MM Bongo, anybody made one passive?

[karlfer]

Is it possible?
Has anybody done it?

Cheers,
Karl.

[MB1]

MB1.
Its always a good idea to consult your doctor before ceasing regular medication.....
This is silliness that will only end in tears

[karlfer]

The mind drifts off you know

[mxm]

I'm with you there, I once had a Bongo 4HH and always felt it a tad overpowering and maybe had something to offer in a passive guise.

But eventually I couldn't be a**ed and sold it. My loss. Have since learnt to re-appreciate active circuits.

Edited September 24, 2016 by mxm

[bassninja]

I just 'pacified' my Fender Miller Jazz, as I never really used the actives anyway. I didn't like the boost only style, and it was too glassy for me up top. It feels great, but I wasn't using it so much.

It's now VV (inactive pot) passive T, and the switch is series/parallel. The S/P switching has really bought something out, bit of a volume bump and a more pronounced mid width, which is more useful than the actives were, for me anyway.

Horses for courses and all that, but I'm now using it much more.

[karlfer]

Thanks for the comments guys, food for thought

[krispn]

Look at the Big Al - MM had the good sense to offer that same 4 band eq but also the ability to disengage it. Seems like they missed a trick by not offering that in the Bongo. Perhaps MM could advise on what they do (did) with the Big Al preamp?

[karlfer]

Thanks fellas.
Fairly inevitably with me, it's looking academic, looks like the bass is on it's way tomorrow.

[NancyJohnson]

I had a Bongo 5HH a few years ago...would take it to rehearsal, start out all nice and flat, then in the proceeding hours, noddle noodle, twiddle twiddle. I never came out of a jam having cut any of the frequencies; the onboard preamp is mental. If I could have converted it to passive somehow, I'd probably still have it now.