I have a new fav Bongo equalizer setting :D

[naruki]

I accidentally discovered this setting while jamming and I love the tone. I got kinda annoyed with the guitarist's wall and just instinctively turned all my knobs up and wow

Treble: max
High Mids: max
Low Mids: max
Bass: max
Volume: max
Blend: between middle and bridge

Oh and it sounded even better with the Gallien Krueger contour switch turned on (mid scoop, bass and high boost).

 

[syciprider]

Reactor meltdown imminent... The Western Hemisphere will be uninhabitable for the next 2 million years if the core is exposed.

 

[J Romano]

Was there anything left on the walls?????????

 

[OldManMusic]

I thought I heard something outside.

 

[JayDawg]

I like that setting too and also play it as well.

 

[J Romano]

That is an awesome setting, I include 30/70 piezo/mag to top it off

 

[naruki]

Was there anything left on the walls?????????

Just the mangled remains of the guitarist's riffs.

 

[J Romano]

Awesome, keep up the good work

 

[JayDawg]

About 6 months ago I was in the recording studio with my Bongo 4HH DDII. The guy I was jamming with had never even heard of a Bongo before (Small town). He tried getting me to play a P bass instead because he liked the tones of them. I kindly declined his offer and told him I felt a lot more comfortable on my Music Man basses as they could do anything a P bass could do and more. The amp he had in his studio, I noticed was turned up kind of loud. Obviously this was due to the passive P bass he liked to use. Well I had kind of forgotten that my Bongo had everything maxed out on it with the pickup blend split 50/50. I plugged in and turned on and as soon as I hit that first note; well, you remember the opening scene from Back To The Future where Marty McFly plugs into that huge amp, strikes the chord and blows the entire studio apart. If you remember that scene, then you probably get the picture of what my Bongo did. The guy I was playing with was like, Holy expletive... He was completely blown away by the power of the Bongo. I then turned the amp way down, adjusted the settings on my bass and we had a fun time jamming that night. I actually did quite a bit of experimenting with different tones and setting on the Bongo and he and I both were left quite impressed by what it was able to do. At the end of the night, the guy told me he could see why I wanted to stick with my Music Man over the P bass.

 

[Mabongohogany]

MAX the BASS on a Bongo??

I've only ventured as far as about 3/4 before I turned back.
...Something about the threshold of the Human ear in regards to low-frequency Hz I beleive....

 

[mfallmann]

MAX the BASS on a Bongo??

I've only ventured as far as about 3/4 before I turned back.
...Something about the threshold of the Human ear in regards to low-frequency Hz I beleive....

I'd rather say something about the threshold of human intestines in that case

 

[adouglas]

More is more. Diming the EQ on a Bongo? That's MUCH more.

Yeah, it's kind of like that.

 

[boombox]

Wait, its ok to dime a bongo EQ? Brave souls may have tried but none have lived to tell about it on the forum......

I had a friend who tried it once.....

 

[adouglas]

Yeah, been there.

Let's just say I used to have a full head of hair.

 

[keko]

MAX the BASS on a Bongo??

OMG, ...what rigs guys You running through???

My reflex has similar 4 band EQ like a Bongo, ... and my bass knob is usually in the center position, or I cut bass freq. a little bit!

Mostly play bridge H (sweetspot) in parallel and usually boost low mids 3/4, high mids 3/4 boost too, highs and bass depends about venue I play, but bass never goes clockwise from center position, only opposite, ...highs usually boost 1/4 - 3/4 ...depends...etc.

 

[Freddels]

I don't like everything dimed on a Bongo. I usually boost a little bass and a little low mids.

 

[Golem]

I accidentally discovered this setting while jamming and I love the tone. I got kinda annoyed with the guitarist's wall and just instinctively turned all my knobs up and wow

Treble: max
High Mids: max
Low Mids: max
Bass: max
Volume: max
Blend: between middle and bridge

Oh and it sounded even better with the Gallien Krueger contour switch turned on (mid scoop, bass and high boost).

What you've done is created 3 big scoops or notches.
With the GK contour applied, you've added yet another
scoop. It may work in certain rooms with certain cabs,
but don't rely too heavily on it ....


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[Rano Bass]

I would not do that but if it sounds good to you, then play it like that.
Those 18 volt preamps are very powerful.

 

[Golem]

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OKeeDoKeeeee .... just to check out my initial take
on it when I first read the OP, I went home and set
my whole Boingo to 11.

It were inneressin, seems like could be useful, but
not a panty soaker. I noticed that the 'effect' varies
verrrrrry greatly with modest tweaks to the EQ of
the amp, which I soomize is due to the way huge
likelihoot that the EQ bands of the amp have waay
different target frequencies than the bands on the
ax. Twirling the PU selector was fun [my PUs are
way different than the HH of the OP.]

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I suspect that a major reason for the way the OP
marvels at this 'discovery' is [aside from the deep
notches already mentioned] that by diming every
knob [that 5 knobs on an HH] the gain delivered
by the ax is SO great that it requires setting only
fairly low gain at the amp to avoid major clipping.

It's my observation that for a given listening level
from the speakers, one can juggle the ax's gain vs
the amp's gain to maintain an audibly constant
sound level, but that such juggling also juggles
the ax's voice vs the amp's voice. Whadumnsane
is that I bleeb the OP reports being blowed away
by a tone thaz much more slanted in favor of the
ax's voice, with the amp's voice more reduced vs
his previous experience.

Acoarst, I don't KNOW about previous experience
so I'm just conjecturing here. But, DISCOVERING
the real voice of one's ax [even with a few rather
big sections notched out of it] is a cool discovery
for any player. It accentuates wood-and-strings
over the typical paper-cones-and-watts "tone, the
latter being the standard 'Bar Band' fare.

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Full disclosure: I was using a 1H-p FL to check out
something that was reported as occuring on an HH
[presumably with frets]. I was just too lazy to dive
way deep into the closet to dig out my fretted HH.



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[naruki]

Okay, I should have stated what I love about that tone is the natural overdriven sound. It's just amazing.