I love the Bongo Preamp

[shakinbacon]

Band practice last night with Bongo 5HHp

My tried and true tone wasn't working out for some reason. Here's what happened.

I left the amp eq flat, and started with my tried and true: all knobs at center detent but bass and treble boosted 30%. This wasn't cutting through. (I immediately thought of adouglas and his "amazing dissapearing act" comment about "smiley faced eqs")

I swapped the bass boost for low mid boost... this wasn't working out. So I swapped the high mid for the treble. Close but a little too clanky with the piezo... reduced the piezo signal but now the mag pickups had too much low end. Reduced the bass and voila!

I ended up leaving the pickup pan, low mid and treble knobs at the center detents. The bass was boosted 20% from the detent, the high mid 30% and the piezo/mag pan was 70/30 in favor of the magnetic pickups.

Anyone with a similar setup gimme your feedback. (Sorry I don't have a recording to share)

It is so nice to have such a clean and powerful preamp at your fingertips. The only reason to touch my amp nowadays is to adjust the volume I really appreciate having the mids separated into low and high bands.

 

[five7]

I agree! The bongo controls are the BEST!

 

[adouglas]

That's very close to my usual HHp settings.... in fact identical except that you boost your bass some.

FWIW on my gigging bass (5H) I tend to boost the bass a bit (maybe 30 percent up from flat), the mids a bit less than the bass (maybe 20 percent), and leave the treble flat or even rolled off a bit. Suits the music, the band and my rig for that bass.

 

[shakinbacon]

That's very close to my usual HHp settings.... in fact identical except that you boost your bass some.

FWIW on my gigging bass (5H) I tend to boost the bass a bit (maybe 30 percent up from flat), the mids a bit less than the bass (maybe 20 percent), and leave the treble flat or even rolled off a bit. Suits the music, the band and my rig for that bass.

Thanks for the post. I really was hoping you would comment adouglas. I appreciate your insight.

I may try reducing the bass some, but as you stated, it depends on the rig.