guitarball
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Make me an offer
guitarafondio
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guys guys had the pleasure of playing a stingray 5hh . awsome sound but the set up from the factory is absolutly s..t. it was unplayable really . anything after the 12th fret was buzz hell . ok i like my action low but ive played cheap and nasty basses that gave a better feel. so i took it to my tech and he looked at the neck .. hmmmm , ahhhh. yessssss. the frets needed to be polished and evened out . after a week i got it back . there is only a slight relief in the neck and the action is supurb it plays itself . any buzz ? . not on any frets . now i dont expect musicman to spend so much time on each instrument that comes out of the factory but setting up the action so high as to be able to use it as a crossbow so that there is no buzz is slighty not on in my book. these aint cheap instruments .
You've hit on a very touchy subject, especially with me!
The only way that an instrument that we set up ends up like that is either someone else "tinkered" with it and didn't know how to "fix" what they did, or me and my supervisor decided to let that one particular instrument out the door without a proper set up, which is highly unlikely!!
Even before we attach the neck to the body, we check the neck for flaws. Fret sharpness, buffing, nut shape, etc,..! We are required to play the chromatic scale on the instrumen, that means every string every fret! If there is even a slight buzz, we will break out our stright edge and check every fret. This is also done during the fret work after "crowning". If we detect a high fret, the neck gets taken off and sent back to person who did the fret work and is redone!
The instrument gets inspected twice before shipping. Once by the set up guy, then again by the set up supervisor. Beleive me, nothing gets passed him!. If he doesn't think it's right, Jongitarz is the next one to check things out. Between my supervisor and Jongitarz, you've got about 100 years of set/repair experience! (just kidding Jongitarz, you're not that old, only 99 years of experience!
)I'm sorry to vent but, I take great pride in my work. I set these things up like their my own! We know these instruments ain't cheap! That's why we take the extra time and effort during set up to ship the finest instruments in the world!
MingusBASS
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Boo yaaaa- Case closed.
bovinehost
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Yes he is.
And the original poster, as well as a few more of us, have now been made smarter about set-up.
Thanks, Mister Fondio, and Moo!
Jack
You're just saying that because it's true
SteveB
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Indeed, I can remember back when you were jongitary.
Nyuck nyuck nyuck
MingusBASS
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Someone needs an Earthwood in that pic.
Colin
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The EBMM employee of the month should get to borrow an earthwood off the boss
bovinehost
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Jon, can you make that bigger?
(Probably not the first time you've heard THAT.)
I can't make out the peeps on the porch.
(Probably not the first time you've heard THAT.)
I can't make out the peeps on the porch.
guitarafondio
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The asian guy on the right looks real cool!
This thread has kind of derailed, and that might be good. The original poster made snap judgements, without thinking about things like weather, guitar store hacks, or whatever. The bottom line is that you guys know how good our setups are. Look at Aussie Mark's post. His bass was still in tune!
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Straight UP
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Yep derailed is right.
I just have to say that my Bongo 5 was right from day one.. Better than right it was perfect.
EBMM has a handle on set ups and I commend them for it.
A lot of others do not..
Regards
I just have to say that my Bongo 5 was right from day one.. Better than right it was perfect.
EBMM has a handle on set ups and I commend them for it.
A lot of others do not..
Regards
Tom F
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I've bought seven Music Man instruments new in the last several years. Some of them were still in the box, but a few others had been subject to pawing at GC. The most any of them required was a slight truss rod tweak, and in one case, new strings. Otherwise, they played great!
Actually, one of them (which Jack will remember as the awesome-but-heavy graphite pearl SR4) was on clearance - probably because the strings were two years old and the neck needed a tweak. I got the sales guy to throw in a set of Slinky's with the sale, and voila! Rockin bass!
Jon, what king of iMac are you running? I'm happily typing on a 17" Intel iMac (unfortunately, not the core 2 duo).
Actually, one of them (which Jack will remember as the awesome-but-heavy graphite pearl SR4) was on clearance - probably because the strings were two years old and the neck needed a tweak. I got the sales guy to throw in a set of Slinky's with the sale, and voila! Rockin bass!
Jon, what king of iMac are you running? I'm happily typing on a 17" Intel iMac (unfortunately, not the core 2 duo).
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