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Bongo 2026 Collection

Musicman Factory Tour

Wowowow!!! Thanks for the pics of the factory! Lookit all those MM basses!!! Moondog was indeed verily correct when he said, "This is an expensive forum!" Haha
 
Stingraymund said:
On Tuesday I got a chance to visit the Ernie Ball Musicman factory in San Luis Obispo, CA. Jon from EBMM graciously gave me a tour before he did a fret dressing on my Stingray5. So here's how our Stingrays, SUBs and Bongos were made!

Enjoy!

Ernie Ball Musicman Factory Tour
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Superb. Thanks for that.
 
That was great. Totally enjoyed those pixs. Well done..
 
Stingraymund said:
On Tuesday I got a chance to visit the Ernie Ball Musicman factory in San Luis Obispo, CA. Jon from EBMM graciously gave me a tour before he did a fret dressing on my Stingray5. So here's how our Stingrays, SUBs and Bongos were made!
Enjoy!
Ernie Ball Musicman Factory Tour
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Dude, would you mind heading over to the Eden facility? I'd love to see that place. Nice job ;)
 
Very cool! Thanks for the tour guys! 'course, you didn't have enough guitars in it... :D
 
...AND FROM US GUITAR PLAYERS

Hey Stingraymond,

Many thanks from us over on the guitar board, lots of whom own more than one ball.

As one who has been there and seen the place last summer, your picture tour with captions was a gift to all of us.

NOW GET YOUR BUTT BACK THERE AND GET GUITAR PICTURES:D

Also very nice of jon and ebmm to allow it to happen.

KEITH
 
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The Groundskeeper

bovinehost said:
Jon? Isn't he the groundskeeper?
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Nah, that's Willie, the Scottish guy. :)


Seriously, there are no grounds to keep. There are two buildings, the front one is the former string factory (which got moved to near Palm Springs) and the back building which is the Musicman guitar plant. The rest is a paved parking lot. Though next door is some sort of crop field and even an old run-down barn!
 
Re: ...AND FROM US GUITAR PLAYERS

kbaim said:
Hey Stingraymond,

Many thanks from us over on the guitar board, lots of whom own more than one ball.

As one who has been there and seen the place last summer, your picture tour with captions was a gift to all of us.

NOW GET YOUR BUTT BACK THERE AND GET GUITAR PICTURES:D

Also very nice of jon and ebmm to allow it to happen.

KEITH
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Sorry, I'm a bassist, so that's what interests me most :)
Seriously, aside from the buffing robot working on a guitar body and some necks, I didn't see that many guitars. Which is just fine with me :)
 
Hey there:

Either way, bass or guitar, it's great to see an introspective view of the place where our babies were born.

Thanks for taking the time to get this together and in place for all of us to see, and hats off to Jon for taking the time out to give you (and us) a view from inside.

Hey Jon, what's in the room with the "51" on the door? ;)
 
No comment..However this is a cool forum, even for us guitar guys, but watch out for that Bovine guy..Nuthin but trouble.
 
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