Having spent most of my time on this board on the guitar side, I knew it was a mistake to stray into the bass section late one night recently. 
Now I've just taken delivery of a 4H Bongo in Lava Pearl, courtesy of fellow forumite PaulC - great guy to deal with by the way - thanks mate!
Unlike my guitars, I'm not one to chop and change my basses - I've only had 4 bass guitars since I started playing in 1983, and never more than one owned at a time.
Being well and truly bitten by the EBMM bug, and not being happy with my recorded bass tones recently, that late night visit to the bass forum here went from a cursory glance at some of the bongo threads to spotting one for sale here in the UK and then I find myself quite bewildered and holding a 4H in my hands
I am well and truly blown away by this bass. Some new super slinkys, a little setup and instantly I am getting the bass sound I was looking for - punchy and tight. I can see that it will take me a little while to work my way through all of the tone combinations, there's just so much versatility in there. Amazing.
Great neck, very comfortable to play and what a sound from that single H.
No opportunities here in Scotland to see and play a Bongo before, so I had to go out on a limb in buying without ever trying one, but knowing how great EBMM guitars are it wasn't too much of a risk. Now I know it was definitely the right decision.
Some pics:
Now I've just taken delivery of a 4H Bongo in Lava Pearl, courtesy of fellow forumite PaulC - great guy to deal with by the way - thanks mate!
Unlike my guitars, I'm not one to chop and change my basses - I've only had 4 bass guitars since I started playing in 1983, and never more than one owned at a time.
Being well and truly bitten by the EBMM bug, and not being happy with my recorded bass tones recently, that late night visit to the bass forum here went from a cursory glance at some of the bongo threads to spotting one for sale here in the UK and then I find myself quite bewildered and holding a 4H in my hands
I am well and truly blown away by this bass. Some new super slinkys, a little setup and instantly I am getting the bass sound I was looking for - punchy and tight. I can see that it will take me a little while to work my way through all of the tone combinations, there's just so much versatility in there. Amazing.
Great neck, very comfortable to play and what a sound from that single H.
No opportunities here in Scotland to see and play a Bongo before, so I had to go out on a limb in buying without ever trying one, but knowing how great EBMM guitars are it wasn't too much of a risk. Now I know it was definitely the right decision.
Some pics:
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