Bongo Down

[skabassist13]

i have even more respect for the ball family and company than i ever have. he seems like a great guy.

 

[midopa]

Sam...If you know someone you trust to do the work, I can send you a nut as was suggested. Let me know.

Hm... Anyone know a good luthier in the San Fernando Valley (CA)?

 

[jongitarz]

Is Valley Arts Guitars still there? If they are you can't go wrong with them.

Sam email your address to me at [email protected] and I will get a new nut sent to you.

 

[TSanders]

Jon,

Did I mention that you are the man for taking care of us as you do. Its comforting to know that whenever anything goes wrong with our EBMM basses you are willing to help us out.

Travis Sanders

 

[prickly_pete]

"A Microsoft free environment"; just another reason to love the Ernie Ball company.

I've been MS free for 4+ years -- at home and at work. Its comforting to know that when I log onto the EB website I am talking to a fellow unix computer :

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.ernieball.com

 

[jongitarz]

Jon,

Did I mention that you are the man for taking care of us as you do. Its comfoting to know that whenever anything goes wrong with our EBMM basses you are willing to help us out.

Travis Sanders

Thanks Travis

 

[midopa]

Thanks Jon, but I think Valley Arts Guitar moved? http://www.valleyartsguitar.com/contact.html Looks like they're in Tennessee now! Well, I'm still considering whether to send it to you or have a luthier work on it. Just a quick question... If I were to send the bass to you for repair, is there a service charge, in addition to the cost for the new nut? Thanks!

And I agree with Travis - you're always extremely helpful!

 

[jongitarz]

Yeah..Labor time would be a factor, but it would be minimal. Email me at work, and I will give you the details.

 

[midopa]

Will do. Thanks!

 

[Dees]

Jon,

Did I mention that you are the man for taking care of us as you do. Its comforting to know that whenever anything goes wrong with our EBMM basses you are willing to help us out.

Travis Sanders

True, but since I live in Belgium, I hope my Stingray stays in perfect condition

 

[tkarter]

I am willing to bet Jon could email someone instructions on fixing their EB bass and they would be plumb happy with the outcome.


tk

 

[TheDirtyMoocher]

might i be so bold as to suggest that whatever it costs you make your brother pay for it?

 

[midopa]

I'm wondering about that. He's only eight, but our cousins spoil him with loads of money. However, all that money is stored in some super secret Swiss bank account or something. Still, it'd be shameful to take money from an eight year old.

 

[skabassist13]

half? he is your brother after all. "brotherly love" and all that good stuff. half of a 10 dollar nut is what 5 bucks? why not. he could probably find more than that in your couch!

 

[bass thumper]

half? he is your brother after all. "brotherly love" and all that good stuff. half of a 10 dollar nut is what 5 bucks? why not. he could probably find more than that in your couch!

I have $5 worth of dropped potato chips in my couch!

 

[RocketRobin]

Dude, it's just a freakin nut. Take it to your local luthier and have him make you new one.
Even better get him to make you one from 7000 series alloy and you'll get improved top end and won't have to worry about your little brother playing Lone Ranger and using your bongo as Silver.
Yippeyippeyayipeeyoyoyo. Hiho Silver, away!

 

[jongitarz]

No...For one thing it is a compensated nut that you can't get from anyone else but us, and alloy nuts make about as much sense as brass ones did in the 80's. Unless you only play open strings they don't do squat.

 

[TheDirtyMoocher]

it seems like the nut wouldnt be the expensive part...if you had to send the bass back to jon it would probably get expensive...i dont know about the service part but the shipping has to be at least 20 bucks for something as big as a bass

 

[jongitarz]

Not as expensive as a useless alloy nut

 

[RocketRobin]

No...For one thing it is a compensated nut that you can't get from anyone else but us, and alloy nuts make about as much sense as brass ones did in the 80's. Unless you only play open strings they don't do squat.

Then he must find the magic nut. The one that no other luthier on the planet can replicate