obviously my attempt at boom-boom-boom. Careful with those speakers, guys....

http://home.earthlink.net/~bionicmanmp3s/Bongo2.mp3

Too much clipping. Oh, well. I need to record some new stuff, anyway.

Clip three is bridge pickup and I think piezo.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bionicmanmp3s/Bongo3.mp3

And, this nuttiness is all of them together...As you can tell, not much time was put into this. So, be nice.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bionicmanmp3s/muiltibongo.mp3


1 is hard left, and 3 is hard right, I think. with 2 pretty much centered. Headphones are fun.


And, simply because I want to post it again, here's a crappy pic of Moby.

If the sky is ever clear, and happy, I'll take some good outdoor shots, but this is the best I've got right now.

 

[midopa]

Excellent! Your sound clips are always a great fun to listen to. Too bad the computers here at school don't have soundcards. I must give these a good listen once I get home!

 

[Moondog]

mmm - always good to see a pic of Moby
but I kinda miss the mint thingy

cool clips btw

 

[dlloyd]

And, this nuttiness is all of them together...As you can tell, not much time was put into this. So, be nice.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bionicmanmp3s/muiltibongo.mp3

Superb!

 

[bass thumper]

Hey Monkeee, sounds good! That B string is really low. What effects, if any, did you use? Rock on.

 

[stretch80]

sounds great! great b-string sound for a fretless, and nice and gutsy.
how does piezo sound by itself?

 

[prickly_pete]

Great clip, what strings are on the bass?

 

[bassmonkeee]

Great clip, what strings are on the bass?

Those are Thomastik Infeld Superalloys. Great strings with smaller windings, which helps with string noise a bit.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Hey Monkeee, sounds good! That B string is really low. What effects, if any, did you use? Rock on.

No effects. If anything, there was a little bit of soft knee compression added.

 

[bassmonkeee]

sounds great! great b-string sound for a fretless, and nice and gutsy.
how does piezo sound by itself?

I don't have any recordings of the piezos soloed on the fretless, but here's a couple of recordings of my fretted Bongo with the piezos by themselves.

with flat EQ:
http://www.mindspring.com/~jshew2/tunes/solo/Piezo_flat.mp3

And, with some on board tweaking:
http://www.mindspring.com/~jshew2/tunes/solo/Piezo_EQd.mp3

I'm pretty sure the strings are also TI Superalloys, but they might be D'Addario Slowounds.

 

[bassmonkeee]

mmm - always good to see a pic of Moby
but I kinda miss the mint thingy

cool clips btw

Heh, the mint pickguard has gone to live with a Candy Apple Red Bongo. I think it looks better on that bass than it did on Moby.

But, here's a pic so you can remember the way things used to be:

 

[stretch80]

Hey, thanks for posting the piezo mp3s.

Nice sound. Very round, almost p-bass like, but with that acoustic piezo edge.
Must sound killer with a little bit of magnetic mixed in.

 

[Moondog]

Moby looks incredible with the mint p/g (IMO)
I'll respectfully disagree with you on your decision