Hey, MINGUS....

[adouglas]

The knobs are straight, m'kay?

 

[midopa]

Yeah they're straight, but if you dont stop twisting them you're gonna wear them out man! The pots just gonna go -snap-

 

[EBMM7181]

straight? I dont get it........ someone explain.......?

 

[adouglas]

straight? I dont get it........ someone explain.......?

The volume knob on my brand-new fretted Bongo was bent a bit when it arrived back in 2005. Bent it back, no problem. I got teased mercilessly about it for many, many, many, many, many, many months afterwards, probably because I overreacted.

There was another guy (don't remember who) in Scandinavia who had the same thing happen at about the same time. Speculation was that the stiff foam in the case lid was putting some pressure on the knob and normal shifting of the bass might have bent the shaft a bit. I don't really know. It has not reoccurred.

I still get poked about it, from time to time, well over a year and a half later. MingusBASS seems to take great delight in doing so.

So does BP, for that matter....

Hence the line in my sig.

 

[Big Poppa]

check my blue dawn rising thread

 

[EBMM7181]

Mingus is good at making fun of people...... ha!

 

[maddog]

I got teased mercilessly about it for many, many, many, many, many, many months afterwards, probably because I overreacted.

well there was also that bit about one of your bongos falling over after leaning it against a tree.

 

[MingusBASS]

I'm glad to hear your knobs are straight. It was a good run.

Enjoy the hell out of that new bongo AD.

 

[syciprider]

If you don't quit playing with your knob you're gunna go blind.

 

[strummer]

There was another guy (don't remember who) in Scandinavia who had the same thing happen at about the same time.

Hey meat beard, that was me

 

[strummer]

If you don't quit playing with your knob you're gunna go blind.

Noo you get hairy plams?

 

[jongitarz]

If you don't quit playing with your knob you're gunna go blind.

He is just going to do it until he needs glasses

 

[adouglas]

Dude....

I've been wearing glasses (thick ones) since I was five years old.

I got an early start.