Weapon of massive groove

[mike not fat]

Stil dont know if there were some in Irak, but now its official : I've receivde my Bongo (ok George W ?).

It's a real pleasure to play it. Astonishing comfort and playability.
Nice look : I like everything from the body shape to the headstock. Mine is carbon blue, with moonstone PG (sorry no pics for the moment).

And what a sound ! I've got this 4 string H/H combination since a week, and I'm really kicked by the range of different sounds you can have out of this bass. Great job from EB MM !

2 downs : one of the big bolts that hold the bridge was so loose I could unscrew it by hand. I had to thigten it.
Wen I play the A string without picking the fretboard (so to get a A), with a pick going downward, the string is buzzing against the metal dot on the headstock that keep it down. Is there any possibility to avoid this ?

As this is my first thread, I'd like to thank those of you (especially Bovine) that posted threads about Bongos, with photos and info, that helped me waiting the four long months to get the bass.

So now I'm going to make the walls of the flat fall down !

MNF

 

[MingusBASS]

Welcome

Congrats on the Bongo-they are great basses.

Andrew

p.s. If you can't spell Iraq , spare us the political satire.

 

[ynot]

congrats on your new bongo !! welcome to the forums.

 

[Mantaray]

Wen I play the A string without picking the fretboard (so to get a A), with a pick going downward, the string is buzzing against the metal dot on the headstock that keep it down. Is there any possibility to avoid this ?

I have the same problem with my Ray but on the G string.

 

[cgworkman]

Welcome to the forum! Your initiation is you have to post pics of your new Bongo!

 

[oldbluebassman]

Welcome to Klub Bongo

 

[johans]

congrats on your new bongo !! welcome to the forums.

is that gold hardware tuner on your avatar ;p
or just my eyes ...

 

[Bassplyr]

Welcome to the Bongo brotherhood. Oh yeah, and post pics please!

 

[bovinehost]

That sounds to me like the string is wound around the post badly. Make sure the string around the post is traveling downward. In other words, the first wrap should be highest on the post while the last wrap should be down near the headstock.

See if that does it. If not, could be the nut slot for that strings needs a little build-up, but I bet it's the wrap around the post.

Oh - and congratulations! Glad I could be of some help to you!

Jack