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When is a MM SUB not a SUB? When it is a Bongo.


Owen
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I picked up some Bongo electronics. I have owned some (!) Bongos in the past but found them uncomfortable when seated. But I loved the electronics.

 

Our own @Manton Customs did the routing work and all that malarky. New scratchplate, control cavity, battery and pickups. The control knobs are all sorts of wrong, but I will source some better ones.

 

The before pictures are here.

 

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MORE ROOM TO SLAP!!!!!! That is not going to happen.

 

I have not actually had a chance to plug it in yet but from what I recall of Bongos, you are correct. I had to put the Vol/Bal on a dual concentric otherwise it would be a 4-pot plate. I like a front-loaded jack socket.

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35 minutes ago, sprocketflup said:

Having never had a chance to pay a Bongo, and I mean this in the nice way, what is special about the Bongo electrics?

They are just super grunty. I realise that that is a super subjective way of putting it, and pretty meaningless really as anything could be grunty given enough gain at the front end. They have clarity and a cut which is quite unlike anything else I have tried. Like a full-throated roar if needed. When I say clarity I am not talking about shiny high frequencies. Wow, tone words! They mean nothing!

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14 hours ago, Owen said:

They are just super grunty. I realise that that is a super subjective way of putting it, and pretty meaningless really as anything could be grunty given enough gain at the front end. They have clarity and a cut which is quite unlike anything else I have tried. Like a full-throated roar if needed. When I say clarity I am not talking about shiny high frequencies. Wow, tone words! They mean nothing!

Tone words mean nothing?! I feel like I'm understanding you more clearly than I do many people!

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