OK, here is my short story:
-I'm a lefty
-I'm looking for a 4-string "slapper"
-I have owned SR4s, SR5s and Sterlings. The reason I sold them was mainly because I couldn't live with only one bridge pickup - but the playability was just like nothing else, and I'm missing not having an MMEB.
Now enters the Bongo, and I have these questions:
1-Is (or will) the H-SC version available in left-hand? (a H-H will not really let me get slap crazy.)
2-Is the bridge pickup closer to the bridge in a Bongo than in a SR? In other words, does the Bongo bridge pickup sound just like an SR, or is it closer to the bridge (which I think)?
3-I'm concerned about the shape of the Bongo in terms of comfort. I usually like bodies with a wide "belly," or "hips," say, like an SR. My Sterling never felt very comfortable because of the smaller body. Both the SR4s and SR5s are very comfortable to me.
The Bongo's body shape seems small and very narrow at "the hips." Any comments?
4-My last question: will there ever be an SR4 with an H-SC pickup configuration? That really is what I'm looking for, but I would go for a Bongo if I can find them comfortable.
Thanks.
P>S: Psycho Ward: Do you think that you can have EB drop your lefty Bongo by my place first, so I can try it before it reaches you? You know, to make sure everything's alright!
-I'm a lefty
-I'm looking for a 4-string "slapper"
-I have owned SR4s, SR5s and Sterlings. The reason I sold them was mainly because I couldn't live with only one bridge pickup - but the playability was just like nothing else, and I'm missing not having an MMEB.
Now enters the Bongo, and I have these questions:
1-Is (or will) the H-SC version available in left-hand? (a H-H will not really let me get slap crazy.)
2-Is the bridge pickup closer to the bridge in a Bongo than in a SR? In other words, does the Bongo bridge pickup sound just like an SR, or is it closer to the bridge (which I think)?
3-I'm concerned about the shape of the Bongo in terms of comfort. I usually like bodies with a wide "belly," or "hips," say, like an SR. My Sterling never felt very comfortable because of the smaller body. Both the SR4s and SR5s are very comfortable to me.
The Bongo's body shape seems small and very narrow at "the hips." Any comments?
4-My last question: will there ever be an SR4 with an H-SC pickup configuration? That really is what I'm looking for, but I would go for a Bongo if I can find them comfortable.
Thanks.
P>S: Psycho Ward: Do you think that you can have EB drop your lefty Bongo by my place first, so I can try it before it reaches you? You know, to make sure everything's alright!
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