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[adouglas]

Waht did you do?

Find a tone I like and turn the amp up.

I also never dime the volume on the Bongo, so I've got room to boost gain if I have to.

FWIW, the two Bongos I gig with are a 5H and a fretless 5Hp. The fretless is all-around quieter, all the time. I just turn the amp up for fretless songs.

 

[cellkirk74]

I am bringin' this up again because I have some more questions regarding the piezo sound.

When playing the Bongo, the piezo signal is a good bit quieter than the mags. If I turn the piezo to 100%, I do get some fuzzy sounds pretty soon, but not to many highs at all. I want the tone to be more 'woody' and dry.

I read something about a special control cavity where I can adjust the level for each saddle and the overall output. Did someone try to do some changes here and maybe reduce the output so I can get a cleaner signal?

The sound has probably to do with the pressure of the strings an the piezo saddles. Mine are relatively flat so I can get a singing tone. May it be possible that this is to low and I lack some signal because oft this? (I have new batteries in it, so that is not an option)

Last one;: Anyone tried steel rounds on his fretless for more highs?

 

[guenter]

When playing the Bongo, the piezo signal is a good bit quieter than the mags. If I turn the piezo to 100%, I do get some fuzzy sounds pretty soon, but not to many highs at all. I want the tone to be more 'woody' and dry.

Observations from my (fretted) Bongo 5 HHP (Ernie Ball Regular Slinky #2836):
The piezo can be used to handle the whole spectrum of frequencies produced by the Bongo. At least on my Bongo it does not favor high frequencies - the bridge pickup has a brighter output than the piezo.
So your observation in this point seems to be normal. Or are you talking about a complete lack of highs?

 

[cellkirk74]

Well guenter, that is part of my question. There are highs, but they do not come as clear as I expected. Mow I wonder if that changes when I raise the saddles and have more pressure on the string saddles.