You bongoloids won't like this...

[GassieBall]

Bongo vs. Sterling setting help

Hi everyone,

I've been on a little break from here. Hopefully, the door's still open.

I love both my Bongo and my Sterling, but when I'm gigging, I can't get my Bongo to cut through like my Sterling. When I tweak the EQ on the Bongo for some more mids to compensate, it sounds forced.

Any suggestions??? I know this is a subjective thingy...

 

[phatduckk]

really?

i havent gigged w/ my Bongo yet but from my usage at home i dont see it not being able to cut thru.

im not much help w/o band experience w/ the Bongo but im sure Jack and the rest will be around w/ suggestions

 

[Big Poppa]

are you using the same eq for both?

 

[adouglas]

Two words:

Lo Mids

 

[GassieBall]

Thanks, guys.

Yeah, same EQ on the LMII. Well, infact, BP, I sort of took your old approach to the Markbass. Everything flat, and twiddle with the VPF/VLE.

I have a feeling it's just me and my own taste. The Sterling, as many people have said here, cuts through like a ginsu.

I will try to dial up the lo-mids more purposefully next practice

 

[Big Poppa]

I told you to start with the eqflayt and then adjust gingerly from here. It is not normal to expect different instruments to sound the same with identical eq

 

[GassieBall]

Gotcha, BP. I'm just being a knucklehead. I have to do some more tweaking for my ears to hear the same cutting through on the bongo that I have with the sterling.

 

[Big Poppa]

Gassie do you use the same amount of versed with a 100 pounder that you use on a 250 pounder?

 

[asianjeff]

i think thats a fat joke... and i think bp is calling bongos fat...

 

[GassieBall]

Gassie do you use the same amount of versed with a 100 pounder that you use on a 250 pounder?

Touché, BP, touché. You got me, dude!